Carlos Polanco Herrera
Victim of the military dictatorship.
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Carlos Polanco Herrera
Victim of the military dictatorship.
Case summary
Carlos Polanco Herrera is a surgeon and member of the far-right group Patria y Libertad, identified as a participant in torture sessions following the 1973 military coup. He is directly linked to the detention and interrogation of political prisoners at the Regimiento de Chillán, acting in coordination with military personnel and other civilians from the San Carlos area.
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Members of the Army, Carabineros, members of Investigaciones, and civilians from Chillán and San Carlos participated in the torture sessions at the Regimiento de Chillán. In the case of the torturers from San Carlos, they traveled specifically from that town to the Regimiento de Chillán to participate in the interrogation of political prisoners.
The majority of the civilians who participated in the torture of political prisoners were active members of the far-right group “Patria y Libertad” from San Carlos. All of them are directly implicated in the detention and torture of political prisoners in the San Carlos region in the days and months following the military coup. Among these torturers is Carlos Polanco Herrera.
Carlos Polanco Herrera currently serves as a Councilman in San Carlos.
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