PART THREE
Chapter One (A.2)

September through December 1973 (continued)

1. HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS COMMITTED BY GOVERNMENT AGENTS OR PERSONS WORKING FOR THEM (continued)
   
   
   2. CASES (continued)
      
      
      9. Eighth Region-Bío Bío
         
         
         2. Cases of grave human rights violations in the Bío Bío Region (continued)
            
            Province of Bío Bío
            

            A distinctive feature in this province was the active participation of civilians in the various actions of grave human rights violations that took place during this period. Another peculiar feature of this province was that the political violence that took place after September was generally the result of the climate of violence that already existed as a result of tensions generated by the agrarian reform process.
            
            Torture was practiced extensively, especially in Mountain Infantry Unit No. 17-Los Angeles, where excessive violence was used against prisoners, and torture was routine in interrogation sessions. At this site the military intelligence service was in charge of the prisoners. When prisoners were transported, they were forced to lie on their stomachs in military trucks and then more and more people were piled on top. As a result those on the bottom arrived at their destination in very poor condition or even dead.
            
            It was common practice not to turn the corpses over to the relatives, and hence in many cases people remain disappeared. Bodies were commonly thrown into the area's numerous mighty rivers, particularly the Bío Bío, Rarinco, Ranaico, and Bureo rivers.
            
            The army and the police were in charge of maintaining public order in the province. In various locations around the province the police were most directly involved in cases of people who disappeared after arrest or were killed without due process. There is no evidence of war tribunals issuing the death sentence in the province of Bío Bío.
            
            In Los Angeles there were several detention sites since most of the prisoners in the province were concentrated in that city. It became a transit site for many prisoners who went to different facilities in the region or in the country, especially to those in Concepción.
            
            

            • Mountain Infantry Regiment No. 17-Los Angeles. In November 1973 there were 323 prisoners, one of whom was a Uruguayan. The prisoners were housed in six dormitories in the stables. The cells were six by seven meters and each housed sixty people. The building had concrete floors and a tin roof. There was also a tent measuring eight by four meters where prisoners about to be released were held. A poorly ventilated house eight by twelve meters near the main building was also used as a cell. Prisoners slept together on the floor, and the overall conditions were crowded and lacking in hygiene. There was not enough food.
              
              This facility was the main detention center in the province. Prisoners from the entire area, whether arrested by soldiers or the police, were taken there. Extrajudicial executions were common in this facility as was the use of torture by members of military intelligence, by police, and according to credible testimony by former prisoners in this facility, by civilians. "Interrogations" were carried out in the office of the regiment's civilian employees.
              
              
            • Prison in Los Angeles (now the site for preventive detention). In November 1973 there were 80 prisoners in the hands of the military authorities, but the number of common criminals was as high as 213. In general conditions were crowded, and there was a shortage of beds. There was not enough food for the number of people in the jail.
              
              
            • Good Shepherd Home in Los Angeles. In November there were 21 women prisoners, one of them of Spanish nationality. Overall conditions were good. In the city there were also other detention sites of a transitory nature from which prisoners went to more permanent centers: Liceo de Hombres, Gimnasio de lansa, Liceo Alemán [high schools].
              

            Los Angeles
            

            On September 12, 1973, Juan Miguel YAÑEZ FRANCO, 25, a carpenter who was active in the Communist party, was arrested at his home and taken to the Los Angeles Regiment, where his wife visited him several times. Starting on September 29, representatives at the base began to deny to his family that he was being held there. His whereabouts remain unknown to this day. His death is not registered and there is no official explanation of what happened to him. Since it is established that he was arrested by government agents and was held at a prison site, this Commission holds the conviction that Juan Miguel Yáñez was subjected to a forced disappearance by government agents and that his human rights were violated.
            
            Also on September 12, César Augusto FLORES BAEZA, 30, a CORA (Corporación de Reforma Agraria-Agrarian Reform Corporation) administrator who was active in the Socialist party, was arrested. He voluntarily reported to the investigative police, was arrested and was taken to the Gimnasio Iansa, where his family was able to visit him. He was then transferred to the regiment where witnesses have testified that he was subjected to torture. From that time nothing further is known about his fate or his whereabouts. In November a high ranking regiment officer is said to have acknowledged his arrest to the family and told them that he had been released. However, he never returned to his family, had no dealings with any government agency or service, and is not registered as having left the country. Witnesses told his family that he was taken for questioning on September 17 and never returned. In view of all this information, the Commission holds the conviction that César Flores suffered a violation of his human rights at the hands of government agents who, after arresting him, made him disappear by force.
            
            On September 15, 1973, Adelino Alfonso PEREZ NAVARRETE, a farm worker who was active in the Communist party and a delegate to the CUT labor federation, was arrested by civilians as he was leaving jail. He had been arrested by police from Mulchén on September 9 and accused of a robbery alleged to have taken place during the land occupation of an estate. He was released on September 15 for lack of evidence. As he left the jail he was detained by civilians who took him to the police station in Mulchén. After five days he was taken to the Liceo de Hombres in Los Angeles and from there to the regiment. When he arrived there he was dying. Witnesses said that in the military truck he had to bear the weight of the other prisoners on top of him. He received medical attention at the regiment from doctors who were fellow prisoners and who knew him. His body was left out in the courtyard. There was never any further word about him. A newspaper story on October 6, which gave no source, stated that he had been killed when he attacked the guards in an escape attempt and that he had been buried along with others in the common grave at the general cemetery in Los Angeles. The family was never notified of his death, there is no death certificate, and they have not been able to locate his remains. It is the conviction of the Commission that the disappearance, presumed death, and concealment of the body of Adelino Pérez Navarrete was a grave human rights violation in which the government was involved due to the action of its agents.
            
            On the morning of September 16, 1973, five persons were arrested at their homes and in the presence of witnesses in the San Alfonso neighborhood. Those arresting them were police from a station in Los Angeles who were driving a pickup that belonged to the Farming and Livestock Service. Those arrested were:
            
            José Luis Tito VILLAGRAN VILLAGRAN, 53, armed forces retiree who supported the Socialist party. After his arrest his family received word from the hospital in Los Angeles that he had been taken there in grave condition with bullet wounds and with knife cuts on his face. On September 17 he died at the hospital due to "general peritonitis and rupture of the small and large intestines." His family was able to identify and bury his body.
            
            Egidio Robespierre ACUÑA PACHECO, 24, a day laborer. He has remained disappeared since the day of his arrest.
            
            Juan Guillermo CHAMORRO AREVALO, 23, a bookstore owner who was active in the Communist party. After his arrest witnesses say they had seen him at the police station in Los Angeles and then at the regiment. They claim to have seen his body at this latter site. To this day his family has received no official explanation of his whereabouts or his fate, does not have any death certificate, and has not received his body.
            
            Juan Isaás HEREDIA OLIVARES, 41, a teacher at School No. 1 in Los Angeles who was a supporter of the Popular Unity and vice-president of the municipal Council for Supplies and Prices. Since his arrest nothing further is known of his whereabouts and fate. There is no official notification of his death.
            
            Heriberto RIVERA BARRA, 47, a typesetter. At the time of his arrest, he was confined to bed with a severe trauma and injury to the brain. At the South police station his wife was told that he had been taken to the Liceo de Hombres, but there it was denied that he was being held prisoner. In the court procedure undertaken by the family, the police authorities suggested that "the possibility that Rivera Barra may have left the country for Argentina be considered." The Commission came to the conviction that Egidio Acuña, Juan Guillermo Chamorro, Juan Isaías Heredia, and Heriberto Rivera were arrested by government agents who took them to some place from which they then disappeared. It likewise holds the conviction that those who arrested José Villagrán were responsible for his death. The fact that there are reliable witnesses to their arrest and the refusal of the authorities to provide information on their whereabouts or on the fate of José Villagrán lead the Commission to conclude that human rights violations were committed by government agents who were responsible for their disappearances and ultimate fate.
            
            On September 17, 1973, José Abel CORONADO ASTUDILLO, 20, a worker at the National Electricity Company, was arrested at home. Those arresting him were police from the El Abanico area. Police authorities told his family that he had been transferred to the regiment in Los Angeles. At the regiment the family was told that José Coronado was there, and so for a month they brought him personal hygiene items. Later, however, they were told he was not there. He remains disappeared to this day. The Commission has come to the conviction that the disappearance of José Coronado was a human rights violation for which government agents were responsible. The grounds for that conviction are that it is established that he was arrested and that it is unacceptable that the authorities who had him under their control have not provided any explanation of his fate.
            
            On September 18, 1973, Luis Angel Ariel CORNEJO FERNANDEZ, 23, a student at the University of Concepción who was active in the Young Communists, was arrested along with other persons by police and soldiers and taken to the regiment in Los Angeles. Eight other prisoners were released, but not Luis Cornejo. Through an official letter in June 1974 the executive secretary of SENDET (Executive National Secretariat of Prisoners) stated that he had been released for lack of evidence the very day of his arrest. His whereabouts and fate remain unknown since his arrest. In view of these facts, the Commission was able to come to the conviction that Luis Cornejo was subjected to forced disappearance by government agents. It rejects as unbelievable the official explanation that he was released unconditionally since it contradicts statements by witnesses and the initial official responses.
            
            On September 18, 1973, Manuel WENTEN VALENZUELA, 49, a farmer, was killed. He was arrested by police and civilians from Santa Bárbara on September 15, 1973 at his house and taken to the regiment. At the regiment his family was told that he was not being held there. His body was found in the hospital morgue on September 22. The death certificate states that the cause of death was, "destruction of the brain mass, fractured skull, perforating bullet wound to the head." The date of death was September 18, 1973. Witnesses stated that Manuel Wenten was killed by a member of the military when he charged at him in an act of desperation after he could no longer withstand the beating he was being given. The Commission came to the conviction that government agents were responsible for the death of Manuel Wenten and that they violated his human rights. The grounds for that conviction are the following: it is established that he was arrested; he died while being held prisoner at a military installation; the cause of death was gunshots; his family learned of his death in an unusual manner; and there were witnesses to his death.
            
            On September 18, 1973, Juan Eladio ULLOA PINO, 26, a surveyor who was the head of the Corporation for Urban Works and a supporter of the Popular Unity, and his brother Víctor Adolfo ULLOA PINO, 16, a high school student, were arrested by police at their home in Los Angeles. They were taken to the regiment, and according to witnesses, they were turned over to members of the military intelligence service. Witnesses also say that in early October unknown persons took them away. On October 6 the local press reported that they had been released conditionally and that they had not presented themselves when ordered to do so by the authorities. Nevertheless, neither of them had any further contact with their family, had any dealings with state agencies, or is registered has having left the country. In view of these facts, the Commission was able to come to the conviction that the disappearance of Juan Eladio Ulloa Pino and his brother Víctor Adolfo Ulloa Pino was a grave human rights violation committed by government agents, since it is sufficiently established that they were arrested, and since the claim that they were conditionally released is not plausible for the reasons already given.
            
            On September 19, 1973, Mario Alfonso LOPEZ ALIAGA, 35, a tractor driver for CORA, who was active in the Socialist Party and secretary of the Chacayal peasant cooperative, was arrested. Witnesses saw him being arrested at the San Lorenzo estate by soldiers and police who were acting under the command of a top regional authority. The Commission received testimony from witnesses stating that he did not enter the public jail, although military authorities said he had been taken there. On September 21, the press reported that he had been arrested in a "blitzkrieg" action by the army in the area of Villucura, and military authorities called him a "dangerous subversive." However, there has been no word about his fate or whereabouts since the day of his arrest. Since it is established that he was arrested, the Commission has come to the conviction that his disappearance was an action that violated human rights and for which government agents were responsible.
            
            On September 19, 1973, Julio Esteban HENRIQUEZ BRAVO, 37, a merchant, was arrested along with another person by members of the investigative police in the Plaza de Armas [town's main square] and taken to the regiment, according to what the family was told. Witnesses say that he was seen at that installation until the end of September and that he had been beaten and tortured. Since that time he remains disappeared; he did not return home, has not conducted official business, nor is he registered as having left the country. Since it is sufficiently established that he was arrested, this Commission holds the conviction that Julio Esteban Henríquez suffered a human rights violation at the hands of government agents who after arresting him caused him to disappear.
            
            Also on September 19, Héctor Leonardo MORENO CAMPUSANO, 19, a high school student who was active in the Young Socialists, was arrested. He was with other young people at a section of Polcura. They decided to walk back to Los Angeles. Police arrested him at the Duqueco Bridge and took him to the Los Angeles police station. Witnesses saw him there, and say that early on the morning of September 21 he was taken away. That same day his body appeared at the hospital morgue, and a relative identified him. The death certificate states that the cause of death was "destruction of the myocardium, penetrating bullet wound in the chest." Military authorities have not provided any explanation for these events. The Commission has come to the conviction that Héctor Leonardo Moreno was executed without due process of law by government agents who violated his right to life.
            
            On September 21, 1973, Wilfredo Hernán QUIROZ PEREIRA, 32, a worker at the El Abanico plant of ENDESA (National Electricity Company) and a labor union leader who was active in the Communist party, was arrested. He was arrested by soldiers and police from the El Abanico area and subsequently taken to the regiment at Los Angeles. On January 14, 1977 the local press reported that he had been shot to death there along with Plutarco Coussy Benavidez, Mario Samuel Olivares Pérez and Víctor Jerez Meza. There is no official notification of his death, nor any official explanation of his fate. These facts lead this Commission to the conviction that the disappearance and ultimate fate of Hernán Wilfredo Quiroz constituted a human rights violation for which government agents were responsible.
            
            On September 23, 1973, Jaime ARAYA PALOMINOS, 26, a student of topography at the University of Concepción who was active in MIR, was executed. He had been summoned by military decree on September 11 and was arrested September 22 along with other persons, who were taken to the regiment at Los Angeles. On September 23 he was shot at that base. The official statement published in the newspaper on October 6 states that he was shot down for having attacked the guards who were holding him in custody and attempting to escape. His body was buried at the cemetery in Los Angeles. It is the conviction of the Commission that the death of Jaime Araya constituted a grave human rights violation for which government agents were responsible. The official account of a supposed escape attempt is unlikely in view of the fact that he was in a heavily guarded military installation. Even if such had been the case, it does not seem acceptable that armed guards should have had to kill an unarmed prisoner to prevent him from escaping.
            
            On October 3, 1973, José Oscar RODRIGUEZ PEÑA, 49, was killed in an armed clash with troops, according to an official account published in the newspaper October 6, 1973. Bearing in mind the official information on these events and having weighed the other evidence it has at hand, especially the lack of information on the supposed shootout with official troops, and the fact that Rodríguez has not had any dealings with government agencies since 1973, the Commission has come to the conviction that José Rodríguez was killed and that he suffered a human rights violation that can reasonably be attributed to government agents.
            
            In the early morning of October 5, 1973, José Hugo CABEZAS PEREZ, 22, a farm worker, Segundo Enrique CABEZAS PEREZ, 14, a student, and Iván ZURITA, were arrested. Investigative police arrested these three persons at their homes in the El Tránsito neighborhood and took them to their headquarters. They were seen there that day. Police officials told the family that they had been transferred to the regiment, but there and at other sites it was denied that they were being held. Since that date they have remained disappeared. It is the conviction of this Commission that the disappearance of Iván Zurita and of the two brothers Hugo and Segundo Cabezas was a human rights violation for which government agents were responsible. The grounds for that conviction are that it is established that they were arrested and that subsequently none of them has contacted his family, had any dealings with government agencies, or is registered as having left the country.
            
            On October 12, 1973, Pedro Pascual CEA CABEZAS, 49, a farmer, was arrested at the El Pedregal estate. Police arrested him and another person. They were taken to the El Alamo checkpoint and then transferred to the First police station in Los Angeles. The other person was taken to the regiment and at that point lost contact with Pedro Cea, who remains disappeared to this day. Since it is established that he was arrested, this Commission holds the conviction that Pedro Pascual Cea underwent forced disappearance at the hands of government agents who violated his human rights.
            
            On October 18, 1973, Jorge ROBLES ROBLES, 43, a merchant, was arrested at his home by investigative police and taken to the police station. According to testimony provided by witnesses to the Commission, he was released during curfew hours and was killed by soldiers, and then buried on an estate near Los Angeles. To this day his whereabouts remain unknown. Since it is established that he was arrested by government agents and held at a police facility, this Commission holds the conviction that the disappearance of Jorge Robles was a human rights violation for which the government was responsible by reason of the actions of its agents.
            

            Santa Bárbara
            

            The Commission examined several cases in the areas of Santa Bárbara and Quilaco in which people disappeared after being arrested by patrols made up of civilians and police. In all these cases, the efforts of their relatives to locate them in the area's various detention sites proved to be in vain. Their presence was denied in all these places. Since their arrests were witnessed, since it has been established that none of these people had further contact with their relatives or had official dealings with government agents, and since they are not registered has having left the country, this Commission has come to the conviction that their disappearance was a violation of human rights, repeatedly committed by government agents and local civilians who helped them.
            
            On September 14, 1973, Juan Francisco FUENTES LIZAMA, 67, a farm worker, and Juan de Dios FUENTES LIZAMA, 78, also a farm worker, were arrested. These two brothers were arrested at their home on the Corcovado estate by a patrol made up of civilians and police from Santa Bárbara. According to an account by witnesses, Juan Francisco Fuentes Lizama was shot at the arrest site and died on the spot. Nevertheless, to this day nothing is known about their whereabouts or fate. For the reasons set forth in the introduction to the events in this area, this Commission has come to the conviction that Juan Francisco Fuentes Lizama and his brother Juan de Dios Fuentes Lizama suffered a human rights violation committed by government agents who were responsible for their disappearance.
            
            On September 16, 1973, Sebastián Hernaldo CAMPOS DIAZ, 24, an electrician's assistant, was arrested. That day he voluntarily reported to the police station in Santa Bárbara when he learned that they had come looking for him at his house. Witnesses who saw him at the police station claim that he was killed there, and that his body was thrown into the waters of the Bío Bío River. The motive is said to have been a personal grudge and not to have had anything to do with the political situation. Since then his whereabouts and fate remain unknown. These facts, the plausibility of the accounts by witnesses and those bringing forth the accusation, the complete lack of subsequent news about his fate, and the apparent personal motivation of the official agents, lead this Commission to the conviction that Sebastián Campos suffered a human rights violation committed by government agents who abused their power.
            
            On September 17, three people, all farm workers at the Monte Verde agricultural cooperative, voluntarily reported to the police unit in Santa Bárbara:
            
            José Gilberto ARANEDA RIQUELME, 28,
            
            José Segundino ZUÑIGA ACELDINES, 51, and
            
            José Rafael ZUÑIGA ACELDINES, 49.
            
            On September 18 police told their relatives that they had been transferred to the regiment in Los Angeles, but all three have remained disappeared to this day. The Commission has come to the conviction that the disappearance of José Gilberto Araneda and the two brothers, José Segundino Zuñiga and José Rafael Zuñiga, constitute a human rights violation for which government agents were responsible, taking into consideration the general tenor of events in this area, the firmly established fact that they were arrested, and the fact that it is unacceptable that those who apprehended them not provide a satisfactory and plausible explanation for the destiny and fate of people they have arrested.
            
            On September 20, a patrol of civilians and police arrested seven people in their homes:
            
            Desiderio AGUILERA SOLIS, 42, a farm worker;
            
            Miguel CUEVAS PINCHEIRA, 41, a shoe repairer who was active in the Socialist party;
            
            José Mariano GODOY ACUÑA, 25, a farm worker and a leader of the peasant league at the El Huache cooperative;
            
            José Domingo GODOY ACUÑA, 20, a farm worker and labor leader of the peasant league at the cooperative;
            
            José Nazario GODOY ACUÑA, 22, a farm worker and labor leader of the peasant league at the cooperative;
            
            Julio César GODOY ACUÑA, 56, a farm worker and labor leader of the peasant league at the cooperative;
            
            Manuel SALAMANCA MELLA, 38, a cattle dealer.
            
            At the police station in Santa Bárbara the relatives were told that these prisoners had been transferred to the regiment in Los Angeles. According to statements provided to this Commission, the prisoners were killed and thrown into the Bío Bío River from the bridge that crosses at Quilaco. However, their whereabouts and fate remain unknown since their arrest. In response to accusations made by their relatives, a judicial proceeding was undertaken before the military prosecutor's office in Los Angeles (case record 25-73). The trial record establishes that sometime after September 11, 1973, a patrol composed of police from Santa Bárbara and civilians who had been invited to help the police was operating in Santa Bárbara. This force is said to have been one of "voluntary collaboration with the Chilean police." The military prosecutor's office sentenced the accused to 180 days of imprisonment with possible parole: one of them for carrying a firearm without permission and for carrying out legal actions related to those weapons without the proper authorization; the other person was sentenced to 61 days in jail, with possible parole, for having committed the crime of illegally bearing a firearm. On May 18, 1979 the commander-in-chief of the army Third Division definitively suspended proceedings against the accused. The military prosecutor's office did not make any statement about the disappearance of these people.
            
            In view of facts presented, the collective nature of this situation, and what can be deduced from those judicial proceedings and from the repeated occurrence of similar events in this province, the Commission has come to the conviction that the disappearance and probable death of these seven people constituted a grave human rights violation for which government agents and those civilians who were working alongside them were responsible.
            
            On September 22, Héctor Jaime NUÑEZ MUÑOZ, 27, a merchant, voluntarily reported to the police in Santa Bárbara. He had previously been summoned to present his documents since he was merely passing through this area. At this police station his family was told that he had been released immediately. Since the day he presented himself there has been no further word about his whereabouts and fate. In view of the information it has gathered, this Commission has come to the conviction that Héctor Jaime Núñez suffered a human rights violation for which government agents were responsible, since the explanations provided by police authorities are contradictory and implausible and since there has been no further word on him since his disappearance.
            
            In the early morning of October 23, Carlos Jacinto DAPOLLONIO ZAPATA, 22, a waiter, and Sergio DAPOLLONIO PETERMAN, 48, a farm worker, were arrested at their home by police and civilians from Santa Bárbara. Witnesses observed them being executed at the bridge over the Bío Bío River and saw their bodies thrown into the water. Relatives drew out the body of Carlos Jacinto Dapollonio Zapata, but while the wake was being held at his home, a police patrol took the body and presumably threw it into the river from the Piulo Bridge. These facts enable this Commission to come to the conviction that Carlos Jacinto and Sergio Dapollonio suffered a grave human rights violation at the hands of government agents and the civilians working with police who killed them and denied their families the legitimate right to bury their bodies.
            

            Quilaco
            

            On September 13, 1973, Cristino Humberto CID FUENTEALBA, a farm worker, was arrested at his home by police and civilians from Quilaco, who took him to the police station there. At the station his relatives were told that he had been transferred to Mulchén; there they were told that he had been taken to the regiment in Los Angeles, where there was never any acknowledgment that he was being held prisoner. His whereabouts remain unknown to this day. Because of these circumstances, this Commission has come to the conviction that the disappearance of Cristino Cid constituted a human rights violation for which government agents were responsible.
            
            On September 20, 1973, a patrol made up of police, soldiers and armed civilians arrested three people in the area of Loncopangue:
            
            Luis Alberto BASTIAS SANDOVAL, 28, a farm worker who was active in the Communist party,
            
            Luis Alberto CID CID, 47, a farm worker, and
            
            Raimundo SALAZAR MUÑOZ, 46, a farmer who was an invalid.
            
            Those arresting them were driving a pickup that belonged to the municipality and took their prisoners toward the police station in Quilaco. There the family was told that the prisoners had been handed over to the military in Chillán. Since their arrest nothing further is known of their whereabouts. Since it is fully established that they were arrested, this Commission holds the conviction that Luis Bastías, Luis Cid, and Raimundo Salazar suffered a grave human rights violation at the hands of government agents and their civilian collaborators, who after arresting them, made them disappear.
            
            That same day, September 20, 1973, José Felidor PINTO PINTO, a farm worker who was president of the Campo Lindo agricultural cooperative, and Segundo Marcial SOTO QUIJON, 32, a day laborer, were arrested by police from the Quilaco checkpoint and armed civilians at the Huinquén (now Campo Lino) estate. Credible witnesses who have appeared before this Commission say that after their arrest they were taken to the Piulo Bridge over the Bío Bío River and executed. There is no official notification of their deaths. These particular circumstances and the general facts about procedures used in this area, have enabled this Commission to come to the conviction that the disappearance and probable deaths of José Felidor and Segundo Soto constituted a grave human rights violation for which government agents and the civilians working with them were responsible.
            
            On November 3, José Roberto MOLINA QUEZADA, 51, a farmer, and Gabriel José VIVEROS FLORES, 29, a farm worker, were arrested in their homes by police from Quilaco and two civilians from the area. Their families went searching through different detention sites, but it was always denied that they were being held. To this day their whereabouts remain unknown. These particular facts and the general facts on procedures used in this area have led this Commission to the conviction that the arrest and subsequent disappearance of José Roberto Molina and José Viveros were the work of government agents and the civilians who were working with them, who thereby violated their human rights.
            
            

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Posted by USIP Library on: October 4 2002
Source: Report of the Chilean National Commission on Truth and Reconciliation
(Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1993), vol. I/II, Part Three, Chapter One (A.2.i), 367-377.
Note: Digitized and posted by permission of the University of Notre Dame Press, February 22, 2000.