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PART THREE
Chapter One (A.2)
September through December 1973 (continued)
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HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS COMMITTED BY GOVERNMENT AGENTS OR PERSONS WORKING FOR THEM (continued)
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CASES (continued)
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Eighth Region-Bío Bío
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Cases of grave human rights violations in the Bío Bío Region (continued)
Quilleco and Mulchén
In Mulchén on September 18, 1973, Manuel Jesús AEDO LANDEROS, 24, a carpenter, was arrested. That day he left his house with two friends, and they then went their separate ways at approximately 11:00 p.m. From that moment all information on his whereabouts has been lost. In the judicial processing of the missing person report, police from the Second station acknowledged that he had been arrested September 19 at about 3:00 a.m. and say that he was released that day at about 6:30 a.m.. However, he never returned home or had any dealings with government agencies, and he is not registered as having left the country. The Commission has been able to come to the conviction that he suffered a human rights violation, since following his arrest there has been no further information on his whereabouts, and it is unlikely that during all these years he would not have contacted his family.
On September 22, 1973, Gabriel Valentín LARA ESPINOZA, 18, a high school student and MIR activist, was arrested at his home by a group of armed civilians and police and was then taken to the Second police station. Police authorities told the family that he had been transferred to the regiment at Los Angeles, but there was no acknowledgement that he was being held at the regiment. Subsequently in response to a habeas corpus introduced by his family, the station told the court that "when the events of September 11, 1973 occurred, he fled the area because he was involved in MIR; hence there is no record of his arrest at this unit on that date or any other." Since it is established that he was arrested, and since it regards the statements made by police authorities as contradictory, this Commission holds the conviction that Gabriel Valentín Lara was arrested and made to disappear by government agents who gravely violated his human rights.
On September 23, while he was at his home in Mulchén, José del Carmen ORELLANA GATICA, 23, a farm worker on the El Verdún estate and rural union leader, was seized by civilians and taken to an unknown destination. His fate and whereabouts remain unknown to this day. Because of the testimony it has received, and in view of the fact that there were many similar cases affecting peasants, especially if they were labor leaders, the Commission came to the conviction that the seizure and disappearance of José Orellana entailed a violation of human rights by civilians who were acting under the protection of government agents.
On September 27, Nibaldo Cayetano SEGUEL MUÑOZ, 32, a municipal worker who was an alderman in Mulchén, a leader in the CUT labor federation and active in the Communist party, was arrested when he voluntarily reported to the police station, accompanied by the town's former mayor. Two months after his arrest police authorities told the family's lawyer to stop looking for him. To this day there is no information on his fate or whereabouts. In view of this information, the Commission came to the conviction that the disappearance of Nibaldo Seguel was a human rights violation for which government agents were responsible, since it is sufficiently attested that he was under arrest at a police facility and there is no plausible explanation for what happened to him subsequently.
On September 28, Jorge Patricio NARVAEZ SALAMANCA, 15, a high school student who was active in FER-MIR (Frente de Estudiantes Revolucionarios-Revolutionary Student Front), was seized. Armed civilians seized him at his home and presumably took him to the police station in Mulchén. His whereabouts and fate remain unknown. Police and military authorities denied having arrested him or having ordered that he be arrested, and in response to a judicial inquiry the police station in Mulchén stated that according to other "subversives," Narváez had fled to Argentina. Since it is established that he was arrested, and in view of the fact that after this date Jorge Narváez had no contact with his family, had no dealings with government agencies, and is not recorded as having left the country, this Commission holds the conviction that his disappearance was a human rights violation for which civilians acting with the support of government agents were responsible.
In the area of Quilleco, northeast of Los Angeles, on October 1, a local police patrol arrested José Abraham HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ, 51, a farm worker and leader of the peasant cooperative, at his home. At the police station in Quilleco, to which he was presumably taken, the family was told he was not being held, and they were told to look for him in Los Angeles. Since his arrest there has been no information on his whereabouts. The Commission has come to the conviction that José Abraham Hernández suffered a human rights violation at the hands of government agents, because it is unlikely that after so many years he would not have had contact with his family, and because statements by police authorities are contradictory, insofar as numerous witnesses have testified that he was arrested.
From October 5-7, 1973, in the El Morro, Carmen y Maitenes, and Pemehue estates located in the mountains to the east of Mulchén, eighteen peasants from the area, none of whom were politically active, were executed. A patrol of about thirty persons made up of police, soldiers, and civilians from Mulchén went to those estates with a previously prepared list of people who were to be arrested and who were subsequently killed.
Riding on horseback, the patrol came to the El Morro estate on the evening of October 5. They arrested five peasants in their homes and took them to the banks of the Renaico River:
Juan de Dios LAUBRA BREVIS, 26, a farm worker,
Domingo Antonio SEPULVEDA CASTILLO, 29, a servant at the manor house,
José Edmundo VIDAL AEDO, 20, a farm worker,
Celsio Nicasio VIVANCO CARRASCO, 26, a farm worker,
José Florencio YAÑEZ DURAN, 34, a farm worker.
Witnesses heard shots. In December neighbors and relatives found their bodies in the area of La Playita. They bore bullet wounds, and their hands were tied with wires.
The group of men in uniform and civilians continued on their way up to the Carmen y Maitenes estate, where they arrested eight peasants in their homes and led them to the manor house. There they beat them and forced them to beat each other:
Miguel del Carmen ALBORNOZ ACUÑA, 20, a farm worker,
Daniel Alfonso ALBORNOZ GONZALEZ, 28, a farm worker,
Alejandro ALBORNOZ GONZALEZ, 48, a farm worker,
José Guillermo ALBORNOZ GONZALEZ, 32, a farm worker,
Luis Alberto GODOY SANDOVAL, 23, a farm worker,
Manuel Florencio RUBILAR GUTIERREZ, 25, a farm worker,
José Liborio RUBILAR GUTIERREZ, 28, a farm worker,
José Lorenzo RUBILAR GUTIERREZ, 33, a farm worker.
At about 11:00 p.m. witnesses heard automatic weapons fire. The following day the members of the patrol buried seven bodies in a pit dug in a meadow near the houses and covered them with sod. That same day, October 7, they set out toward Pemehue. They brought along Guillermo Albornoz who was in poor condition, and whose body later appeared downstream in the Renaico River.
At the Pemehue estate again they arrested five peasants in their homes:
Alberto ALBORNOZ GONZALEZ, 41, a farm worker,
Felidor Exequiel ALBORNOZ GONZALEZ, 33, a farm worker,
José Fernando GUTIERREZ ASCENCIO, 25, a farm worker,
Jerónimo Humberto SANDOVAL MEDINA, 22, a farm worker, and
Juan de Dios ROA RIQUELME, 35, a farm worker.
That night repeated bursts of fire were heard. Relatives later found their bodies with their hands tied, their faces demolished, and bearing many bullet wounds. They were all buried where they were found.
On November 21, 1979, a criminal accusation was initiated in the court in Mulchén (case No. 20595) alleging the crimes of raiding a house, kidnapping, unlawful mistreatment, injuries, and homicide committed against eighteen peasants in Mulchén. The action was brought against those who had participated in the "patrol." The First Appeals Court in Concepción appointed a special judge who undertook the investigation. After an exhaustive investigation the judge came to the conclusion that the patrol composed of soldiers, police, and civilians who went to those estates were the ones who had killed these people and later buried the bodies, or in some cases, made them disappear.
The bodies were illegally exhumed, presumably in March 1979, before the judicial investigation could take place. Nevertheless it was possible to make a number of expert examinations that helped identify the bodies by what remained and because some of them were still buried there. The judge declared himself incompetent to continue investigating the case and sent the documents to the military prosecutor's office in Concepción. On January 7, 1983 the military judge of the Third Military Tribunal ordered that proceedings in the case be permanently halted and applied the amnesty law to those accused. On December 18, 1983, the martial court annulled the application of amnesty and made the suspension of proceedings temporary.
These facts enable this Commission to come to the conviction that the execution and subsequent concealment of the bodies of the eighteen peasants on the El Morro, Carmen y Maitenes, and Pemehue estates constituted a grave human rights violation for which government agents and those civilians who were involved with them were responsible.
On November 3, Segundo Hernán REYES GONZALEZ, 28, a waiter, was arrested. He was arrested by police from Mulchén at his home and taken to the police station in Mulchén. Police authorities acknowledged his arrest, but they later denied it to his relatives. To this day he remains disappeared. Since it is established that he was arrested and in view of the contradictory accounts from police authorities, this Commission holds the conviction that Segundo Hernán Reyes was made to disappear by government agents who violated his human rights.
On November 5, Juan Darío PINCHEIRA CHAVES, 28, a farm worker and former municipal representative from Santa Bárbara, was arrested by police from Mulchén and taken to the local police station. There his family was told that he had been taken to the regiment in Los Angeles, but there was never any acknowledgement that he was being held at that site. In fact witnesses stated that he was killed at the police station by his captors. There is no official notification of his death and his body remains disappeared. This Commission has come to the conviction that Juan Darío Pincheira suffered a violation of human rights for which the government was responsible due to the actions of its agents.
Villa Los Canelos
In Villa Los Canelos, which is located in the mountainous area near Antuco, there are many instances of people who remain disappeared, and whose disappearance is connected to the activity of police from Antuco and El Abanico, as well as the activity of soldiers from the regiment in Los Angeles and civilians from the area.
On September 17, 1973, Mario Samuel OLIVARES PEREZ, 27, a worker for ENDESA [National Electricity Company] who was active in the Socialist party and a neighborhood leader, was arrested by police from Antuco. After being arrested he was taken to the grounds of the police station where witnesses saw him in the stables and in very poor physical condition. The relatives say that at the police station they were told that two days after his arrest he had been taken to the regiment in Los Angeles, but spokespersons at the regiment denied that he was being held there. On January 14, 1977 the local newspaper said he had been shot to death along with two other persons. To this day there is no official notification of his death nor has his body been turned over.
Also on September 17, 1973, Luis Leopoldo SEPULVEDA NUÑEZ, 27, who worked at the El Toro headquarters of ENDESA and was active in the Communist party, voluntarily turned himself in to the police in Antuco. Police authorities told his relatives that he had been taken to the regiment in Los Angeles, but at the regiment it was denied that he was under arrest.
The Commission came to the conviction that in these two cases government agents were responsible for the disappearances of Manuel Olivares and Luis Sepúlveda since it must be concluded that they were indeed arrested, it is unacceptable that the various authorities have no reasonable explanation for the fate and destiny of those arrested, and some days later other arrests and disappearances took place similar in character and were connected with this same police post.
On September 21, Plutarco Enrique COUSSY BENAVIDES, 32, who worked at ENDESA, was a labor union representative and active in the Communist party, was arrested by police and soldiers in Antuco. As he was travelling in a bus on his way to work, he was forced to get off in front of the police station. The family says that the police told them that he had been transferred to the regiment in Los Angeles. Witnesses say that they were with him in the regiment until September 27 and that he was in very poor physical condition. On October 6 the local press reported that he had disappeared along with four other people after having been released "conditionally" while the investigation was being finished. The report noted that they had not presented themselves when summoned once more and that they should be aware of the consequences, should they be found.
This Commission holds the conviction that the disappearance of Plutarco Coussy constituted a human rights violation for which government agents were responsible, since it is established that he was arrested, since the official report that those five people were released is not plausible, and since it is inconceivable that none of them would have contacted their relatives.
On September 22, Víctor JEREZ MEZA, 31, a miner and a driver at the El Toro headquarters of ENDESA who was a labor leader and active in the Socialist party, was arrested. Having searched for him since September 11, soldiers and police from El Abanico arrested him at the union office. He was held prisoner along with his fellow ENDESA workers Plutarco Coussy, Mario Olivares, and Wilfredo Quiroz. Police authorities told his relatives that he had been taken to the regiment in Los Angeles. As in the preceding case, on October 6 the local press reported that he was disappeared after having been released conditionally while the investigation was being completed. The report also noted that he had not responded to a new summons and that he should be aware of the consequences, should he be found. Since it is established that he was arrested, this Commission holds the conviction that Víctor Jerez suffered a violation of his human rights at the hands of government agents who made him disappear by force.
On September 27, Manuel Antonio AGUILERA AGUILERA, 45, a worker at the El Toro plant of ENDESA, and Abel José CARRASCO VARGAS, 39, a worker at the El Toro ENDESA plant who was active in the Socialist party, were arrested at their homes in Villa Los Canelos by police from Antuco and soldiers from the regiment in Los Angeles. They were taken to the police station in Antuco. Their relatives say they were told that the two men had been taken to the regiment in Los Angeles. Witnesses say they saw Abel Carrasco at the regiment. Their fate and whereabouts remain unknown to this day. It is the conviction of the Commission that these people were indeed arrested by government agents, who were responsible for their subsequent disappearance. The grounds for this conviction are the evidence produced by relatives and witnesses and the fact that it has been duly proven that there were other similar situations in this same geographical area.
On November 6, the following people were arrested:
Exequiel del Carmen VERDEJO VERDEJO, 49, a worker at the ENDESA El Toro plant and member of the labor union who was active in the Communist party;
Manuel SEPULVEDA CERDA, 26, a merchant; and
José Oscar BADILLO GARCIA, 49, a worker at ENDESA.
Police and soldiers arrested them at the El Toro plant. Initially police authorities acknowledged the arrests to relatives and stated that the prisoners had been taken to the regiment in Los Angeles. Officials there, however, denied that these people were being held. Later the police from Antuco also denied the arrest in response to inquiries from the courts. There has been no information on the whereabouts of these people after their arrest. Since it is established that they were arrested and, taking into account the evidence about the procedures used in this area, the Commission holds the conviction that Exequiel Verdejo, Manuel Sepúlveda and José Badillo underwent forced disappearance at the hands of government agents who violated their human rights.
Polcura, Alto Polcura, Central el Abanico, and Canteras
On September 14, 1973, Mario Omar BELMAR SOTO, 30, a worker at the ENDESA El Toro plant, was arrested at work and taken to the police unit in Antuco. His relatives say they were told there that he had been arrested and had been taken to the Los Angeles Regiment. The family also said that they had heard the account of a person who witnessed him being shot to death there. Bearing in mind the testimony it has received and the fact that similar things happened to other workers from this electrical power plant, the Commission came to the conviction that the disappearance of Mario Belmar was a politically motivated violation of his human rights for which government agents were responsible.
On September 16, Abraham LOPEZ PINTO, 54, a farm worker who was active in the Communist party, was arrested at his home in Antuco by police and soldiers. He was taken to the local police unit in Antuco, and there his family was told that he had been taken to the regiment in Los Angeles, where, however, his arrest was denied. To this date nothing is known of his whereabouts. It is the Commission's conviction that government agents were responsible for the disappearance of Abraham López, since it is established that they arrested him and that there were numerous instances of such a procedure in this area.
In Polcura on September 17, Bernardo Samuel MEZA RUBILAR, 46, operating manager and foreman of the machine shop at ENDESA who was active in the Socialist party, was arrested by police. He was then taken to the El Abanico police facility. It is not known whether he was taken anywhere else. Military authorities did not acknowledge his arrest. For reasons similar to those in preceding cases, this Commission has come to the conviction that government agents were involved in the disappearance of Bernardo Samuel Meza and that they violated his human rights.
On September 17, Alamiro Segundo SANTANA FIGUEROA, 23, a day laborer who was active in the Young Socialists, was arrested by police from El Abanico. From there, according to testimony, he was taken to the regiment in Los Angeles, and he later died as a result of the torture he endured. To this day there is no official account of his fate or whereabouts. The Commission has come to the conviction that the disappearance of Alamiro Santana was a human rights violation for which government agents were responsible since, in view of what has been said, it is certain that he was arrested, and it is unacceptable that the authorities should not provide any explanation of his fate.
On September 17, four persons, all workers on the Las Canteras estate, were arrested by police:
Nelson Cristián ALMENDRAS ALMENDRAS, 22, a farm worker,
Juan de la Cruz BRIONES PEREZ, 28, a farm worker,
Victoriano LAGOS LAGOS, 35, a farm worker, and
José Ricardo LOPEZ LOPEZ, 32, a farm worker who supported the Popular Unity.
Their families say that the police authorities told them these people had been taken to the regiment in Los Angeles, where, however, it was denied that they were being held. According to witnesses, the police patrol took the prisoners to the Laja River immediately after arresting them and returned without them. Their whereabouts remains unknown to this day. Since it is established that Nelson Almendras, Juan Briones, Victoriano Lagos and José López were arrested and subsequently disappeared, this Commission holds the conviction that they suffered a grave human rights violation for which the government was responsible due to the actions of its agents.
On September 18, Luis Eduardo VERGARA CORSO, 33, a primary school teacher and INDAP official who was a government representative in the Lago Laja farming and forestry estate and active in the Socialist party, was arrested. Soldiers and police from El Abanico arrested him after he voluntarily turned himself in at the Lago Laja estate. His wife and children had been arrested so that he would turn himself in. After being arrested, he was taken to a military encampment along the banks of the Polcura River. His whereabouts remain unknown to this day.
Witnesses say that immediately after his arrest shots were heard near a place along the Polcura River where soldiers were encamped. The state of siege operational commander in ñuble officially reported that the estate was being audited. Citing military authorities, the local newspaper on November 5 reported that Vergara was involved in "Plan Z" and that his aim was to blow up the El Abanico and El Toro hydroelectric plants. In view of the foregoing, and particularly the fact that there were witnesses to his arrest, the implicit acknowledgment of his arrest flowing from the information in the newspaper, and the fact that since these events there has been no further word about Luis Vergara, the Commission came to the conviction that government agents were responsible for his arrest, subsequent disappearance, and probable death.
On September 19, Benjamín Antonio ORREGO LILLO, 42, a carpenter, was arrested at his home on the Polcura estate by police from El Abanico. His relatives say that the police told them that he was shot while he was being transported. The body was not turned over to his relatives, nor was there any official notification of his death. Since it is fully established that he was arrested, and there has been no further information on his whereabouts, this Commission came to the conviction that the disappearance of Benjamin Orrego was a human rights violation for which government agents were responsible.
On October 4, in Quillay-Loma, within the Las Canteras estate, José Francisco ZAPATA ANDRADE, 24, and Silverio JOFRE JOFRE, both of them farm workers and union leaders who were active in the Communist party, were executed. According to witnesses they were seized by unknown people and taken away in a pickup truck. Their bullet ridden bodies were found a month later, one in the Laja River and the other in a forest. A judicial investigation was initiated (case numbers 15815 and 15824 of the Second Criminal Court in Los Angeles, and case number 45654 of the First Criminal Court in Los Angeles, which combined the two earlier cases), but it did not lead to any results with regard to who was responsible for their deaths. The Los Angeles police station reported that "police from the El Alamo checkpoint were devoting themselves to locating and arresting 'subversives,' many of whom fled along the banks of the Laja River near the homes of the workers who were killed. That is why," say the police, "they were executed (by the subversives themselves) to silence them before potential questioning."
Taking into account the fact that they were political activists and union leaders and the fact that many similar events took place in this region, the Commission was able to come to the conviction that both of them lost their lives as a result of actions by government agents or by civilians under their protection. The Commission does not find plausible the hypothesis that they were executed by "subversives," since there is no other proven instance of such events that might serve to make it probable.
On November 13, Manuel Jesús ARIAS ZUÑIGA, 43, a mechanic at the El Toro ENDESA plant and a union leader, was arrested. Soldiers arrested him at his home in the Cuatro Juntas area of Alto Polcura and took him to the Alto Polcura checkpoint, which is under the authority of the police in Antuco. According to his relatives, the police told them that he had been taken to Los Angeles. Nevertheless, despite the efforts they have made to find him since his arrest, he remains disappeared. The Commission has come to the conviction that this was an instance of a human rights violation committed by government agents, since it has received testimony that he was arrested. The accounts furnished by the police authorities are hardly plausible nor is it credible that after so many years the family would not have had some kind of news from him.
Laja and San Rosendo
Nineteen people were arrested by police from Laja between September 13-17:
Juan Antonio ACUÑA CONCHA, 34, a machinist at the State Railroad Company who was active in the Socialist party, president of the Council for Supplies and Prices in San Rosendo and a union leader. He voluntarily reported to the police in San Rosendo and was allowed to leave. That same day he was arrested by police from Laja.
Luis Alberto ARANEDA REYES, 43, a machinist at the State Railroad Company who was active in the Socialist party. He was arrested September 15 by police from the Laja headquarters.
Mario Manuel BECERRA AVELLO, 18, a high school student. He was arrested September 13 by police from Laja as he was about to board a train to Curacautín.
Rubén Antonio CAMPOS LOPEZ, 39, principal of the Consolidated School in Laja who was an alderman for that same district and active in the Socialist party. He was arrested at his home by police September 16.
Dagoberto Enrique GARFIAS GATICA, 23, an office worker at the Compañía Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones [Paper and Cardboard Manufacturing Company]. Police arrested him in San Rosendo September 15.
Fernando GRANDON GALVEZ, 34, an office worker at the Compañía Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones who was active in the Communist party and a union delegate. Police arrested him at work on September 14.
Jack Eduardo GUTIERREZ RODRIGUEZ, 45, a contractor who was active in the Socialist party. He was arrested at work September 13.
Juan Carlos JARA HERRERA, 17, a high school student. Police from Laja arrested him September 17.
Mario JARA JARA, 21, a furniture maker's assistant. Police from Laja arrested him at his home September 15.
Jorge Andrés LAMANA ABARZUA, 27, an office worker at the Compañía Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones who was active in MAPU, a welfare representative in the union of the Cóndor company, and a member of the board of the union at the paper company. He voluntarily reported to police authorities on September 15.
Alfonso Segundo MACAYA BARRALES, 32, a merchant who was active in the Communist party. He voluntarily reported to police headquarters in Laja on September 13 and was put under house arrest. On September 15 they rearrested him.
Heraldo del Carmen MUÑOZ, 27, an employee at the Compañía Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones who was active in the Socialist party and a member of the board of the Council of Supplies and Prices. Police from Laja arrested him September 13 as he was leaving work.
Wuilzon Gamaniel MUÑOZ RODRIGUEZ, 26, an employee at the Compañía Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones. He was arrested on September 14 by police from Laja.
Federico RIQUELME CONCHA, 38, an employee at the Cóndor company. Police arrested him in the street on September 13.
Oscar Omar SANHUEZA ORTIZ, 23, a school teacher. He was arrested at home by a police patrol from Laja on September 15.
Luis Armando ULLOA VALENZUELA, 51, a worker who was active in the Communist party. Police from Laja arrested him at work on September 14.
Raúl URRA PARADA, 23, an employee at the Compañía Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones who was active in the Communist party, a union delegate and a firefighter at the Third Company in Laja. He was arrested September 13 by local police as he was leaving work.
Juan de Dios VILLARROEL ESPINOZA, 34, a worker who was active in the Communist party and a labor union leader. He was arrested at work by police from Laja on September 14.
Jorge Lautaro ZORRILLA RUBIO, 25, a mineworker in Argentina who was on vacation in Chile. On September 15 he voluntarily reported to the police station in San Rosendo when he heard that the police were looking for him.
They were all taken out in the early morning of September 18, supposedly in order to be transported to the Los Angeles Regiment, but they never arrived there. On October 11, 1973, local people found their bodies buried in a sand pit on the San Juan estate, which is located on the road between Laja and Yumbel. A complaint was brought to the tribunal in Yumbel, which examined the matter and ordered that the bodies be dug up and later that they be buried at the parish cemetery in Yumbel where they remained until 1979.
On July 24, 1979, the Archdiocese of Concepción brought suit before the criminal court in Laja (Case No. 2770) against police from Laja. A judicial investigation was accordingly initiated, and the First Appeals Court in Concepción appointed a special judge. That investigation led to the identification of the bodies and the determination that they had been executed by police from Laja on September 18 at the site where their remains were found. Until that point their relatives had searched for them in the various detention facilities without success. On March 18, 1980 the specially appointed judge declared himself incompetent, and the documents went to the special military prosecutor's office in Concepción (trial record 323-80). The judge of the Third Military Tribunal definitively suspended the proceedings June 9, 1980, and the Supreme Court approved that suspension on December 3, 1981 (court record No. 564-80). The amnesty contained in Decree Law 2191 of 1978 was applied to those responsible for their deaths.
In 1979, while these judicial investigations were in process, the body of Luis Onofre SAEZ ESPINOZA, 37, an employee at the Compaññía Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones who was active in MAPU and a leader in union No. 1 at the company, was discovered. He had gone with the parish priest from Laja to report voluntarily to the police station in Los Angeles on September 20 and was arrested. From the moment of his arrest his family had no further word about him until his remains were found on the San Juan estate.
All this information, which has been duly attested, enables this Commission to come to the conviction that the human rights of these twenty people were gravely violated by government agents who arrested them, executed them without any due process of law, concealed their bodies and prevented their relatives from learning what had happened to them and burying them.
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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), 377-387.
Note: Digitized and posted by permission of the University of Notre Dame Press, February 22, 2000.
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