On July 16, 1985, Raúl Antonio ORELLANA GUTIERREZ, 35 years old, a 2nd Corporal of the Carabineros, was killed.

On the evening of the indicated day, while Corporal Orellana was stationed at a fixed post at the Ministry of Education, he was requested by an official of the Chilean Air Force to apprehend two individuals suspected of having planted a smoke bomb on the body of a stolen minibus abandoned at the intersection of Amunátegui and Bernardo O’Higgins streets.

The Corporal pursued the subjects, who were fleeing in the direction of Plaza Bulnes. He received three gunshots that caused his death. These events were witnessed by bystanders.

The autopsy report concluded that the cause of death was craniocerebral and thoraco-abdominal trauma caused by bullets, with no exit wounds.

Considering that the official was in the performance of his duties and that it is reasonable to presume that the act had political motivations, this Commission formed the conviction that 2nd Corporal Raúl Orellana was a victim of human rights violations, due to the responsibility of private individuals acting under a political pretext.