What the Valech Report does not say. The torturers: who they are and where they are

"I was raped, they applied electric shocks to me, they burned me with cigarettes, they gave me ‘hickeys’ [chupones], they put rats on me. I think I was in Venda Sexy (a secret DINA facility); they tied me to a stretcher where trained dogs raped me.

I was always covered with scotch tape, then a blindfold, and then a hood. They laughed, they offered us food and gave us orange peels. They would wake us up at night to make us lose our sense of time." (Testimony of a 16-year-old girl, kidnapped in the Metropolitan Region, who was later expelled from the country without her family.) The horror became present for all Chileans.

Some will continue to say that it is a lie, that the survivors "were paid to speak against the Armed Forces," or ultimately that "they deserved it." But the country has already learned the truth, and even a model-host wants to "know the names of the torturers." That is the idea of this special report: to deliver a part of the truth that does not have to wait 50 years to be known.

That is one of the many criticisms made of the Report on Political Imprisonment and Torture presented by Ricardo Lagos on the night of Sunday, November 28, through a pre-recorded speech for the national broadcast aired before the television channels' news segments began.

Alone, with no victims or family members to look in the eye, the President of the Republic fulfilled the ritual of informing his fellow citizens. There was no symbolic delivery of the text, there was no possibility of asking questions, there was no acknowledgment of the motives that led so many men and women to torture their compatriots, there was no accurate criticism, there were no names of victims or perpetrators, and the background information was not handed over to the Justice system, as had been done after the Rettig Report and even the Dialogue Roundtable.

Reactions from hatred

Appointed senators and former uniformed officers reacted by dismissing their participation in the crimes. Former Admiral Jorge Martínez Bush demanded a "full stop" to end the "lies" against his institution.

The other former admiral, Jorge Arancibia, flatly denied the possibility of "decommissioning" the La Esmeralda, "which can only be decommissioned in combat," and threatened: "I cannot commit, nor can anyone else, to ensuring that something never happens again if I do not know what originates it." Many insisted on Hermógenes Pérez de Arce's thesis regarding the baseless slanders against the uniformed officers and the "military government," repeated by retired generals and admirals.

Appointed senator and former commander-in-chief of the FACH, Ramón Vega, supported his institution's official statement and added: "We are lamenting the consequences today and we are investigating them, but a plan for torture—at least I never heard of it, it was never analyzed, nor in the War Academy, nor in the Aviation School, nor in any training school was the word 'torture' ever heard." Senators Rodolfo Stange and Fernando Cordero, former general directors of the Carabineros, did not accept institutional responsibility for the torture and asserted that "there are no reasons for the uniformed police to apologize." Stange criticized the report on torture "because it borders on the unconstitutional, calling institutions into question rather than individuals. I participated in the government junta, but I do not offer a mea culpa because I do not feel responsible for any extreme situation as is being indicated in Bishop Valech's commission," he noted. Cordero, for his part, said that one would have to "complete the third leg of the table, because at this moment the table is wobbly; a mea culpa must be made for what occurred before September 11, 1973, which was the cause of all the situations that occurred subsequently." The current General Director, Alberto Cienfuegos, also appeared distant from the possibility of apologizing or assuming institutional responsibility, although he should answer regarding what his role was, starting March 25, 1974, when as a lieutenant he was appointed on a service commission to serve as Head of the Information Office of the National Executive Secretariat for Detainees, remembered by many people by its acronym: SENDET. The UDI, National Renewal, and Lavín opted to downplay the profile, to appear in deep shock, even asserting that their participation in the dictatorship was, precisely, to prevent more abuses from being committed and to open the path to democracy. No one believed them. Sergio Fernández continued trying to dismiss his participation in human rights violations, but his cabinet colleague Mónica Madariaga asserted that in the clandestine torture centers, agents knew him as "el car’e jote." Soon he will have to begin continuous visits to the courts, along with Sergio Onofre Jarpa, Sergio Diez, Ambrosio Rodríguez, among many others, to answer the many questions that arise regarding their responsibilities as civil authorities. A new avalanche of lawsuits for torture, like those already filed by hundreds of former political prisoners, is expected following the delivery of the report. Fernández Fernández will have to answer, for example, for why he denied the existence of Villa Grimaldi to the Justice system, as demonstrated by the confidential official letter in which he responds on May 18, 1978, to the inquiry from the Third Major Criminal Court of Santiago.

Demands from organizations

The coalition of organizations of former political prisoners reacted in unison (see page 2), and the groups of victims' relatives joined the denunciation. The Communist Party announced new lawsuits and added that "the main reparation the country expected is that which relates to it being proportional to the damage caused.

This implies truth and full justice for all victims. We demand that for the sake of those principles, the Report be made public in its entirety; that the names of the torturers be handed over to the courts of justice and that all judicial proceedings that are required be initiated; that their files be declassified immediately and not in 50 years; that all those responsible for torture and abuse be immediately removed from the armed and police forces; that the military doctrine whose matrix is established by North American imperialism—and in which Chilean military and police cadres are and have been systematically instructed to repress their own people—be ended." The issue of monetary reparation was not the center of the controversy, except for Ricardo Lagos's attempt to blackmail the tortured with the threat of having to take money from social programs to pay their compensation. From CODEPU, another demand was made: "Just as new deadlines are going to be opened to reconsider the status of victims for those who did not qualify, we propose that because it is a crime against humanity, there cannot be an exclusionary deadline for qualification. In this sense, the State must open a new deadline for new submissions from people who, for various reasons, did not attend the initial call, especially when the Report itself points out that the testimonies collected 'only represent a partial sample of the total universe of people affected by such human rights violations during the military regime'." Thus, neither the mea culpa that some media outlets, such as Canal 13, attempted to make, nor the "astonishment" of some dictatorship officials like Jorge Hevia, have managed to remove the main issue from the center: torture took place in Chile. Torture was systematic and organized, supported by the entire infrastructure of the State turned terrorist; hundreds of men and women were trained to subject other men and women to the most terrible abuses. The use of rats and dogs to sexually assault prisoners, electricity on the most delicate corners of their bodies, mock executions, the withholding of food for long periods, and many other aberrations were committed against those they considered "enemies," "humanoids" in the words of one of the members of the Military Junta. The other thing that has been clear is that the survivors have had the courage and dignity to recount what they suffered, to transform it into hope and the desire to continue insisting on the need to transform this country, to continue fighting to make the dreams of those who could not come to give their testimony a reality: the executed and the forcibly disappeared.

DINA: Pinochet's hand

"I always complied (...) in accordance with the orders that the President of the Republic gave me. Only he, as the Superior Authority of the DINA, could dispose of and order the missions to be executed, and always, in my capacity as Delegate of the President and Executive Director of the DINA, I strictly complied with what was ordered." (Manuel Contreras Sepúlveda, director of the DINA).

In the proceedings against the DINA, looking at the list of those indicted and convicted, it would seem that the only ones who made it up were a few commanders headed by their director Juan Manuel Contreras Sepúlveda, alias "Mamo" and "Mojón." Pedro Octavio Espinoza Bravo, alias "Don Rodrigo"; Raúl Eduardo Iturriaga Neumann, alias "Don Elías" and "Luis Gutiérrez"; Miguel Krassnoff Martchenko, alias "caballo loco"; and the operatives Gerardo Godoy García, Basclay Zapata Reyes, and Osvaldo Romo Mena always appear.

But the torturers were many more.

Caupolicán Brigade

Major Marcelo Luis Manuel Moren Brito, head of the Caupolicán Brigade. Alias "coronta," "ronco," and "oso." Lieutenant Colonel Vianel Valdivieso Cervantes, alias "Víctor." Head of the Psychological Operations Department.

He maintained contact with journalists who performed services for the DINA, such as Roberto Araya, Julio López Blanco, Claudio Sánchez, Pablo Honorato, Ricardo Coya, and Beatriz Undurraga, and the publicist Manfredo Mayol.

He retired in 1987 and set up a private company in Temuco. Corvette Captain Sergio José Peñaloza Marusic, operative agent. Corvette Captain Alejandro Paulino Campos Rehbein, alias "Antolín." ID 3.704.573-K.

Operative agent. Later joined the Sub-directorate of Foreign Intelligence. Captain Francisco Maximiliano Ferrer Lima. Alias "Max Lenoux." Head of the clandestine torture center known as José Domingo Cañas, replacing Ciro Torré.

Partner of "Pedro Diet Lobos" and instructor at the National Intelligence School, teaching courses on "secret service and observation." He continued his work in the CNI and remained in active service at least until the early 90s with the rank of colonel.

Lieutenant Fernando Eduardo Laureani Maturana, alias "Lieutenant Pablo." Agent of the Caupolicán Brigade and head of the Aguila group, known as "los guatones." Until the early 90s, he remained in active service, with the rank of colonel, as Chief of Staff of the 3rd Army Division in Concepción.

Carabineros Lieutenant Jaime Gustavo López Abarca, agent of Londres 38 and Cuatro Alamos. ID 1.822.793-2. Involved in the disappearance of María Cecilia Labrín Sazo. Carabineros Corporal Emilio Hernán Troncoso Vivallos.

ID 4.236.940-3. Involved in the disappearances of Juan Bautista and Washington Maturana Pérez, Mario Juica Vega, Gabriel Castillo, and Daniel Palma Robledo. Carabineros Corporal Heriberto del Carmen Acevedo Acevedo.

Army Lieutenant Jorge Claudio Andrade Gómez, ID 5.293.833-3. In the first days of the coup, he participated in the massacre at the Panguipulli logging complex. He acted under the direct command of Krassnoff at the Terranova barracks (Villa Grimaldi).

In August 1979, already in the CNI, he participated in the application of the torture that caused the death of professor Federico Alvarez Santibáñez. In 1991, he was a major in the Metropolitan General Garrison and a member of the DINE.

Carabineros Corporal José Aravena Ruiz, alias "muñeca del diablo" and "cucharita"—the latter nickname was given to him by prisoners because he used to hit their knuckles with a spoon after torture. He was "funado" [publicly shamed] in December 1999 at his home at Alfonso Leng 5569-0, in the Villa Santa Elena de Macul, a site he abandoned shortly after.

Army Conscript Samuel Enrique Fuenzalida Devia, alias "gato." Emilio Iribarren Ledermann, alias "Joel." Went from being a MIR militant to a DINA agent. Leonardo Alberto Schneider Jordán, alias "Barba." Went from being a MIR militant to an agent, first of the Joint Command and then of the DINA.

These days he is being prosecuted in several cases of torture and disappearances. Carabineros Captain Egladio Salgado Torres, agent assigned to the Belgrano General Headquarters, but also with operative functions in kidnappings and torture at Villa Grimaldi.

In 1980, he returned to his institution, joining the DICAR. He retired with the rank of colonel. Sergio Bernardino Ortega Parada, alias "gil culiao." Corvette Captain Sergio José Peñaloza Marusic. ID 4.782.486-9.

DINA operative agent until its dissolution. Carabineros Corporal José Avelino Yévenes Vergara, alias "Quico" or "Daniel Cáceres." Member of the Halcón II group, with duties as a torturer at Londres 38, José Domingo Cañas, and Villa Grimaldi. At the end of the DINA, he moved to the CNI and then to the DINE. He was "funado" at his home on Calle B 5266, Villa San Luis de Macul, Peñalolén commune.

Purén Brigade Army Captain Alfonso Faúndez Norambuena, Head of the Purén Brigade. ID 5.454.077-1. On September 11, he was serving at the San Bernardo Infantry School, participating in the executions and disappearances in Paine and Cerro Chena.

He continued his work in the CNI. After the end of the dictatorship, he settled in Talca, where he has a company that provides forage and grain to the Army. Army Colonel Manuel Andrés Carevic Cubillos, alias "Raúl" and "Claudio." Second in command of the Purén Brigade.

He continued his work in the CNI and, in 1989, was appointed Plaza Chief in the district of La Pintana, Puente Alto, Pirque, and San José de Maipú. Until the early 90s, he was part of the DINE with the rank of colonel.

Carabineros Major Eduardo Víctor Espinoza Paiella. ID 3.662.969-K. Agent of the Economics Department. He retired along with Manuel Contreras. Carabineros Captain Germán Jorge Barriga Muñoz, alias "Don Jaime." ID 5.060.938-3.

Member of the Purén Brigade and later of the CNI. With the rank of colonel, Barriga performed duties in the National Mobilization Directorate in 1991. He was "funado" at his residence at Irarrázaval 2061, apartment 105, a place he abandoned hastily.

Today he is the head of security for Lider supermarkets. Lieutenant Manuel Abraham Vásquez Chahuán, alias "Lieutenant Manuel." ID 5.090.309-K. Responsible for the disappearances and executions in Paine and Cerro Chena.

He continued in the CNI and in 1989 was appointed commander of the Logistics Battalion of Concepción. Army Corporal Basclay Humberto Zapata Reyes, alias "el troglo." Known for being very cruel in torture and raping detained women.

Prosecuted for multiple cases of disappearance, executions, and torture. Until the early 90s, he remained as an instructor at the "Daniel Rebolledo" Non-Commissioned Officers School and with operative duties in the DINE.

Carabineros Officer Gerardo Urrich González, alias "mano negra." Instructor at Tejas Verdes. Responsible for a series of executions in the sector known as Barrancas, today mostly the Pudahuel commune. He was "funado" at his office of "Servicios de Seguridad Alcázar," located at Ahumada 236, office 408.

Army Lieutenant Manuel Jorge Provis Carrasco. As a member of the San Bernardo Infantry School, he participated in the crimes of Paine and Cerro Chena. He continued in repressive tasks and was commander of the CNI barracks on Calle Borgoño, participating in Operation Albania.

At the end of 1989, he returned from a professional trip he made to Israel. Until 1991, he was a lieutenant colonel in the Army Intelligence Brigade. Army Lieutenant Marco Antonio Sáez Saavedra. ID 5.795.624-0.

Specialist in the repression of the Communist Party and Socialist Party. In 1991, he was a lieutenant colonel and performed his duties in the Army Operations Directorate. Brother-in-law of CNI major Joaquín Molina, assassinated by Manuel Contreras Valdebenito.

Army Lieutenant Manuel Rolando Mosqueira Jarpa. Detective Manuel Gregorio Chirinos Ramírez. Detective Jorge Lander Cabezas. Detective Francisco Aladino Caamaño Díaz. Detective Arturo Patricio Vargas Cid. Investigative Inspector Juan Saldías Valdés, alias "Harry el sucio." Investigative Inspector Risiere del Prado Altes España, alias "Pedro."

Other commanders and agents

Army Lieutenant Colonel Jerónimo Luzberto Pantoja Hernández, Sub-director of the DINA and the CNI. ID 2.095.044-7. Responsible for the Chihuío massacre as vice-commander of the Maturana Regiment of Valdivia.

In 1990, he was arrested for his participation in the illegal financial firm known as "La Cutufa." Army Lieutenant Colonel Alberto Elissalde Muller, Head of the Economics Department. ID 3.118.465-7. As head of the Personnel Sub-directorate, he paid the agents' salaries through the front companies "Villar y Reyes" and "Elissalde y Poblete." At least until the end of the 90s, he lived on one of his extensive properties in the southern part of the country.

Major Carlos Rafael Parera Silva, Alias "Luis Gutiérrez," ID 3.090.193-2. Head of the Foreign Department (successor to Iturriaga Neumann). In 1973, he was Second Commander of the Black Berets in Peldehue.

When the DINA was dissolved, he rejoined the Army and was assigned as Commander of the Dolores Regiment, Director of the Paratrooper and Special Forces School, and in 1985, military attaché in France. In the government of Patricio Aylwin, he was Military Attaché at the Chilean embassy in South Africa.

Andrés Terrise Castro. Agent of the Psychological Operations Department, where he performed duties of covering up crimes and preparing propaganda campaigns. He continued in the CNI and the DINE as a civilian agent.

Today he appears as a businessman for an advertising firm based in the Ciudad Empresarial of Huechuraba. Major Rolf Gonzalo Wenderoth Pozo, head of Villa Grimaldi. ID 3.870.222-K. He was the boss and lover of Luz Arce.

In 1985, he was a military attaché in the Federal Republic of Germany, retiring in 1987 to go south, where many high-ranking DINA officials have extensive areas of land. Major Julio Cerda Carrasco, Head of Security of the Central Barracks (Belgrano).

Responsible for disappearances and executions in Cerro Chena. He retired in December 2002 as Commander-in-Chief of the IV Army Division. Army Captain Eugenio Armando Videla Valdebenito, operative agent.

ID 4.209.466-8. Participated in the Tejas Verdes courses before belonging to the DINA. He was director of the Tejas Verdes Engineer School and governor of San Antonio. In active service until the early 90s, he eventually joined the Army General Staff.

Army Lieutenant Juan Viterbo Chiminelli Fullerton, ID 3.704.546-2. Agent of the Foreign Department. In 1973, he served in the aviation command and was one of the pilots who accompanied General Arellano Stark to the south and north of the country in the "Caravan of Death." In 1974, he became part of the DINA. "Funado" at his home on Avenida El Bosque Norte and his work at the mining company Kvaerner-Chile, of Dutch origin.

Lieutenant Ricardo Víctor Lawrence Mires, 5.392.869-2, Head of the Halcón 1 Brigade. Alias "cachete grande." Prosecuted for numerous cases of kidnapping, execution, and torture, including the disappearance of María Cecilia Labrín Sazo, who was in an advanced state of pregnancy.

He was "funado" at Tabancura 1382, his workplace at the shrimp distributor "Kamaron Bay," where he uses the alias "Ricardo Flores" in his contact with owners of numerous restaurants in Santiago. Carabineros Lieutenant Emilio Patricio Sajuria Alvear, partner of the front company Pedro Diet Lobos.

ID 5.122.525-2. "Funado" at Telefónica, where he worked in its Legal Department. Today he practices as a lawyer for tourism companies. Carabineros Second Lieutenant Gerardo Ernesto Godoy García, Head of the Tucán Support Group and Head of Venda Sexy.

Alias "cachete chico." Until March 1991, with the rank of major, he was head of the Ancud police station. After that date, he was transferred to Santiago. Today he is convicted for the kidnapping of Miguel Angel Sandoval, having to be transferred to Punta Peuco II, although he is still seen around his house in La Reina.

Carabineros Officer Gerardo Alejandro Aravena Longa, operative agent. ID 4.567.685-4. Involved in the execution of five political prisoners in Cuesta Barriga and in the disappearance of José Guillermo Barrera.

When the DINA ended, he moved to the CNI, and in 1985 he returned to the Carabineros, retiring as a commander. Today he is the General Manager of Radio Santiago. Army Officer Mario Alejandro Jara Seguel.

ID 3.319.824-8. Head of the DINA barracks in the IV Region, based in Coquimbo. At another time, he was in command of the brigade that operated in Rocas de Santo Domingo. Personal friend of Manuel Contreras. He acquired a plot of land between Coquimbo and La Serena where he would live with his former secretary, named Nancy.

Joint Command Terrorism from the FACH The so-called Joint Command (CC) was an intelligence group that operated approximately between late 1975 and 1976, and whose main objective was the repression of the so-called Central Force of the MIR, and the central committees of the Communist Party and Communist Youth.

During this period, according to the Rettig Report, it was responsible for the disappearance of nearly 30 people. Other sources speak of more than 70. The CC was formed mainly by agents belonging to the Air Force Intelligence Directorate (DIFA) and later with significant participation by personnel from the Carabineros Intelligence Directorate (DICAR).

It also counted, to a lesser extent, on the participation of agents from the Naval Intelligence Service (SIN) and some personnel from the Army Intelligence Directorate (DINE). In addition, members of the Chilean Investigative Police and civilians from the far-right group Patria y Libertad collaborated in that Command.

The beginnings at the AGA

Witnesses who survived the torture at the Air War Academy remember as their torturers, among others, Generals Orlando Gutiérrez Bravo and Juan Soler Manfredini; commanders Sergio Lizasoaín Mitrano, Edgar Cevallos Jones, Jaime Lavín Fariña, Carlos Godoy Avendaño, Juan Bautista González, Ramón Cáceres Jorquera, and Humberto Velásquez Estay; the FACH colonel and doctor Humberto Berg Fontecilla; colonels Sergio Sanhueza López and Javier Lopetegui Torres; captains León Duffey Treskoff (who reached the rank of general within the FACH), Alberto Waschtendorf, Juan Carlos Sandoval, Alvaro Gutiérrez (currently residing in Melipilla), Jaime Lemus, Víctor Mattig Guzmán, Florencio Dublé, Contreras, and Hernán Fucshlogher (permanent guard chief); the lawyer Julio Tapia Falk (mastermind of the war council and main advisor to General Leigh. Appointed rector at the U. de Chile, lawyer for Manuel Contreras when he tried to take refuge in the Talcahuano Naval Hospital, and, lately, a plaintiff against the play "Arturo Prat." He works at his private law firm in the Providencia commune, on Calle Santa Magdalena), legal advisors Cristián Rodríguez, Jaime Cruzat Corvera (who has his office right on Paseo Huérfanos), and Víctor Barahona; lieutenants Juan Carlos Sandoval, Luis Campos, José García Huidobro, Franklin Bello, and Gonzalo Pérez Canto; Sergeant Hugo "chuncho" Lizana, non-commissioned officer Juan Normabuena, Corporal Eduardo Cartagena, and 2nd Corporal Gabriel Cortés (who changed his name).

The most sinister

Sergio Manuel Barra Von Kretschmann (ID 1.614.559-9), head of the Naval Intelligence Service in the Intelligence Community (José Antonio Ríos 6). Frigate captain at the time of the coup d'état, part of the DINA leadership in 1974 and sub-director in 1975.

In 1976, he became part of the CNI. He was prosecuted as an accomplice to the criminal illicit association and the kidnapping of Edrás Pinto and Reinalda Pereira by Minister Cerda. Freddy Enrique Ruiz Bunger, FACH general (ret.).

Head of the DIFA at J.A.R. 6. Prosecuted as the perpetrator of the criminal illicit association and accomplice to the kidnapping of Edrás Pinto and Reinalda Pereira, for the kidnapping of Víctor Vega, and the disappearance and death of Juan Luis Rivera Matus.

Also for the crime of qualified kidnapping of Víctor Vega, David Urrutia, Juan Carlos Orellana, Ricardo Weibel, Alonso Gahona Chávez, and Miguel Rodríguez Gallardo, and the illegal detention of survivors Isabel Stange, Jaime Estay, and Amanda Velasco.

Mario H. Vivero Avila, FACH general (ret.), Aviation judge and commander of the Santiago garrison in 1976. Prosecuted as a cover-up for the illicit association and the disappearance of Víctor Vega. Edgar Benjamín Cevallos Jones, FACH colonel (ret.).

Director of the DIFA and later of the SIFA, torturer at the Air War Academy, and boss of Roberto Fuentes Morrison in the CC. Alias "Inspector Cabezas." ID 2.895.236-8. Prosecuted as the perpetrator of the criminal illicit association and accomplice to the kidnapping of Edrás Pinto and Reinalda Pereira, and for the disappearance of Luis Baeza Cruces and the assassination of Alfonso Carreño Diaz in 1974.

Carlos Arturo Madrid Hayden, FACH commander (ret.). Vice-commander of the Colina Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment where the "Remo Cero" torture center operated. Prosecuted as the perpetrator of criminal illicit association, and the kidnapping of Víctor Vega and Juan Luis Rivera Matus.

Daniel Luis Enrique Guimpert Corvalán, Navy lieutenant (ret.) (ID 4.638.149-1). Prosecuted as the perpetrator of the criminal illicit association and accomplice to the kidnapping of Edrás Pinto, Reinalda Pereira, and Víctor Vega.

Eduardo Enrique Cartagena Maldonado, alias "Lalo." ID 5.083.760. FACH non-commissioned officer (ret.). CC agent since 1975, participating in kidnappings, torture, and disappearances of numerous communist leaders between that year and 1976.

After the dissolution of this organization, he joined the Air Force Intelligence Service (SIFA). His last known address is Del Rey 394, Maipú, where he was denounced by the FUNA Commission. It is most likely that he is living in the central coastal area.

Miguel Arturo Estay Reyno, alias "El Fanta." ID 6.446.545-7. Former communist militant, went from being an informant to an agent after being detained in 1975 by members of the Joint Command. Prosecuted by Minister Cerda and amnestied by Silva Ibáñez, today he is serving a life sentence in Colina for the assassination of the three communist professionals and is being prosecuted for the disappearance of Víctor Vega.

César Luis Palma Ramírez, alias "El Fifo." ID 6.387.372-1. As a militant of Patria y Libertad, he participated in numerous terrorist attacks against the UP government; he was detained in August 1973 for his participation in the homicide of presidential aide Arturo Araya, amnestied after the coup d'état by Admiral Adolfo Waulbaum.

A friend of Fuentes Morrison, who brought him to the CC, he became his right-hand man in the execution of repressive tasks. His last known address is El Quilo 5535, Quinta Normal, where the cooling equipment factory FRIGOMET LTDA. operates, where they claim they do not know him; however, his phone-fax 7738010 continues to be in the name of Palma Ramírez.

Leonardo Alberto Schneider Jordán, alias "El Barba." ID 5.521.250-3. Former MIR militant, agent. Accused by numerous survivors of having participated in their detention and torture at the Air War Academy.

Later he would join the brigade dedicated to repressing the MIR in the DINA. Prosecuted for torture and permanent kidnapping in at least two Santiago courts. His last known address is Las Hualtatas 4966, phone 2633546, Vitacura. Roberto Alfonso Flores Cisterna, alias "El Huaso." ID 7.767.975-8. FACH soldier (ret.). On September 11, 1973, as a FACH soldier at the El Bosque Air Base...

participates in interrogations and torture of detainees. In 1975, he became part of the CC (Joint Command), being responsible for the kidnapping, torture, and disappearance of dozens of communist militants.

He remained in active service in the SIFA until the mid-90s; today, he appears to be working in the commercial sector. His last known address is Villa Tantauco, Block 10282, Apt. 31, San Bernardo.

Otto Silvio Trujillo Miranda,

civilian agent, alias "Colmillo Blanco" (White Fang) in a report by La Nación. ID 5.684.434-1. A DC (Christian Democrat) militant in his youth, he later joined Patria y Libertad, where he met "Wally," who would bring him into the CC.

He participated in the kidnapping, torture, and disappearance of dozens of leftist militants until his expulsion due to an incident with the DINA. After a long stay in the Penitentiary Hospital, he has been seen moving around the La Florida commune.

Guillermo Antonio Urra Carrasco, alias "Willy." ID 6.687.227-0. Second Corporal (Ret.) of the FACH (Chilean Air Force). Operational agent of the CC since its formalization in 1975. He was prosecuted by Judge Carlos Cerda for his participation in the kidnapping, torture, and disappearance of dozens of leftist militants.

According to direct witnesses, he is responsible for the execution of prisoners in the Cajón del Maipo (among them José Weibel and agents Carol Flores and Guillermo Bratti), in Cuesta Barriga (among others, Horacio Cepeda, Fernando Ortiz, and Reinalda Pereira), and for throwing others into the sea off the coast of Quinteros. His last known address is Santa Blanca 1990, Las Condes.

Fernando Patricio Zúñiga Canales, alias "Chirola." ID 5.974.807-6. Sub-officer (Ret.) of the FACH. As a soldier at the El Bosque Air Base on September 11, 1973, he participated in the torture of his comrades-in-arms.

He was later transferred to the Air War Academy to perform the same duties, and from there, he became part of the DIFA. In 1975, he joined the CC, where he participated in the kidnapping, torture, and disappearance of dozens of leftist militants. He belonged to the FACH Intelligence Service (SIFA) at least until the early 90s. His last known address is Pasaje Simón Bolívar 1298, San Bernardo.

Jorge Rodrigo Cobos Manríquez, FACH reserve lieutenant, formerly of Patria y Libertad. Alias "Kiko" or "Elefantito" (Little Elephant) (ID 5.890.505-4). Prosecuted as the perpetrator of criminal illicit association and an accomplice in the kidnapping of Edrás Pinto, Reinalda Pereira, and Víctor Vega.

Jorge Arnoldo Barraza Riveros, Commissioner (Ret.) of the Investigative Police. Alias "El Zambra." Prosecuted as an accomplice to criminal illicit association.

Pedro Ernesto Caamaño Medina,

Sub-officer (Ret.) of the FACH. Alias "Peter" (ID 7.024.319-9). Operational agent at the "La Firma" torture center. Prosecuted by Judge Carlos Hazbún for the kidnapping of Víctor Vega. He participated in the kidnapping of José Weibel and dozens of militants of the Communist Youth.

His last known address is José Miguel Carrera 424, apartment 702, Santiago Centro, the place where he was denounced to his neighbors by the FUNA Commission.

Alejandro Fígari Verdugo, alias Luty,

formerly of Patria y Libertad, second in command of the detention team after "Fifo" Palma (according to Otto Trujillo). ID 6.693.227-3.

Alex Damián Carrasco Olivos, FACH official, escort for Leigh, Fernando Matthei, and Ramón Vega. Alias "Loco Alex" (Crazy Alex) (ID 6.243.426-7). Operational agent of the Joint Command.

Juan Arturo Chávez Sandoval, corporal (Ret.) of the FACH. Alias "Peque," "Rucio," or "Pol." ID 6.476.141-2. Torturer at the AGA and CC operative. Prosecuted for the kidnapping of Víctor Vega.

Raúl Horacio González Fernández,

official (Ret.) of the FACH. Alias "Rodrigo" or "Wally Chico." ID 6.519.815-0. Witnesses state that he participated in the detention of José Weibel. He was "funado" (publicly exposed) in Puerto Montt in October 2002, in front of the Volcanes radio taxi company located at 459 Doctor Marín Street, phones 313131 and 313989, from which he offered services to the newspapers El Mercurio and El Llanquihue, and to the local Coca-Cola branch.

Prosecuted as an accomplice to the illegal detention of Amanda Velasco Pedersen in the 25th Criminal Court.

Antonio Benedicto Quiros Reyes, ID 3.189.349-6. Colonel (Ret.) of the FACH and head of the Counterintelligence Department during the years of the CC. Prosecuted by Carlos Cerda as the perpetrator of criminal illicit association.

Andrés Pablo Potin Lailhacar,

civilian agent of the CC. Alias "Yerko." ID 5.390.709-1. A militant of Patria y Libertad arrested in August 1973 for his participation in the homicide of presidential aide Arturo Araya. Prosecuted by Judge Hazbún as a participant in the kidnapping of Víctor Vega. He is listed as a businessman in the computer sector with an office at 2506 Américo Vespucio Norte.

Robinson Alfonso Suazo Jaque, soldier (Ret.) of the FACH. Alias "Jonathan." ID 7.641.894-2. Torturer at the AGA. Prosecuted in the 25th Criminal Court for the kidnapping and disappearance of Víctor Vega.

Pedro Juan Zambrano Uribe, FACH official. Alias "Chino." ID 6.969.320-2. Prosecuted by Minister Hazbún as the perpetrator of the kidnapping of Víctor Vega.

Franklin Bello Calderón, lieutenant (Ret.) of the FACH, prosecuted in the Ninth Criminal Court of Santiago for the disappearance of Luis Baeza Cruces and the murder of Alfonso Carreño Diaz in 1974.

Other torturers of the Joint Command

Miguel Angel Perucca López, FACH reservist. Víctor Misael Robles Mella, officer (Ret.) of the FACH. Luis Eduardo Rojas Campillay, FACH official. Patricio Eugenio Saavedra Rojas, commander (Ret.) of the FACH.

Ramón Eduardo Valenzuela Cuevas, 5.934.129-4. Alberto Roque Badilla Grillo, ID 5.164.080-2. Tito Alejandro Figarí Verdugo, ID 6.693.227-3. Angel Gabriel Valdivia Pérez, ID 3.277.893-3. Lénin Figueroa Sánchez, ID 4.633.329-2.

Enrique Augusto Werner Haase, 4.086.322-2. Santiago Segundo San Martín Riquelme, ID 4.530.448-5. Angel Segundo Valdivia Pérez, ID 3.996.083-4. José Florentino Fuentes Castro, ID 5.340.552-5. Francisco Hidalgo García, 2.633.797-6. Francisco Segundo Illanes Miranda, ID 4.294.918-3. Ernesto Arturo Lobos Gálvez, ID 5.082.345-8. Jorge Aníbal Osses Novoa, ID 4.818.025-6.

Source: elsiglo.cl, February 25, 2003

New prosecution in the Prats Case

The Minister of the Santiago Court of Appeals, Alejandro Solís, initiated proceedings against former DINA high command member Juan Morales Salgado for his responsibility in the assassination of former Army Commander-in-Chief Carlos Prats González and his wife Sofía Cuthbert.

The crime was carried out on the last day of September 1974 at 3351 Malabia Street, Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. In his ruling, Minister Solís states that there are "well-founded presumptions to estimate that Morales Salgado participated, in the capacity of perpetrator, as a member, in the crime of illicit association in real concurrence with the double crime of qualified homicide of Carlos Prats González and Sofía Cuthbert Chiarleoni (...) thus expanding the indictments issued on pages 1350, 2423, and 4472 of the main file against Juan Manuel Guillermo Contreras Sepúlveda, Pedro Octavio Espinoza Bravo, José Octavio Zara Holger, Raúl Eduardo Iturriaga Neumann, Jorge Enrique Iturriaga Neumann, Cristoph Georg Willike Floel, Mariana Inés Callejas Honores, and Reginaldo de la Cruz Valdés Alarcón. Because the provisional release of the accused JUAN HERNAN MORALES SALGADO is dangerous to the security of society, his release will not be granted, in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 363 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, given the nature of the crimes attributed to him, as well as the severity of the penalty assigned to the aforementioned illicit acts." Morales is currently deprived of liberty for the "Conferencia" case, in the facilities of the Army of Chile's Military Police Regiment No. 1 Santiago. In the assassination of the former Army Commander-in-Chief, General Carlos Prats, his former subordinate, Juan Morales, allegedly took part.

Main developments and relevant points of Minister Alejandro Solís's ruling

A) Previous surveillance and threats made against General Carlos Prats

Included is the "Official letter that appears in authorized photocopy on page 3 of the Separate and Reserved File No. 25, regarding reports from the Investigative Police Border Department on the entries and exits from the country of Juan Hernán Morales Salgado" (Document on page 8 of Separate and Reserved File No. 25):

"REPUBLIC OF CHILE

GOVERNMENT JUNTA

DINA

LAUTARO GROUP

CONFIDENTIAL

SANTIAGO, June 26, 1974

FROM CAPTAIN JUAN MORALES SALGADO

TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE DINA.

1. In accordance with the mission entrusted by you, I can report the following regarding Mr. Carlos Prats G. a) He lives on MALAVIA street with Libertadores No. 3359, 3rd floor, Apt. 3, phone 71-8044. b) He works on Venezuela Street No. 1326, at the CINCOTTA Firm, where he holds the position of Public Relations Manager, phone 386554 and 386663, with a salary of US $650 per month.

c) His wife has a women's lingerie boutique on Rodríguez Peña street near Santa Fe.

d) He uses a blue Mercedes Benz, license plate 0200895, and a white Fiat 1500, license plate C382290 (serves as an escort), in addition to a covered pickup truck with tinted windows (Not seen by the undersigned). e) He uses one vehicle as an escort and another for counter-surveillance (This could not be verified). f) It was mentioned that he had personal security at his home as well as on the ground floor of the building.

The undersigned verified that no one protects him, as he reached his apartment without encountering any obstacles (It was verified first if the vehicles were in their usual place and the number that appears in 'a' was called). g) It was mentioned that he was protected by people hired by the Federal Police. (Could not be verified). h) The cars and the firm where he works belong to the Minister of Economy HELGAR; of whom he is a protected and unconditional follower.

i) He only visits his personal friend RAMON HUIDOBRO.

j) He changes his route to work daily.

k) A sketch of his home is attached.

2. For your knowledge and superior resolution. Greetings to you, (Illegible signature appears)

JUAN MORALES SALGADO

CAPTAIN."

A sketch of General Carlos Prats's home in Buenos Aires is added with the following mentions: "Avda. Libertadores," "Parking entrance," "Copec gas station," "Construction building," "this faces the street," "car dealership," "Boxers," "3359," "Boxer," "MALAVIA."

B) Regarding the delay in the delivery of passports so that the Prats Cuthbert couple could leave Argentina In this section, the testimony of Eugenio Mujica Mujica on page 2395, 4743—photocopied on page 1376—and 5246 becomes important, as well as the deposition of Renato Claudio del Carmen Ossorio Mardonez (on page 4812) and the statements of Javier Urrutia (889) and Ramón Huidobro.

Another important testimony was the statement of María Angélica Prats Cuthbert (from page 229 to page 231 of the 5th Criminal Court case) when ratifying (on page 1235, the brief filed on page 1206) and adding as new background information that Eugenio Mujica, who had been Deputy Consul of Chile in Buenos Aires, testified in the oral trial and recounted that Mrs.

Sofía periodically went to the consulate to ask why the passports requested long before were not being granted, that Mujica went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to request such information from Undersecretary Claudio Collados, who did not receive him, but through his Chief of Staff, Edmundo Harbin, replied that the delivery of the passports was being denied.

She concludes that, in the letter signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Patricio Carvajal, attached by her on page 203 of the Fifth Criminal Court file, it is explained to them that because information had been received that "a Croatian commando residing in Brazil had threatened General Carlos Prats," they deemed it convenient to investigate such threats beforehand, an excuse that did not seem credible to her because she never had access to that investigation and because the phrase regarding "the change of passport" was ambiguous, since her parents did not have any passport.

C) Regarding the death of General (Ret.) Carlos Prats González and his spouse Sofía Cuthbert

In this point, Report No. 1050 of the Investigative Police Border Control Department is included (added from page 366 to 370 of case file No. 132.260 of the 5th Criminal Court of Santiago) with the entries and exits from the national territory, starting from January 1, 1974, of the following persons: Iturriaga Neumann, Jorge Enrique, Chilean, born 1936, Passport No. 3672872: Exit 05.07.74 A.A.M.

Benítez-Argentina Entry 03.11.74 A.A.M. Benítez-Argentina Wegner Stapt, Georg Paul .................................... Castro Castañeda, Diego, Chilean, born 1939, civilian ID No. 3.728.202 (with a total of twelve records from 10.04.74 to 08.09.77): Exit 16.07.74 A.A.M.

Benítez-Uruguay Entry 30.07.74 A.A.M. Benítez-Uruguay In Report No. 1378 of the same organization (added on page 372 of the aforementioned process): .................................... Kenneth Enyart (assumed name of Michael Townley), American, born in 1946, Passport: 2287732 of the United States Entry 30.08.74 Argentina-A.

Merino Benítez Exit 10.09.74 Argentina-A. Merino Benítez Entry 01.10.74 Uruguay-A. Merino Benítez In Report No. 1815 (on page 564 of the aforementioned process), it is added: Eduardo José Rodríguez Pérez, Chilean, born in 1938, merchant, civilian ID No. 3.842.864, Diplomatic Passport No. 148.

Exit 03.April.975 A. Merino B.-Argentina Entry 13.April.975 Argentina-A. Merino B. Exit 04.Aug.975 A. Merino B.-Argentina Entry 12.Aug.975 Argentina-A. Merino B. Exit 29.Jan.976 A. Merino B.-Brazil Entry Not recorded.

In Report No. 462 added on page 1273, the following background information provided by the Investigative Police Border Control Department is added: Eduardo Rodríguez Pérez, Chilean, born in 1948, identity document No. 42.100: Exit 12.Jan.973 via Chacalluta to Peru Entry 16 Feb.973 from Ecuador via A.

Merino Benítez Exit 06 Feb.974 via Pajaritos to Argentina Entry: Not recorded (In the authorized photocopy of the page corresponding to the Official Passport Book of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of 1976—viewed—regarding record No. 148 issued in the name of "Eduardo Rodríguez Pérez," next to a passport-sized photograph of Raúl Eduardo Iturriaga Neumann, added on page 1297).

Official letter Ord. No. 16828 sent by the National Headquarters of Immigration of the Investigative Police of Chile, in which a contradiction regarding the record of exits from the country of José Zara Holger is clarified, pointing out that it corresponds to the following: "EXIT 26.

Jan.74 A. Merino B. Brazil" Police Report No. 226/703 sent by the INTERPOL Central National Office of the Investigative Police of Chile, submitting the record of entries and exits from the country during the period July-September 1974 of Raúl Eduardo Iturriaga Neuman, and others; in this regard, it is noted that upon reviewing the files, only the following appears: "Rodríguez Pérez Eduardo Juan, Chilean, born in 1938, identity card No. 3.842.864, with the following trips:

"EXIT 23.SEP.1974 A.MERINO B. ARGENTINA"

"ENTRY 27.SEP.1974 A.MERINO B. ARGENTINA"

"EXIT NOT RECORDED"

D) Judicial statements of Ricardo Víctor Lawrence Mires

He refers that he has known over time that the group was made up of Raúl Iturriaga, Cristoph Willeke, Armando Fernández Larios, and a Colonel Rivera. This department was under the command of Colonel Contreras.

He adds that: "regarding the DINA leadership, for us it was the 'little junta,' it was made up of officers from different branches; director Manuel Contreras, second in command came the Navy with García Le Blanc, then the Air Force with Mario Jhan and Carabineros with Abel Galleguillos.

Further down in the command came Pedro Espinoza and Raúl Iturriaga, the latter, for me, in charge of the Foreign Department; in any case, they depended directly on Mr. Manuel Contreras..." Official letter ORD.

No. 4046 of the National Headquarters of Immigration and International Police, on page 3546, in which the following is reported: "Marco Antonio Sáez Saavedra, Chilean, born in 1950, identity document No. 5.795.624, with the following travel annotations:

"EXIT: 31.08.974 A.PUDAHUEL URUGUAY"

"ENTRY: 24.09.974 A.PUDAHUEL BRAZIL"

"EXIT: NOT RECORDED"

E) Declaration of Juan Gustavo Etchepare Olivares

"To the court's question, I must point out first of all that I was never a DINA or CNI agent. I must add that before leaving the country, in a conversation I had with Townley, he told me that regarding General Prats, he had been ordered to do it because the Argentines had not been capable of even locating him in Buenos Aires.

He spoke about it in a general way but did not tell me, nor did I ask him, if he had planted the bomb or details of the event. He also did not tell me, nor did I ask him, who else had participated."

F) In the Argentine Republic, members of an illicit association belonging to the National Intelligence Directorate (D.I.N.A.) operated—an organization formally created in June 1974, but which had operated de facto since late 1973—and which presented the following characteristics:

1) It was composed of more than 6 individuals.

2) It possessed a military-type organization; its members used assumed names even when obtaining passports to leave the country, with a hierarchical chain of command, but compartmentalized in its functions. 3) It had a clandestine cellular and operational structure, through brigades and groups and a Foreign Department, forming a military command that planned and ordered the different operations.

4) It had high-power explosives at its disposal.

5) It was composed of several officers of the Army of Chile.

6) It had connections with other similar organizations.

7) It received support and direction from Chilean State agents and officials of national companies (Banco del Estado and Lan Chile). 8) It was fundamentally oriented toward the surveillance and repression of Chilean citizens exiled abroad, a country, a terrorist-type organization that accepted extreme violence as a resource to combat political opponents and that, illegitimately, planned the physical elimination of General (Ret.) Carlos Prats González for being considered dangerous to the permanence of the military government of Chile.

Its maximum authority was the Director Juan Manuel Guillermo Contreras Sepúlveda. The members of this illicit association monitored the home of General (Ret.) Prats on Malabia Street, controlled his arrivals and departures from work, threatened him by telephone, and prevented him from leaving Argentine territory by unjustifiably refusing to grant ordinary passports to him and his spouse Sofía Cuthbert, who had requested them many months before, including a request to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Consulate in Buenos Aires.

G) The agents of the DINA Foreign Department in the city of Buenos Aires, identified so far, Raúl Eduardo Iturriaga Neumann, Jorge Enrique Iturriaga Neumann, José Octavio Zara Holger, and Cristoph Georg Paul Willeke Floel, all currently indicted, carried out the plans established by Juan Manuel Guillermo Contreras Sepúlveda and Pedro Octavio Espinoza Bravo and provided the means for Michael Vernon Townley and his spouse Mariana Inés Callejas Honores to place an explosive device on the floor of the Fiat car that Prats was driving, accompanied by his spouse, so that, unexpectedly, when they were returning at 0:30 hours on September 30, 1974, from the house of the former Ambassador of Chile in Buenos Aires, Ramón Huidobro, it was detonated, causing the instantaneous death of General (Ret.) Carlos Santiago Prats González and his wife Sofía Cuthbert Chiarloni. Indeed, the characteristics of the event show that it could by no means have been carried out individually, but was performed within the framework of an organization duly formed and supported both in its economic and political aspects, an organization that depended on the DINA and functioned as a purely military-style organization with a vertical chain of command. The direct perpetrators of the illicit act returned to the country, the event being celebrated by the members of the DINA as a sporting achievement, which brought them advantages of all kinds.

Source: poderjudicial.cl, June 21, 2007

First Instance Sentence - Jose Hernán Carrasco Vásquez Case - 2016 (Excerpt)

4.- Marco Antonio Sáez Saavedra declares on page 363, stating that he belonged to the Purén Brigade, which operated in Villa Grimaldi. He states that he has no information about the brigade to which he belonged; likewise, he denies having seen detained people.

Source: Judiciary, February 2016

Former MIR member who joined the DINA sentenced to five years in prison

Human rights judge Leopoldo Llanos sentenced seven former agents of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship this Tuesday to various prison terms for the kidnapping and homicide, in 1975, of journalism student José Hernán Carrasco Vásquez, judicial sources reported this Tuesday.

Carrasco Vásquez, 27, was kidnapped in September 1975 by DINA (National Intelligence Directorate) agents, and his body was found in December of that year in a rural area on the outskirts of Santiago, according to the case file data.

In that context, Llanos, of the Santiago Court of Appeals, sentenced Brigadier Pedro Espinoza Bravo and Colonel Rolf Wenderoth Pozo to three years in prison for the crime of simple kidnapping and to another fifteen years and one day as perpetrators of the qualified homicide of the victim.

He also sentenced retired General Raúl Iturriaga Neumann and Brigadier Gerardo Urrich González to 18 years in prison as perpetrators of qualified homicide, and Adelina Ortega Sáez, Fátima Muñoz Gatica, and María Alicia Uribe Gómez to five years and one day as accomplices to the same crime.

The latter was a militant of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR), which fought against the dictatorship, who after being captured became a collaborator of the DINA and an official of the Army Intelligence Directorate (DINE).

Carrasco was also a MIR militant and was arrested by the DINA in late 1974, being tortured for several weeks. In February 1975, he appeared along with three other MIR members in a supposed press conference staged by the DINA, in which the four called on their comrades to lay down the fight against Pinochet.

He remained detained in DINA torture centers and was released in September 1975, but on November 20, he was kidnapped by agents of that repressive entity; after a few days of torture, on December 1, his body was abandoned in the vicinity of the town of Buin, south of Santiago, with signs of torture.

At his side was the body of Humberto Menanteau Aceituno, another of the MIR members used in the supposed call for the group's surrender. The DINA circulated a supposed MIR communiqué in which it condemned those youths to death, and after the discovery of the bodies, the victims' families received a letter informing them that they had been executed for treason against the working class.

The judicial investigation demonstrated that the supposed MIR declaration and the letter communicating the execution were false and that the youths were murdered because the DINA detected that, upon being released, they tried to continue the resistance struggle against the dictatorship.

The crimes "were punishable acts committed by State agents, in the context of a systematic persecution against the civilian population for political reasons," states Judge Llanos's sentence. Also in 1991, the Rettig Report, which certified the crimes of the dictatorship, established that the death of José Hernán Carrasco and Humberto Menanteau was framed within the human rights violations committed.

THE POLITICAL PAST OF "CAROLA"

According to the Memoria Viva website, María Uribe Gómez, who received the political nickname "Carola," unlike other MIR informants to the dictatorship, never regretted what she did. Until 1991, she was a DINE official, whose offices on República Street she attended daily.

In the first days of October 1974, when she was a Social Service student at the University of Chile, María Alicia Uribe Gómez, who at the time was a member of the MIR's information team, fell into the hands of the DINA.

The pressures and torture exerted on her led her to collaborate with her captors. A large part of the information provided by Marcia Merino was corroborated by her, with which the DINA would deal lethal blows to the MIR, which led to the fall of its own chief, the militant Emilio Iribarren Lederman, "Joel," who would also be recruited by the DINA in the first instance.

For 25 years, María Alicia Uribe worked as just another official in the Army's intelligence services, until she retired from the institution in the year 2000 as a civilian employee. Other publications about "Carola" / Villa Grimaldi Peace Park Corporation.

Source: http://villagrimaldi.cl/noticias/el-procesamiento-y-detencion-de-la-ex-colaboradora-de-la-dina-carola/ The prosecution and detention of the former DINA collaborator "Carola" This concerns María Alicia Uribe Gómez, "Carola," a former MIR militant, in her capacity as an accomplice to the murder of José Carrasco Vásquez, perpetrated in December 1975, who before being murdered was in Villa Grimaldi.

Learn about the foundations of Minister Leopoldo Llanos and an interview with the widow of Humberto Juan Menanteau Aceituno, murdered on the same occasion along with Carrasco.

Source: lanacion.cl, February 25, 2016

Case File No. 47.518, "Socialist Party Central Committee" episode - 2018 (Excerpt)

52.- Testimony of Marco Antonio del Carmen Sáez Saavedra on pages 450, 4758, and 9083, in which he states he is a retired Army Officer; in the years 1973 to 1976, he served as an Army Lieutenant, performing duties at the Army Non-Commissioned Officers School and subsequently on an extra-institutional commission at the DINA; he worked in the Purén Brigade, where he was for approximately one year; a brigade that had broad coverage; he was part of a unit called "Leopardo," which had the mission of evaluating, from an intelligence point of view, everything related to education in the country; the Purén Brigade was an analytical unit, and it was in its headquarters where all the information and the results of the investigations by the different groups dependent on it were centered, which were the areas of health, religion, labor, and education; upon his arrival, the head of the Purén Brigade was Army Major Raúl Iturriaga, and as head of the Headquarters was Captain Gerardo Urrich, and he also remembers an officer named Manuel Carevic. When shown the photograph of Rosa Soliz Poveda, he states that he does not know her, nor did he see her on any occasion, nor does he have knowledge of the case. Heads of the Purén Brigade: Raúl Eduardo Iturriaga Neumann; Gerardo Ernesto Urrich González. Members of the Purén Brigade: Heriberto del Carmen Acevedo; Palmira Isabel Almuna Guzmán; Germán Jorge Barriga Muñoz, "Don Jaime"; Manuel Andrés Carevic Cubillos; Manuel Rolando Mosquera Jarpa; Ingrid Felicitas Olderock Bernhard; Antonio Paredes Pedraza, "Larry"; Marco Antonio Sáez Saavedra; Manuel Abraham Vásquez Chahuan; Irma Nelia Guareschi Salmerón; Manuel Jesús Leyton Robles; Verónica Águila Ubilla; Elsa del Tránsito Lagos Salazar; Francisca del Carmen Cerda Galleguillos; Claudio Pacheco Fernández, "Este niño" (This boy) or "Inhumano" (Inhuman); Ximena San Juan; Viviana Ugarte; "Coja"; "Rucia"; "Piña," "Pamela," Carabineros officer, wife of guard Clavería.

Source: Judiciary, December 2018