On December 29, 1973, René Claudio Roberto CARRASCO MALDONADO, 27 years old, a union leader at the Roberto del Río Hospital and a socialist militant, died.

He was arrested at that hospital on December 21, 1973, along with another person, by members of the Fuerza Aérea (Air Force), after responding to a summons from the Director of that medical center.

From there, they were taken to the FACH Artillery Regiment, where, according to the testimony of his fellow prisoner, Carrasco was repeatedly interrogated and subjected to torture. Both had sporadic contact, as the victim was kept incommunicado for the majority of the time.

On January 1, 1974, Carrasco's body was handed over to his family, with the explanation that he had taken his own life. According to the corresponding autopsy report, the cause of death was "asphyxiation by hanging."

The Commission formed the conviction that the victim was a victim of human rights violations. In the first place, it is not entirely plausible that Carrasco committed suicide, given that he was subject to the usual rules of incommunicado detention, meaning he did not possess items that would have allowed him to take his own life.

But even if he had taken his own life, there was still a human rights violation, as at the time of his death, he was under great physical and psychological pressure, held incommunicado, and subjected to torture, for which State agents were responsible, which could have led him to make the decision to end his life as a way to put an end to his suffering.