Four former Carabineros were subjected to prosecution for a homicide perpetrated during the dictatorship at the former Santa Rosa Tenencia in Temuco. The decision was made by the visiting judge of the Temuco Court of Appeals, Álvaro Mesa Latorre, against Daniel Sady Villalobos Escobar, identified as the alleged perpetrator of the homicide, as well as Jorge María Rivas Baeza, José Luciano Ruiz Aravena, and Ricardo Antonio Rodríguez Contreras as accomplices.

This concerns the murder of Segundo Enrique Candia Reyes, a crime perpetrated at the Santa Rosa Carabineros Tenencia in Temuco in February 1984. According to the case records, on February 5, 1984, Segundo Enrique Candia Reyes was detained at his home by personnel from the Santa Rosa Carabineros Tenencia, following a report of an alleged fight between him and his brother-in-law, with both of them and a friend being taken to the police unit.

At that location, and before being admitted to the guardroom, the victim was led by the arresting officers to an interior area of the Tenencia, leaving only his brother-in-law at the entrance, who heard moans coming from the place where Segundo Candia was being held.

The ruling adds that “in the morning hours of February 6, 1984, Candia Reyes was found on a public street, half a block from the police unit, by a niece.” “Despite his stomach pains, he had been released minutes earlier, stating that personnel from the police unit had beaten him during his detention, especially one member with the rank of carabinero, who was also one of his arresting officers,” it notes.

Due to this situation, Candia Reyes’s niece went to the Carabineros Tenencia, succeeding in having an ambulance called, which transported the victim to the Temuco regional hospital. At the medical facility, the man reportedly named a carabinero as responsible for the assaults, which ultimately cost him his life. by Carlos Martínez

Source: biobiochile.cl, July 8, 2014

Four retired Carabineros sentenced for the death of a Temuco resident in 1984

Daniel Villalobos Escobar received a 5-year sentence for the crime of torture resulting in death. Three other former officers were convicted as accomplices. All were granted the benefit of supervised release.

The visiting judge for human rights violation cases of the Temuco Court of Appeals, Álvaro Mesa, sentenced four retired Carabineros as perpetrators and accomplices in the crime of torture resulting in the death of Segundo Enrique Candia Reyes.

The act was perpetrated at the Santa Rosa Carabineros Tenencia in Temuco in February 1984. In the investigation, the judge sentenced Daniel Sady Villalobos Escobar to 5 years in prison for his responsibility as the perpetrator of the aforementioned crime.

Meanwhile, former Carabineros Jorge María Rivas Baeza, José Luciano Ruiz Aravena, and Ricardo Antonio Rodríguez Contreras were sentenced to 3 years in prison for their responsibility as accomplices to the same offense.

In all four cases, the magistrate granted the benefit of intensive supervised release for the duration of the sentence. Regarding the civil action, the judge ordered the State to pay the sum of $265 million to the victim's family members, an amount divided into $65 million for the victim's spouse and $50 million for each of the four children.

In the investigation, Judge Mesa was able to establish that the victim was beaten inside the police unit by the officers after being detained. After being released, Candia Reyes collapsed to the ground with severe abdominal pain.

After four days in the Temuco hospital and despite the surgical interventions to which he was subjected, the victim passed away, with his cause of death being “shock, intestinal perforation, abdominal trauma due to the action of third parties,” the ruling indicated.

Source: soychile.cl, April 26, 2016

Temuco Court of Appeals issued sentences against retired Carabineros for human rights violations in 1973 and 1984

Events perpetrated in 1973, in Galvarino, and 1984, in Temuco, cases investigated in the first instance by visiting judge Álvaro Mesa Latorre. The Temuco Court of Appeals issued sentences in two cases regarding human rights violations perpetrated in 1973, in Galvarino, and 1984, in Temuco, cases investigated in the first instance by visiting judge Álvaro Mesa Latorre.

In the first case, the First Chamber of the appellate court sentenced six retired Carabineros for their responsibility in the homicide of Segundo Osvaldo Moreira Bustos and the application of unlawful coercion against Juana de Dios Rojas Viveros, perpetrated in the commune of Galvarino in October 1973.

In a unanimous ruling, the second-instance court sentenced Manuel Sandoval Cifuentes and Gonzalo Soto Sandoval to 5 years and one day in prison as perpetrators of the qualified homicide of Moreira Bustos, and 40 days in prison as accomplices to the unlawful coercion applied to Rojas Viveros.

Meanwhile, Felidor Morales Flores, Luis Ibacache Salamanca, and Luis Araneda Gutiérrez were sentenced to 300 days in prison as accessories to the homicide of Segundo Moreira Bustos, and 40 days in prison as accomplices to the coercion of Juana de Dios Rojas Riveros.

In the case of Carlos Parra Rodriguez, he must serve 300 days in prison as an accessory to the crime of homicide, and 60 days in prison as the perpetrator of the unlawful coercion of Rojas Riveros. In the investigation stage, the instructing judge was able to establish that at the beginning of October 1973, a patrol composed of four Carabineros from the Galvarino Tenencia arrived at the Aillinco sector, where they executed Segundo Osvaldo Moreira Bustos.

Likewise, it was established that the same police personnel went that same day, but during the night hours, to the home of Juana de Dios Rojas Viveros after her spouse was executed, and she was taken to the Galvarino Tenencia, where she was subjected to torture, such as kicks and punches and threats with a firearm.

Santa Rosa Tenencia In the second case, the Second Chamber of the appellate court confirmed the sentence issued against four retired Carabineros for their responsibility in the crime of torture resulting in the death of Segundo Enrique Candia Reyes, an offense perpetrated at the Santa Rosa Carabineros Tenencia in Temuco in February 1984.

In a unanimous ruling, the Second Chamber confirmed the sentence that gave 5 years in prison to Daniel Sady Villalobos Escobar as the perpetrator of the crime. Meanwhile, Jorge María Rivas Baeza, José Luciano Ruiz Aravena, and Ricardo Antonio Rodríguez Contreras must serve 3-year prison sentences as accomplices.

In the case of Sady Villalobos, he must serve the sentence with the benefit of intensive supervised release, and Jorge Rivas, José Ruiz, and Ricardo Rodríguez with supervised release for the duration of the sentence.

Regarding the civil action, the State of Chile was ordered to pay a total sum of 265 million pesos to the victim's family members, an amount divided into 65 million pesos for the spouse and 50 million pesos for each of their four children.

In the investigation stage, Judge Álvaro Mesa was able to establish that on the afternoon of February 5, 1984, Segundo Enrique Candia Reyes was apprehended at his home by Jorge María Rivas Baeza and Daniel Sady Villalobos Escobar, Carabineros from the Santa Rosa Tenencia, following a report of an alleged fight between Candia Reyes and a brother-in-law, taking both and a mutual friend to the police unit, where, before being admitted to the guardroom, Candia Reyes was subjected to unlawful coercion that caused his death days later at the Regional Hospital. by Viviana Carrasco

Source: elperiodico.cl, September 27, 2016