On October 16, 1973, Wannio José DE MATTOS SANTOS, a 47-year-old Brazilian national, died.

Highly reliable sources declared to this Commission that he was already detained and ill by October 13, 1973, at the Estadio Nacional. At that date, he presented "symptoms of increasing typhus with constipation and vomiting." The authorities at the facility stated that he could not be treated at the Field Hospital until 10 days later, because they did not have sufficient capacity to attend to all the sick.

When a request was made to the medical delegate at the Estadio Nacional for his transfer to the Military Hospital, it was denied. As a consequence, he died on October 16, 1973, at the Field Hospital of the Estadio Nacional, due to "acute peritonitis."

It is the conviction of this Commission that José Wannio de Mattos Santos died because he was denied the timely and effective medical assistance required by agents of the State, constituting a grave violation of his right to physical integrity and to his life.