On September 17, 1973, the following brothers were arrested in front of witnesses:

Paulino Ernesto ORDENES SIMON, 21 years old, peasant farmer, militant of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR); and

Juan Miguel ORDENES SIMON, peasant farmer, 20 years old.

The arrest was carried out in a settlement in Lampa by Army personnel from the Parachute and Special Forces Regiment of Peldehue.

In the same operation, Victor Joaquín MALDONADO GATICA, 21 years old, student, militant of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR), was arrested. His arrest took place at the El Esfuerzo Peasant Settlement in Lampa.

During this raid, other people were also arrested, among them his brother, who was released after a period of being deprived of his liberty. The following day, his father, Manuel Maldonado Miranda (whose case is recounted later), was also arrested and taken to the Peldehue facility.

The detainees were taken to Peldehue, where they were mistreated. On the night of the 18th, they were transferred to the Estadio Nacional, where they were subjected to interrogations, according to credible witnesses.

The testimony of a survivor of the event recounts that they were taken out of the Estadio Nacional along with other people on September 19, 1973, and executed at the Grecia roundabout during curfew hours.

The causes of death according to the respective death certificates are: Paulino Ordenes died from "thoracic gunshot wounds (2) with projectile exit"; Juan Miguel Ordenes died from "thoracic-abdominal gunshot wounds"; Víctor Maldonado Gatica died from "thoracic-abdominal and craniocerebral gunshot wound."

It should be noted that the death certificates for the Ordenes brothers record the date of death as September 16, 1973, one at 16:00 hours and the other at 22:00 hours. The date they were registered is October 1 for both cases.

These data contradict the multiple witnesses who saw the arrest and others who were detained with the victims, who provide consistent information that these events occurred on later dates. Maldonado's death certificate, on the other hand, indicates the date of death as September 19, 1973, at 23:00 hours, at the corner of Avenida Grecia and Américo Vespucio, which is consistent with the account.

The Commission has formed the conviction that the brothers Paulino Ernesto and Juan Miguel Ordenes Simón and Víctor Joaquín Maldonado Gatica were executed by State agents outside of all legality, an act that constitutes a grave violation of human rights.