On July 2, 1975, in Bahía Blanca, Argentina, Víctor Eduardo OLIVA TRONCOSO, a MIR militant exiled in Argentina under the protection of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), was kidnapped by a group of armed civilians.

On the same day, the body of the 22-year-old student was found with 35 bullet wounds. He was identified by a UNHCR official and a relative.

Weighing the specific background of this case, and considering the context of the actions that the DINA has been proven to have carried out in Argentina during that period, the Commission reached the conviction that the DINA bore responsibility for the violent death of Víctor Oliva, even if its agents were not the material authors of the murder.

The method of execution corresponds to the pattern of conduct of the Argentine extremist group La Triple A, which acted in coordination or collaboration with the DINA in Argentina. The Commission also estimates that it is highly probable that such a murder was part of a DINA disinformation maneuver, whose most publicized episodes (the "Colombo" case and the "list of the 119" referred to repeatedly in this chapter) took place shortly after the death of Víctor Eduardo Oliva.

It is also probable that the intent was to intimidate Chilean left-wing militants living in Argentina.