On October 6, 1973, Reinaldo HUENTEQUEO ALMONACID, 30 years old, Secretary of the Small Farmers' Committee, was arrested by carabineros from the Carimallín police station in the town of Mantilhue.

After his arrest, he was taken to the Río Bueno police station. From there, he was removed along with other detainees and taken to the suspension bridge over the Pilmaiquén River, where they were executed by firing squad.

Huentequeo managed to jump into the water moments before the shots were fired, but they fired at him toward the river, and he sustained gunshot wounds to his left leg. Despite this, he managed to get out of the water and take refuge in the home of some local farmers, from where he sent a message to his parents informing them of his whereabouts.

When his family arrived at that location, they learned that he had been arrested again the previous night by carabineros from the Río Bueno police station, an event that also took place in front of witnesses.

Subsequently, there was no further news regarding the victim, who remains forcibly disappeared to this day. Religious figures in the area reported this incident to the military authorities of the time.

It is the conviction of the Commission that the disappearance of Reinaldo Huentequeo is the responsibility of State agents who committed violations of his human rights. This conviction is based on the following circumstances:

-Both his first arrest and his second arrest, which occurred after he survived the first execution, are sufficiently proven;

-The fact that these events were already formally reported in 1974 by religious figures in the area to the authorities of the time;

-The lack of response from police authorities to the Commission's requests for information regarding this incident.