Case File 12.725: Qualified kidnapping case of Ofelio De La Cruz Lazo Lazo m.1.- Testimony of José Roberto Ubilla Riquelme , on page 515, ratified in the evidentiary proceeding on page 1576, who declares that after having completed a basic intelligence course in Rocas de Santo Domingo , he became part of the

DINA

; said course ended in the first days of January 1974, and he was first sent to an underground barracks located at Plaza de la Constitución and later sent to a barracks located on Londres street, which had previously been the headquarters of the Partido Socialista.

He adds that they divided the people into two groups; the direct chief of his group was Ricardo Lawrence and of the other was Miguel Krassnoff , and that subsequently his direct chief became Gerardo Godoy, the “Cachete Chico” , and later Marcelo Moren Brito became the chief of both groups, that is, that of Krassnoff and Godoy.

He specifies that his group was subdivided and his task was to carry out orders consisting of checking the identity and number of people living at certain addresses, in addition to investigating members of the Partido Comunista and the Partido Socialista.

The members of the MIR were handled by Krassnoff and his group, of which Osvaldo Romo was a part, along with other people. He specifies that his alias was “Jorge Alegría,” and that on the second floor of the Londres barracks there were detainees who were kept blindfolded; he does not know if they were interrogated or tortured, as he did not have access to that place.

Source: Judiciary, June 15, 2007

Federico Álvarez Santibáñez Ruling - First Instance (Excerpt)

Statements by José Ubilla Riquelme on pages 188 and 432 verso of volume 1 A, now deceased as evidenced by the certificate on page 183, where he maintained that he had participated in the interrogations to which Álvarez Santibáñez was subjected at the CNI unit, where he was taken after having been apprehended by the Carabineros on August 15, 1979.

Jorge Andrade, Lieutenant Vargas, and Jaime Rubilar also participated in the interrogation, although it was always directed by Andrade as was the custom in these cases; they took notes in the meantime.

The interrogation was aimed at obtaining data on the MIR, regarding those who placed the bomb on the Carabineros bus. Álvarez was kept without a blindfold, sitting in the interrogation room, with his back to the door and lights on him, with the Captain in front of the detainee and the others at his sides.

He adds that in order not to be recognized, they had disguised themselves, although he states that they did not apply physical duress and that they were guided by a script, but without touching the detainee Álvarez.

The interrogation began at 21:30 hours and by 24:00 hours, they had already finished. He says he saw Álvarez in poor physical condition; apparently, he had resisted arrest, with a scrape on his head. In any case, he did not complain and his clothes were dusty, but during the interrogation, he was lucid and coherent.

On several occasions, it was his turn to go see him to clarify some considerations of his statement, always in the same cell where López was also held. He does not know who guarded the prisoners, since apparently there was a rotation through shifts; on the weekend he left the barracks and does not know what happened to the detainees, but he asserts that they were not beaten, nor was electricity applied to them, nor does he know if they were examined by doctors or not.

The detainees' cell was a large room with two pillars, located in the basement of the unit, a place that is not damp and has cots, with a bathroom inside. He says he cannot explain the death of Álvarez, since the pressure they exert is psychological and not physical.

Source: Judiciary, February 2016