Residential House on Obispo Michelatto Street and Carrera Street

Coyhaique - Region XI

This center of detention in the city of Coyhaique belonged to the Chilean Secret Police, the "Central Nacional de Informaciones (CNI) (National Center of Information). The existence of this center was publicly recognized in the Diario Oficial (Official Daily), part of the decree of the Interior Ministry No. 594 (June 14,1984) which indicates places of detention for purposes that show:

Decree Article: The following premises of the National Center of Information will be considered places of detention for the purpose of accommodating the arrests that take place in virtue of the twenty-fourth passing of the Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile.

Among the detention centers enumerated in this decree is the Residential House on Obispo Michelatto and Carrera in Coyhaique. There is no further information on this center.

Sources of Information: The book: "La Represión Política en Chile: Los Hechos" (Political Represion in Chile: The Facts).

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