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Torturers, Collaborators and AccomplicesThis is a list of some of the members of the Chilean Army, Air Force, Navy and the Secret Police (DINA and CNI) indicted for human rights violations committed during the military dictatorship in Chile (1973-1990). Many of them continue to walk freely in Chile and some even occupy important places within many Chilean institutions. Only a handful have been tried and given prison sentences. Abarzua, Gustavo Retired General, was Director of the C.N.I. (Central Nacional de Inteligencia - the Chilean secret police) and later head of the DINE (Army secret police), a position he kept until he retired. He was one of the men Pinochet trusted and occupied two of the highest positions in the repression. On December 28th he was arrested for his participation in the secret financial scheme known as “La Cutufa”
Acevedo, Luis Actively participated in the so-called “Operacion Albania” that took place between the 15th and 16th of June 1987, when twelve people belonging to the Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front were murdered in separate locations in Santiago.
Acevedo, Hugo This agent, who worked in the general quarters of the DINA along with Alejandro Burgos de Beer, was personal secretary to Manuel Contreras, the director of the repressive organization.
Acuña, Victor A CNI agent, who during University protests, was seen firing against students who were demanding the democratization of the country. In November 1984 he was captured by students who held him up to a “Popular Court” (“Juicio popular”). He admitted to being an agent of the CNI, named his superiors and admitted to his participation in the torture of political prisoners.
Acuña, Cesar This CNI member participated in Operation Albania between the 15th and 16th of June 1987 during the Corpus Christi holiday, where twelve people belonging to the Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front were murdered in various locations in Santiago.
Acuña, Mario This Military Prosecutor ordered the kidnapping and execution of Isiaias Higueras, a prisoner, on January 11, 1974. Isaias Higueras was imprisoned in the Pisagua prison camp when, without a court order, he was taken out of the camp and shot. Later in July 1989 his body was exhumed from the local cemetery and relocated in an unknown location.
Aguilera, Juan This investigative detective was indicted by the Fourth Criminal Court of San Miguel for the arrest and unlawful application of physical force and serious injuries against the political prisoner Roberto Javier Munoz Munos.
Aldoney, Guillermo A navy Captain and Joint Chief of Staff of the First Naval Zone. Along with the ships Lebu and Maipo, the naval ship Esmeralda was used as a place of detention and torture of political prisoners after the military coup of 1973, as was noted in the Rettig Report and other reports from the OEA (Organization of American States), Amnesty International, and the United States Senate.
Alcavil, Galvarino This CNI agent deserted in 1983 and escaped to France. He stated, before a French judge, that he had supplied the gun with which the trade unionist Tucapel Jimenez was shot.
Almuna, Palmira Using the alias of ‘Pepa’ this agent was under the orders of CiroTorre Saez (member of the secret police) in the torture center Jose Domingo Cañas, and later was secretary to Pedro Espinoza Bravo member of secret police). She was questioned by Minister Bañados during investigations into the murder of Orlando Letelier . In 1975 she gave a prisoner’s baby to Major Rolf Wenderoth (member of Secret Police) for him to turn over to an orphanage.
Altez, Risierd This detective, along with Hugo Hernandez Valle, was arrested in March 2002 by order of the judge of the Fourth Criminal Court in San Miguel. Both detectives were involved in the disappearance of Antonio Patricio Soto Cerna, arrested on November 22, 1974, along with Luis Genaro Gonzalez Melia. On that day the two prisoners were taken to the Venda Sexi DINA (Chilean Secret Police) center where they were seen by witnesses and from which they disappeared.
Alvarez, Luis This Inspector of Investigations was arrested and indicted by the Fourth Criminal Court of San Miguel for the arrest and use of unlawful excessive force and serious harm against Roberto Javier Muñoz Muñoz.
Andrade, Jorge Jorge Andrade Gomez was in Terranova Quarters, better known as Villa Grimaldi (secret torture centre), as second in command. Survivors hold him responsible for the disappearance of many prisoners. In August 1979 he participated in the torture that caused the death of Federico Alvarez Santibañez. In 1991 he was still employed as security employee in a store in Santiago.
Arancibia, Pedro Four Army officers are directly associated with the disappearance of Jaime Aldoney Vargas, Governor of Limache, who was arrested on September 12, 1973, by Carabineros of that city and turned over to naval authorities at the Naval Air Base at El Belloto. Later it was officially announced that the prisoner had been set free on September 13, 1973, although witnesses say that Jaime Aldoney was arrested at the El Belloto Air Base and cruelly tortured by former lieutenant Pedro Arancibia (alias el Colorin), accused of being one of the cruellest torturers.
Aranda, Guillermo Medical doctor of Punta Arenas, cardiologist, he used his medical knowledge in the torture of political prisoners.
Arellano, Sergio An Army general and president’s delegate to the Government Junta during the presidency of Augusto Pinochet. He was head of the so-called Caravan of Death, a military unit that toured the country after the coup in 1973, during which 72 prisoners were shot. Curiously, during his career he received the Order of Queen Victoria of England, and the Cross of the Order of Military Merit of Spain.
Arentsen, Arnt A navy Captain, Director of the Marine Infantry School. Along with the ships Lebu and Maipo, the Esmeralda was used has a place to hold and torture political prisoners after the military coup of 1973, as was reported in the Rettig Report and others of the Organization of American States (OEA), Amnesty International and the United States Senate.
Arias, Germin This Investigations officer took part in the disappearance of Luis Rene Cespedes Caro, who was arrested on February 8, 1978, along with his brother and two others. All the prisoners were taken and interrogated at Investigation Headquarters, on General Mackenna Street in Santiago, Luis’s brother and the two other prisoners were freed in the early morning. However Arias was not released and has been disappeared ever since. He was twenty years old, from Angel Bugueño, and was the father of two little girls. In August 2000 Juan Antonio Maturana (on active duty) and German Arias Valencia (retired) were also indicted for the disappearance of Luis Rene Cespedes Caro.
Arrendondo, Gonzalez Colonel Sergio Arrendondo (retired) was the Chilean military attache in Brazil and representative of Codelco (a government mining company) in Sao Paulo. He is identified, by human rights organizations, as the second in command to Arellano Stark in the Caravan of Death. While he was in Sao Paulo, he admitted to having taken part in military missions in 1973 and to shootings, but always denied his participation in the executions of political prisoners, saying they were the responsibility of the local military authorities. Another episode that links Arrendondo to this kind of event is his being mentioned in a sworn declaration of the Chilean Juan Jose Soto Vargas, who confessed to having been an agent of the CNI (Central Nacional de Informaciones) and of having contact with Arrendondo in Sao Paulo. In August 1978 he was held for a few days in the United States by request of relatives of the murdered prisoners.
Arraigada, Darwin A medical doctor and head of a medical College. He was named General Head of Health by the military dictatorship. He participated in the plan of putting drugs in food to kill political prisoners, and also responsible for turning over Leftist medical doctors, more than 30 of whom were murdered.
Arraigada, Friolin This murderer belongs to a group of five soldiers and two civilians, who in the first months of the dictatorship, went around rural areas of Quilaco, in a municipal truck, arresting country people who sympathized with the Unidad Popular, and who now swell the lists of the disappeared.
Astete, Luciano This person, along with Juan de Dios Salazar Lantery, took advantage of their positions of power in the port of Tocapilla, by killing many political prisoners leaving, between September and October 1973, a list of over 15 prisoners murdered or disappeared.
Avila, Carmen During her stay in the DINA, this woman was secretary to Commander Arturo Ureta Sire, in the Foreign Intelligence Sub-office. She also worked in the CNI, where she was secretary to Colonel Suau.
Azar, Camilo This medical doctor/agent was suspended for six months from the Medial College for his participation in the torture of prisoners in CNI quarters.
Badilla, P. This investigative agent was indicted by the Third Criminal Court for illegal arrest and excessive force against Munica Bustamante Cardenas, Jose Gregorio Bustamante Donoso, and Lucia Cardena Leiva on November 8, 1986.
Baeza, Michelsen Retired Army General, first chief of the Civil Investigative Police after the coup of 1973.
Barahona, Victor A legal advisor to FACH (Chilean airforce). Ex-officers and sub-officers of the FACH were cruelly tortured in the Airforce Academy (Academia de Guerra Aerea, AGA). Retired General Sergio Poblete Garces remembered the treatment he received from his colleagues in arms when he was arrested. “Torture began that included, besides beatings, burns on hands and arms. They took me to a room with a dentist-type chair and tried to hypnotize me--a practice of the DINA carried out by the medical doctor Osvaldo Pinchetti--which I resisted by biting the inside of my cheeks until I bit off pieces. During the days and nights of torture they kept me standing up with my hands tied behind my back with parachute cord, and also kicked and hit me with their fists. Sessions lasted for hours. After one with electricity, where they tied me to a mattress metal spring half naked and applied electric current to various parts of my body, teeth, genitals, and sensitive parts, they threw me down a staircase. Retired General Gustavo Leigh was at the bottom of the stairs, who ordered me to stand in the middle of a room while for a long time he watched me in silence”.
Barra, Antonio This CNI agent, along with Juan Pastene and Army Captain Luis Arturo Sanhueza Ross, obeying orders from Humberto Gordon (head of secret police), are identified as the authors of the murder of the editor of the magazine Analisis, Jose Carrasco, and also of the murders of Abraham Musklabit, Eugenio Rivera and Ignacio Vidaurrazaga.
Barraza, Blas This Carabinero (local policeman) participated in the kidnapping and murder of Isaias Higueras Zuñiga on January 11, 1974. Isaias Higueras was held in the Pisagua Concentration Camp when without judicial order he was taken out and murdered. In June 1989 is body was exhumed from the local cemetery.
Barria, Victor A member of the Exterior Department of the DINA. Used the name Vincente and was Civil Attache to the Chilean Embassy in Argentina. Agents of the Chilean secret police Arancibia Clavel (Luis Felipe Alemparte) and Carlos Hernan Labarca Sanhueza were directly under his orders.
Barriga, German German Jorge Barriga Muñoz arrived at Villa Grimaldi (secret torture centre) in March 1975 and took charge of the repression against the members of the Chilean Socialist Party. According to testimony gathered by the Rettig Commission, he was responsible for the murder of the Socialist engineer Alfredo Rojas Castañeda.
Bauer, Kranstz This killer who used the alias Oscar Hernandez Santa Maria to hide his identity. He participated in the Operacion Albania, carried out between the 15th and 16th of June 1987, during the Corpus Christi holiday, where twelve people belonging to the Patriotic Front Manuel Rodriguez were murdered in Santiago.
Bello, Franklin Retired Lieutenant (FACH). Participated in the torture of ex-officers and sub-officers of the FACH. Retired General Sergio Poblete Garces remembered the treatment he received from his colleagues in arms when he was arrested. “Torture began that included, besides beatings, burns on hands and arms. They took me to a room with a dentist-type chair and tried to hypnotize me--a practice of the DINA carried out by the medical doctor Osvaldo Pinchetti--which I resisted by biting the inside of my cheeks until I bit off pieces. During the days and nights of torture they kept me standing up with my hands tied behind my back with parachute cord, and also kicked and hit me with their fists. Sessions lasted for hours. After one with electricity, where they tied me to a mattress metal spring half naked and applied electric current to various parts of my body, teeth, genitals, and sensitive parts, they threw me down a staircase. Retired General Gustavo Leigh was at the bottom of the stairs, who ordered me to stand in the middle of a room while for a long time he watched me in silence”.
Balmar, Pablo Army officer, commander of an Operative Group of the DINA. In 1994 declared as involved in the Soria case (murder of the Spanish United Nations worker, Carmelo Soria). Declared persona non grata in Ecuador. During the government of Patricio Aylwin (1990-1994) he was proposed as a military advisor to El Salvador, who rejected him, saying they did not accept torturers.
Belmar, Marcos This agent participated in torture sessions that caused the death of the transport worker Mario Fernandez Lopez, who was arrested by four CNI agents at his home in the town of Ovalle.
Benavente, Olagier Retired Lieutenant Colonel Olagier Benavente is 70 years old. In 1973 he took over the Intendencia (local Governorship) of Talca and the command of its local regiment. He says that he headed the military tribunal that indicted the previous Intendente, German Castro, who was murdered days after the military take over of the country..
Benavides, Cesar Former member of the Military Junta. Pinochet’s right-hand man during the coup, was Interior and Defence Minister. As retired Lieutenant General of the Army, he was Interior Minister between 1974 and April of 1978, and also Minister of Defence between 1978 and 1980.
Berg, Humberto Retired medical Colonel (FACH) and torturer. Ex-officers and sub-officers of the FACH were cruelly tortured in the Airforce Academy (Academia de Guerra Aerea, AGA). Retired General Sergio Poblete Garces remembered the treatment he received from his colleagues in arms when he was arrested. “Torture began that included, besides beatings, burns on hands and arms. They took me to a room with a dentist-type chair and tried to hypnotize me--a practice of the DINA carried out by the medical doctor Osvaldo Pinchetti--which I resisted by biting the inside of my cheeks until I bit off pieces. During the days and nights of torture they kept me standing up with my hands tied behind my back with parachute cord, and also kicked and hit me with their fists. Sessions lasted for hours. After one with electricity, where they tied me to a mattress metal spring half naked and applied electric current to various parts of my body, teeth, genitals, and sensitive parts, they threw me down a staircase. Retired General Gustavo Leigh was at the bottom of the stairs, who ordered me to stand in the middle of a room while for a long time he watched me in silence”.
Bevilacqua, Ricardo This detective was prosecuted in the Third Criminal Court for the arrest and illegal break-in of the home of Guillermo and Ignacio Santander, in March 1987. The report adds they were tortured and that the CNI took part in the operation.
Bombal, Carlos Carlos Bombal was head of the cabinet of the assigned rector of the Jorge Swett Catholic University. According to Bombal’s own statements, he was the DINA informant in the university who turned in Professor Juan Avalos Davidson, arrested on November 20, 1975, and who remains on the list of disappeared.
Borck, Martin Army Major, DINE, Second Commander of the Regiment of Engineers of Puente Alto. Six Army officers and sub-officers, all in active service who were agents of the Army Intelligence: Martin Michael Borck Keim, Santiago Geronimo Caradeux Feranulic, Carlos Angel Espinoza Lopez, Pedro Alejandro Jara Morales, Jose Guillermo Montenegro Valenzuela and Felipe Enrique Cabrera Palacios, were responsible for the murder of the chemist and member of the DINA Eugenio Berrios Sagredo in Uruguay.
Borrowman, Carlos Navy Captain and Director of the Naval School. Torturer of political prisoners in Navy vessels. The ships Lebu, Maipo and La Esmeralda were used as a detention and torture centres.
Bozo, Ricardo This murderer, who used the alias Rene Morales Rojas in order to hide his identity, participated in the Operacion Albania, which took place June 15-16, 1987, during the Corpus Christi holiday, when twelve persons belonging to the Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front were murdered in Santiago.
Brady, Herman Army General, ex-minister of the Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission and ex-Minister of Defence. Commander of the Santiago garrison. Responsible for the murder of Allende’s staff who survived the storming of the Presidential Palace.
Burgos de Beer, Alejandro Alejandro Burgos de Beer, member of the Chilean secret police. Trusted aide of Manuel Contreras (Head of Chilean secrete police), headed the “Pedro Diet Lobos” Society, a money laundering front for the secret police.
Burgos, Jose This murderer belongs to a group made up of five military and two civilians, who in the first months of the dictatorship went around in a city truck through the fields of the community of Quilaco, detaining country person sympathetic to the Unidad Popular, who now are on the list of the disappeared.
Burgos, Gregorio Medical doctor of the Los Angeles Regiment. He used his medical knowledge to advise members of the Chilean secret police (DINA) how to torture political prisoners.
Burgos, Juan This murderer belongs to a group made up of five military and two civilians, who in the first months of the dictatorship went around in a city truck through the fields of the community of Quilaco, detaining country person sympathetic to the Unidad Popular, who now are on the list of the disappeared.
Castillo, Pedro This agent took part in the break-in of AGECH and in the arrest of three of its members who later had their throats cut and were left in a field of Quilicura, near the International Airport of Pudahuel.
Cabezas, Hugo Navy Vice Admiral, member of Joint Chiefs. Along with the ships Lebu and Maipo, La Esmeralda was used as a detention and torture center for political prisoners after the military coup of 1973, as has been documented in the Rettig Report and other reports of the Organization of American States (OEA), Amnesty International and the United States Senate.
Cabrera, Armando Former CNI agent, caused the death of the Orvalle transport worker, Mario Fernandez Lopez, in La Serena, Chile, in 1984.
Caceres, Carlos Retired Commander of the Squad and pilot of the Chilean Air Force (FACH). Ex-officers and non-commissioned of the FACH were cruelly tortured in the Airforce Academy (Academia de Guerra AŽra, AGA). Retired General Sergio Poblete GarcŽs remembered the treatment he received from his companions in arms when he was arrested. ÒTorture began that included, besides beatings, burns on hands and arms. They took me to a room with a dentist-type chair and tried to hypnotize me--a practice of the DINA carried out by the medical doctor Osvaldo Pinchetti--which I resisted by biting the inside of my cheeks until I bit off pieces. During the days and nights of torture they kept me standing up with my hands tied behind my back with parachute cord, and also kicked and hit me with their fists. Sessions lasted for hours. After one with electricity, where they tied me to a mattress metal spring half naked and applied electric current to various parts of my body, teeth, genitals, and sensitive parts, they threw me down a staircase. Retired General Gustavo Leigh was at the bottom of the stairs, who ordered me to stand in the middle of a room while for a long time he watched me in silence.
Caceres, Ramon Ex-officers and non-commissioned officers of the FACH were cruelly tortured in the Airforce Academy (Academia de Guerra Aera, AGA). Retired General Sergio Poblete Garces remembered the treatment he received from his companions in arms when he was arrested. Torture included beatings and burns on the hands and arms. “They took me to a room with a dentist-type chair and tried to hypnotize me--a practice of the DINA carried out by the medical doctor Osvaldo Pinchetti--which I resisted by biting the inside of my cheeks until I bit off pieces. During the days and nights of torture they kept me standing up with my hands tied behind my back with parachute cord, and also kicked and hit me with their fists. Sessions lasted for hours. They tied me to a mattress metal spring half naked and applied electric current to various parts of my body, teeth, genitals, and sensitive parts, they threw me down a staircase. Retired General Gustavo Leigh, who was at the bottom of the stairs, ordered me to stand in the middle of a room while for a long time as he watched me in silence.
Calderon, Pedro During the dictatorship, various Italian-Chileans were victims of forced disappearance, including Juan Bosco Maino Canales, Omar Roberto, Venturelli Leonelli, Juan Montiglio Murœa and Jaime Patricio Donato Avenda–o. The last two appear in the Armed Forces report as being thrown into the sea opposite the coast of San Antonio, Chile. In Italy in the Venturelli case, indictments were brought against General Augusto Pinochet, Retired Colonel Marcelo Moren Brito, lawyer Alfonso Pollec Michaaud, as well as civilians Maximo Vivanco, Pablo Marquez, Pedro Calderon and Nelson Ubilla. Investigation of the case began in 1998 after Stefano Boco, Green Party Senator, requested an explanation for the disappearance of Venturelli.
Callejas, Mariana This agent of the DINA Exterior Department, participated, along with her ex husband Michael Townley, in the murder of General Carlos Prats in Buenos Aires on September 30, 1974, and in the crimes against Orlando Letelier and his secretary Roni Moffit on September 21, 1976, in Washington, D.C. In the Prats case, Mariana Callejas is accused of co-authoring the crime. According to Manuel Contreras, she pushed the button on the bomb that finished the Prats couple, this was confirmed by her ex-husband Michael Townley.
Campuzano, Cristian This agent tortured student Pablo Yuri Guerrero Gonzalez after his arrest July 1st 1985.
Caradeux, Geronimo Six Army officers and non-commissioned officers, all in active service in Army Intelligence: Martin Michael Borck Keim, Santiago Geronimo Caradeusx Franulic, Carlos Angel Espinoza Lopez, Pedro Alejandro Jara Morales, Jose Guillermo Montenegro Valenzuela and Felipe Enrique Cabrera Palacios, were identified by the Fifth Investigations Department as responsible for the disappearance and death of the former chemist and member of the DINA Exterior Briggade, Eugenio Berrios Sagredo, in Uruguay.
Carcamo, Juan This agent tortured the student Pablo Yuri Guerrero Gonzalez who was arrested July 1, 1985.
Carcuro, Victor This medical doctor, who was also a CNI collaborator, was suspended from his work in the Medical College for his participation in events that ended in the death of transport worker Mario Fernandez Lopez in October 1984.
Cardemil, Victor This Army officer, along with Retired Colonel of Carabineros Pablo Caulier Grant, and Retired non-commissioned officer of Carabineros Luis Alberto Hidalgo, were directly responsible for the arrest, torture and disappearance of fifteen prisoners in the city of Parral.
Cardenas, Federico This agent was arrested on December 7, 1989, inside the house of the senate candidate (PDC) Sergio Paez. The event occurred in Puerto Montt, where the candidate had protective orders from the Appeals Court of Puerto Montt, because of previous attacks against him.
Carevic, Manuel This agent was the second man of the Puren Brigade, in charge of repression against the Socialist Party. He was a cruel interrogator and torturer who participated in torture sessions of the ex agent Luz Arce. Along with Major Gerardo Urrich Gonzalez he was responsible for the disappearance of the FACH conscript Rodolfo Valentin Gonzalez Perez. These two officers were indicted in August 1992 by Judge Virginia Bravo of the Third Criminal Court for the disappearance of the youth Gonzalez Perez,.
Carrasco, Washington Thus retired Army General, was Army Vice-Commander in Chief. During the coup he was commander of the garrison in Concepcion and also Vice-Commander in Chief and Defence Minister after being the top military authority in the provinces of Concepcion and Arauco. As a military judge he approved and modified sentences on war committees. He was responsible for the indictment and murder of four mine leaders of Lota. As a Brigadier General in 1973, he took over control of the provinces of Concepcion and Arauco.
Castro, M This Investigation agent was indicted before the Third Criminal Court for the arrest and illegal treatment against Monica Bustamante Cardenas, Jose Gregorio Bustamante Donoso, and Lucia Cardenas Leiva, on November 8, 1986.
Caulier, Pablo This officer of the Carabineros along with Retired Army Colonel Cardemil Valenzuela, plus retired non-commissioned officer Luis Alberto Hidalgo, were directly responsible for the arrest, torture and later disappearance of fifteen prisoners in the city of Parral.
Cevallos, Edgar A retired Commander of the Group FACH. Ex-officers and sub-officers of the FACH were cruelly tortured in the Airforce Academy (Academia de Guerra Aera, AGA). Retired General Sergio Poblete Garces remembered the treatment he received from his companions in arms when he was arrested. Torture began that included, besides beatings, burns on hands and arms. “They took me to a room with a dentist-type chair and tried to hypnotize me--a practice of the DINA carried out by the medical doctor Osvaldo Pinchetti--which I resisted by biting the inside of my cheeks until I bit off pieces. During the days and nights of torture they kept me standing up with my hands tied behind my back with parachute cord, and also kicked and hit me with their fists. Sessions lasted for hours. After one with electricity, where they tied me to a mattress metal spring half naked and applied electric current to various parts of my body, teeth, genitals, and sensitive parts, they threw me down a staircase. Retired General Gustavo Leigh was at the bottom of the stairs, he ordered me to stand in the middle of a room while for a long time he watched me in silence”.
Cerda, Julio Captain Julio Cerda Carrasco, in charge of the general quarters company of the DINA, was responsible for the unit in charge of the guard and security. In 1991 he was a Colonel in the Aysen Regiment.
Cheminelli, Juan Army Cavalry officer. In 1973 he worked in aviation and was one of the pilots who went north and south of the country with General Arellano Stark in the ‘Caravan of Death’. In 1974 he joined the DINA.
Cifuentes, Ivan This murderer (who used the alias Andres Montalva Diaz) admitted his participation in the so-called Albania Operation that took place June 15-16, 1987, during the Corpus Christi holiday, when twelve people belonging to the Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front were murdered in various locations in Santiago.
Cisternas, Johnny This agent tortured the student Pablo Yuri Guerrero Gonzalez, arrested July 1, 1985.
Concha, Daniel This officer was Interior Intelligence Agent, a position he occupied when Commander Wederoth was transferred to Tejas Verdes.
Contreras, Alejandro This detective was indicted in the Third Criminal Court for the arrest and illegal break-in at the house of Guillermo and Ignacio Santander, in March 1987. The report states they were tortured and that the CNI took part in the operation.
Contreras, Manuel Chief of the DINA. Manuel Contreras is in Punta Peuco prison, constructed especially for him and Espinoza, with sentences of 5 and 7 years. Punta Peuco is a modern prison, where Contreras lives in a suite (room and separate bath) and according to reports, has television and computer with internet access.
Contreras, Patricio On October 6, 1984, the Fatima Parish Church in Punta Arenas was destroyed by a bomb. The management of the Special Army Intelligence Detachment No. 5 (DEI-5) planted the bomb in order to intimidate residents of Punta Arenas, who were getting ready to protest against a visit from Augusto Pinochet. Lieutenant Patricio Enrique Contreras Martinez and non-commissioned officer Milton Munoz were put in charge of the organization. Tshe bomb exploded ahead of time, killing Lieutenant Contreras.
Contreras, Sergio We reproduce below Contreras Mejias’ interview with the magazine Ercilla, that pretends to be a confession although in fact confesses nothing and recounts pure fantasies. (See interview)
Corbalan, Alvaro A retired army officer who was also known as Alvaro Valenzuela. He was set free after being indicted for a political murder.He was accused of organizing the murder of labour unionist Tucapel Jiminez, and was also implicated in Operation Albania, in which twelve members of the armed group Frente Patriotico Manuel Rodriguez were murdered in June 1987. This CNI criminal participated in and was the author of numerous murders. When he saw he might be facing justice, he involved his direct superiors, Augusto Pinochet and Hugo Salas Wenzel, thus breaking the ‘Code of Silence’ they had sworn among each other.
Cordova, Luis This detective was indicted by the llth Criminal Court of San Miguel of illegitimate force against Luis Jaime Cordova Donos, on December 7, 1984.
Correa, Luis This officer was involved in the arrest and torture of many prisoners who went through the DICOMCAR on Dieciocho Street. He also took advantage of his knowledge of medicine in the application of torture methods.
Cortes, Nelson Indicted for the application of illegitimate force against Vasily Carrillo, between the 11th and 14th of November 1986. Order for his arrest sent out by the Judge of the Third Criminal Court, Dobra Luksic.
Corvalan, Julio This agent, who used the alias Alvaro Valenzuela, was Army representative for the group commanded by Wally Roberto Fuentes Morrinson, who worked under the name LA FIRMA. Later Corvalan joined the CNI where he became one of the Operating Chiefs of this repressive institution, along with his right-hand man, Captain Francisco Zœniga Acevedo, and directly involved in the arrest and death of Gilberto Veloso and the later torture of the student Yuri Guerrero.
Cowel, Enrique This officer was a member of the Joint Chiefs of the DINA and had close involvement with intelligence operations in Brazil. In December 1990 he was arrested for his participation in the illegal financial scheme known as La Cutufa.
Cruzat, Jaime Legal advisor, FACH. Ex-officers and sub-officers of the FACH were cruelly tortured in the Airforce Academy (Academia de Guerra Aera, AGA). Retired General Sergio Poblete Garces remembered the treatment he received from his companions in arms when he was arrested. “Torture began that included, besides beatings, burns on hands and arms. They took me to a room with a dentist-type chair and tried to hypnotize me--a practice of the DINA carried out by the medical doctor Osvaldo Pinchetti--which I resisted by biting the inside of my cheeks until I bit off pieces. During the days and nights of torture they kept me standing up with my hands tied behind my back with parachute cord, and also kicked and hit me with their fists. Sessions lasted for hours. After one with electricity, where they tied me to a mattress metal spring half naked and applied electric current to various parts of my body, teeth, genitals, and sensitive parts, they threw me down a staircase. Retired General Gustavo Leigh was at the bottom of the stairs, he ordered me to stand in the middle of a room while for a long time as he watched me in silence.
Davanzo, Jorge Navy Captain and Director of the Armament School. Along with the ships Lebu and Maipo, La Esmeralda was used as a detention and torture centre for political prisoners after the military coup of 1973, as described in the Rettig and other reports of the Organization of American States (OEA), Amnesty International and the United States Senate.
Deichier, Augusto An army Cavalry officer, promoted in 1958. On September 11 he was a member of the Army Staff and thus part of the DINA Staff, in section C-1 of Interior Intelligence. He was part of the Exterior Department and at one point briefly was chief. He also replaced Rolf Wenderoth when he went abroad.
Derpic, Marcos This high ranking officer was Vice Director of the CNI, implicated in the disappearance of the engineer David Silberman who was kidnapped from Publica Prison in 1974. In December 1990 the name of Brigadier Derpic was mentioned during investigations into the illegal financial firm known as La Cutufa.
Diaz, Osvaldo Five retired Carabinero (riflemen) officers and non-commissioned-officers who formed part of a patrol of about 30 persons, made up of riflemen, military and civilians of Mulchen, arrested, tortured and later murdered or disappeared 20 persons in Mulchen and surrounding area; they were later tried for the disappearance of three people in 1973 also in Mulchen.
Diaz, Patricio In spite of not having belonged to the Arellano Stark group, Diaz was the officer who had transferred prisoners from Copiapo to La Serena, and murdered them on the road on the morning of October 17, 1973. It was said that when the Caravan of Death was in Copiapo officers discovered a massive escape plan by prisoners of the military court, which was the reason for transferring them to La Serena. Nevertheless, while on the way to the La Serena, the vehicle transferring the prisoners had electrical problems near the top of Cuesta Cardones and they had to stop. At the time, the military reported that the prisoners had tried to run away, prompting soldiers under command of Captain Patricio Diaz to fire. All thirteen prisoners died.
Diaz, Hector This officer was indicted in October 1987 for unnecessary violence causing the death of Carlos Godoy Etchegoyen, 25 years old, arrested in 1985 in the zone of the Quintero Police Department.
Diaz, Raœl A medical doctor and board member of the National Health Service, also a member of the military commission investigating political affiliations of medical doctors. He organized informers and personally participated in interrogations of imprisoned and tortured medical doctors.
Diaz, Guido This Army health officer participated in the death of the transport worker Mario Fernandez Lopez who was tortured in the CNI quarters of La Serena. When he was taken to the hospital of La Serena, the Army doctor lied to doctors on duty at the hospital, saying that the prisoner was an Army Lieutenant and not a member of the CNI, and also asked the doctors not to divulge the prisoner’s state. When Mario Fernandez Lopez died, the CNI doctor asked the hospital’s operating doctor to falsify the diagnosis of his death, hiding its true causes. For all these reasons Doctor Guido Diaz Paci was expelled from the Medical College.
Droguett, Ramiro This agent participated in tortures using electric current on the prisoners Herman Mendoza Bustos and medical doctor Manuel Ipinza, in October 1985.
Duble, Florencio A retired captain of FACH. Ex-officers and sub-officers of the FACH were cruelly tortured in the Airforce Academy (Academia de Guerra Aera, AGA). Retired General Sergio Poblete Garces remembered the treatment he received from his companions in arms when he was arrested. Torture began that included, besides beatings, burns on hands and arms. “They took me to a room with a dentist-type chair and tried to hypnotize me--a practice of the DINA carried out by the medical doctor Osvaldo Pinchetti--which I resisted by biting the inside of my cheeks until I bit off pieces. During the days and nights of torture they kept me standing up with my hands tied behind my back with parachute cord, and also kicked and hit me with their fists. Sessions lasted for hours. After one session with electricity, they tied me to a mattress with metal springs, half naked and applied electric current to various parts of my body, teeth, genitals, and sensitive parts, and then they threw me down a staircase. Retired General Gustavo Leigh was at the bottom of the stairs, he ordered me to stand in the middle of a room while for a long time he watched me in silence”.
Duffey, Leon Retired Squad Commander FACH. Ex-officers and sub-officers of the FACH were cruelly tortured in the Airforce Academy (Academia de Guerra Aera, AGA). Retired General Sergio Poblete Garces remembered the treatment he received from his companions in arms when he was arrested. Torture began that included, besides beatings, burns on hands and arms. “They took me to a room with a dentist-type chair and tried to hypnotize me--a practice of the DINA carried out by the medical doctor Osvaldo Pinchetti--which I resisted by biting the inside of my cheeks until I bit off pieces. During the days and nights of torture they kept me standing up with my hands tied behind my back with parachute cord, and also kicked and hit me with their fists. Sessions lasted for hours. After one session with electricity, where they tied me to a mattress metal spring half naked and applied electric current to various parts of my body, teeth, genitals, and sensitive parts, they threw me down a staircase. Retired General Gustavo Leigh was at the bottom of the stairs, who ordered me to stand in the middle of a room where for a long time he watched me in silence”.
Escobar, Hernan In October 1973 Officer Veloso Bastias, head of the Chaiten Reserves, ordered Hernan Escobar Hinostroza to arrest Nelson Nolberto Llanquilef Velasquez, among others. The prisoner was separated from the others and interrogated by his captors and, according to witnesses, beaten and cruelly tortured repeatedly, since then has been disappeared, his whereabouts unknown.
Escobar, Jorge Counter-intelligence Unit chief who trained DINA agents.
Escobar, Miguel This agent took part in torture sessions that caused the death of transport worker Mario Fernandez Lopez who was arrested by 4 CNI agents in his house in the city of Ovalle. Later he was taken to La Serena quarters at 2001 Colo-Colo Street.
Espinoza This agent participated in the arrest and torture of Ramon Luis Arriagada Escalante on February 25, 1985, and was transferred to the DICOMCAR quarters on Dieciocho Street.
Espinoza, Sergio Member of the court martial that ordered the murder of Freddy Taberna and three other members of the Socialist Party. On October 29, 1973, Captain Sergio Espinoza Davies signed the sentence that ordered the executions of Freddy Taberna, Jose Sampson, Rodolfo Fuenzalida and Juan Antonio Ruz. Espinoza Davis commanded the firing squad. The declaration of a former Army judge advocate, and the Rettig Commission report form the evidence for the family of Freddy Taberna, shot at Pisagua in October 1973, to demand the immediate removal of Brigadier General Sergio Espinoza Davies.
Espinoza, Hector Detective Espinoza was accused of the murder of Caludio Rogelio Soto Robledo. The crime was presented before the Fifth Criminal Court of San Miguel in Santiago de Chile.
Espinoza, Carlos Six Army officers and non-commissioned officers, all in active service as Army Intelligence agents: Martin Michael Borck Keim, Santiago Geronimo Caradeux Franulic, Carlos Angel Espinoza Lopez, Pedro Alejandro Jara Morales, Jose Guillermo Montenegro Valenzuela, and Felipe Enrique Cabrera Palacios, were identified by the Fifth Department of Investigation as responsible for the disappearance and death of the chemist and member of the DINA Foreign Brigade, Eugenio Berrios Sagredo, in Uruguay.
Espinoza, Pedro A member of the so-called Caravan of Death when he was still an Army major. Espinoza is presently serving a six year sentence in the special prison at Punta Pueco for the murder, in Washington DC, of the former Chilean Chancellor Orlando Letelier. Espinoza was in a leadership position in the DINA at the beginning of the military regime and was one of Arellano Stark’s men. He was a committed military professional, which was the reason for his being chief of operations in the DINA and inspector of the Villa Grimaldi detention centre.
Espinoza, R. This Investigative Detective was indicted by the Fourth Criminal Court of San Miguel for the arrest and subsequent use of illegal force, causing serious harm to Roberto Javier Munoz Munoz.
Fernandez, Sergio Fernandez occupied various ministerial positions in the military government and participated in the strategy to legalise Pinochet’s government by means of an Act of Constitution in 1980. He was the only one on the list who, when Pinochet was arrested in London, had contacted the Foreign Office to find out the ramifications of Garzon’s decision. The Foreign Office responded saying there was a strong international campaign of the Left, the like of which had never been seen before.
Fernandez, Pedro The only criminal indicted for the death of Rodrigo Andres Rojas de Negri, 19 years old, and for the wounding and burning, of Carmen Gloria Quintana. Both young people were doused with gasoline and set on fire, after which their bodies were abandoned, and only Carmen Gloria managed to survive, her body retaining forever marked by burn scars. The Army Captain was found guilty and sentenced to a meagre 600 days in prison.
Fernandez, Adrian This officer was head of the Third Police Station of Rahue and is responsible for the arrest, torture and disappearance of the former governor of the town of La Union - Santiago Aguilar, and of Cesar Avila Lara, provincial Director of Education of Osorno until September 11, 1973. These events occurred in the first days of the military regime.
Ferrer, Francisco Francisco Maximiliano Ferrer Lima (alias Max Lenou). He was a captain whose opinion counted. Like the FACH, he thought there was a need for more intelligence and less violence. If one were to characterize him, it would be as the intellectual. He supervised, in cold blood, the torture of many prisoners, observing their reactions. He did not intervene, neither interrogating nor torturing. In 1976 he was sent to Brazil for a specialized Intelligence course, he then went to Geneva to defend the government of Chile, which had been accused of making hundreds of its prisoners disappear. With the same coldness shown in the interrogations he asserted that the accusation was a lie.
Fieldhouse, Eugenio This officer took over from Rolf Wenderoth when he went to Villa Grimaldi
Fornet, Eduardo Retired Colonel, secretary of the FACH. Ex-officers and sub-officers of the FACH were cruelly tortured in the Air Force Academy (Academia de Guerra Aerea, AGA). Retired General Sergio Poblete Garces remembered the treatment he received from his companions in arms when he was arrested. Torture began that included, besides beatings, burns on hands and arms. “They took me to a room with a dentist-type chair and tried to hypnotize me--a practice of the DINA carried out by the medical doctor Osvaldo Pinchetti--which I resisted by biting the inside of my cheeks until I bit off pieces. During the days and nights of torture they kept me standing up with my hands tied behind my back with parachute cord, and also kicked and hit me with their fists. Sessions lasted for hours. After one session with electricity, where they tied me to a mattress metal spring half naked and applied electric current to various parts of my body, teeth, genitals, and sensitive parts, they threw me down a staircase. Retired General Gustavo Leigh was at the bottom of the stairs, he ordered me to stand in the middle of a room while for a long time he watched me in silence”.
Fuentealba, Jose On October 27, 1973, Jose Fuentealba, Army doctor, was part of the unit that went to Rio Mayo in Argentina to transfer 3 prisoners, Juan Vera, Nestor Castillo, and Jose Rosendo Perez, captured by the Argentine Police when they escaped to that country seeking political asylum. The unit was led by Captain Joaquin Molina and the non commissioned officer Evaldo Reidlich Hains. The three prisoners were put in a vehicle marked Coyhaique Regional Hospital and driven toward Chile. According to the newspaper La Epoca of November 2, 1988, the soldiers told them their families were waiting for them on the border. Arriving on Chilean soil, the military patrol made the prisoners get into a pickup and started for the prison camp las Bandurrias. Hours later the vehicle arrived at the military post. Inside were only the two uniformed men and the medical doctor. The whereabouts of the three prisoners are still unknown to this day. In the same news item, Maria Erita Vera, daughter of Juan Vera, stated, that prisoners of Las Bandurrias had told her that the doctor had arrived pale, trembling and unable to speak.
Fuentes, Cristian This agent tortured student Pablo Yuri Guerrero Gonzalez, who was arrested July 1, 1985, in the place where Gilberto was murdered.
Garjado, Sergio Between June 30 and July1st 1986, GOPE personnel broke into the house of the popular artist and folklorist Benedicto Puijo Salinas. Lieutenant Gajardo Gaidach and Sargeant Jose Luna Garcia killed Margarita Martin Martinez, Maria Paz Martin Martinez, and Isodoro Salinas Martin--wife, sister-in-law and the son of the folklorist respectively.
Galvez, Werner A paediatrician and also Colonel in the Health Department of Iquique. He gave sodium Pentothal during interrogations. He made criminal use of his medical knowledge, betraying the Code of Ethics of the medical profession.
Garat, Alejandro This CNI officer was arrested in December 1990 for his participation in the illegal financial scheme known as La Cutufa.
Garcia Huidobro, Jose Retired Lieutenant of FACH. Ex-officers and sub-officers of the FACH were cruelly tortured in the Airforce Academy (Academia de Guerra Aera, AGA). Retired General Sergio Poblete Garces remembered the treatment he received from his companions in arms when he was arrested. Torture began that included, besides beatings, burns on hands and arms. “They took me to a room with a dentist-type chair and tried to hypnotize me--a practice of the DINA carried out by the medical doctor Osvaldo Pinchetti--which I resisted by biting the inside of my cheeks until I bit off pieces. During the days and nights of torture they kept me standing up with my hands tied behind my back with parachute cord, and also kicked and hit me with their fists. Sessions lasted for hours. After one session with electricity, where they tied me to a mattress metal spring half naked and applied electric current to various parts of my body, teeth, genitals, and sensitive parts, they threw me down a staircase. Retired General Gustavo Leigh was at the bottom of the stairs, who ordered me to stand in the middle of a room while for a long time while he watched me in silence.
Garcia, Luis This criminal participated in the arrest and torture of more than 17 people. Other people including civilians, riflemen and other members of the military participated in this crime, but at the present time Luis Garcia Tapia is the only one to be indicted for these crimes, which include the kidnapping of Luis Armando Lagos Torres, 50 years old.
Gimplert, Daniel He was the head of a Navy group under the command of Wally (Roberto Fuentes Morrinson), the group was also known as La Firma. Little is known about his participation, although the Navy’s State Security Service took the trouble of protecting him when he was accused, by witnesses, of human rights abuses.
Godoy, Carlos FACH, Retired Commander of the Group, pilot. Ex-officers and sub-officers of the FACH were cruelly tortured in the Airforce Academy (Academia de Guerra Aera, AGA). Retired General Sergio Poblete Garces remembered the treatment he received from his companions in arms when he was arrested. Torture began that included, besides beatings, burns on hands and arms. “They took me to a room with a dentist-type chair and tried to hypnotize me--a practice of the DINA carried out by the medical doctor Osvaldo Pinchetti--which I resisted by biting the inside of my cheeks until I bit off pieces. During the days and nights of torture they kept me standing up with my hands tied behind my back with parachute cord, and also kicked and hit me with their fists. Sessions lasted for hours. After one session with electricity, where they tied me to a mattress metal spring half naked and applied electric current to various parts of my body, teeth, genitals, and sensitive parts, they threw me down a staircase. Retired General Gustavo Leigh was at the bottom of the stairs, he ordered me to stand in the middle of a room while for a long time while he watched me in silence.
Godoy, Gerardo In 1974 Gerardo Godoy Garcia was a lieutenant rifleman second-class in charge of the group Tucan, who backed up the duties of the Halcon 1 group, under Lorenz and of the group Aguila, commanded by Krassnoff. Gerardo Godoy was in charge of the agent Marisol. He also worked in large operations along with Troglo, Guaton Romo, Luz Arce, and El Pulgar, aka Negro Paz. Prisoners remember that he was transferred to Santiago. In March 1992, still in active service, he was obliged to declare his participation in the disappearance of Alfonso Chanfreau.
Godoy, Pablo This agent participated in the torture of Hernan Mendoza Bustos and Doctor Manuel Ipinza, in October 1985.
Gomez, Fernando This officer belonged to the DINA Southern Brigade located in Chillan. He maintained direct contact with the German group Colonia Dignidad. He was directly responsible for the disappearance of dozens of prisoners, many of whom were taken to Colonia Dignidad for various types of torture.
Gonzalez, Alejandro On September 5, 1984, university student Guillermo Vargas Gallardo was shot dead by an Army troop, during an assault on the university in the city of Copiapo. The one responsible for giving orders to the troops was the then colonel Alejandro Gonzalez, commander of the local garrison. Later, DINA agents placed dynamite next to Vargas’ body to make it appear like a terrorist act. The then bishop of Copiapo, Fernando Ariztia, witnessed the events. On January 17, 2001, lawyer Hugo Gutierrez filed criminal charges against Alejandro Gonzalez.
Gonzelez, America She collaborated in covering up crimes of the dictatorship. Whenever Pinochet’s military regime required false reports from Legal Medical Services to cover their crimes, they were signed by America Gonzalez. Charges were brought by lawyer Hiram Villagra against Gonzalez.
Gonzalez, Guillermo This agent participated in the case called Degollados after three citizens were kidnapped, tortured and then had their throats cut and were thrown out in a field in Quilicura, near the International Airport of Pudahuel.
Gonzalez, Raœl In 1984 this agent, with a group of seven other CNI agents, participated in the death of three members of the Revolutionary Movement of the Left (Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionario, MIR) in the Lorenzo Arenas sector of the Eighth Region in Chile.
Gonzalez, Rafael Retired Airforce Colonel Rafael Gonzalez, former Military Intelligence Service agent, while taking refuge in the Italian embassy in 1975, related to the CIA details of the arrest and death of the former minister Jose Toha and others arrested by security groups. These facts were recorded and documented when numerous documents were declassified by the U. S. government recently. Gonzalez sought asylum in September 1975 in the Italian embassy in Chile and remained there until at least February 1977. During this time he gave an interview to the Washington Post in which he admitted to being present when Charles Horman was taken to the Defence Ministry and Horman was seen in the company of General Augusto Lutz and two other men, one of whom was identified as a North American. Gonzalez heard General Lutz say to the others that Horman knew too much and had to disappear. According to Gonzalez, Horman had data that contained proofs of the activities of the CIA in Chile.
Gonzalez, Juan This agent tortured the student Pablo Yuri Guerrero Gonzalez, arrested on July 1, 1985.
Gordon, Humberto Retired Army General. Was a member of the Government’s Military Junta. Was in command of the National Investigation Center (Central Nacional de Investigaciones CNI) between July 1980 and October 1986. He controlled clandestine prison centers and repressed the first anti-government protests.
Gutierrez, Alvaro FACH, Retired Captain, pilot. Ex-officers and sub-officers of the FACH were cruelly tortured in the Airforce Academy (Academia de Guerra Aera, AGA). Retired General Sergio Poblete Garces remembered the treatment he received from his companions in arms when he was arrested. Torture began that included, besides beatings, burns on hands and arms. “They took me to a room with a dentist-type chair and tried to hypnotize me--a practice of the DINA carried out by the medical doctor Osvaldo Pinchetti--which I resisted by biting the inside of my cheeks until I bit off pieces. During the days and nights of torture they kept me standing up with my hands tied behind my back with parachute cord, and also kicked and hit me with their fists. Sessions lasted for hours. After one session with electricity, where they tied me to a mattress metal spring half naked and applied electric current to various parts of my body, teeth, genitals, and sensitive parts, they threw me down a staircase. Retired General Gustavo Leigh was at the bottom of the stairs, he ordered me to stand in the middle of a room while for a long time he watched me in silence”.
Gutierrez, Orlando Retired General FACH. Ex-officers and sub-officers of the FACH were cruelly tortured in the Airforce Academy (Academia de Guerra Aera, AGA). Retired General Sergio Poblete Garces remembered the treatment he received from his companions in arms when he was arrested. Torture began that included, besides beatings, burns on hands and arms. “They took me to a room with a dentist-type chair and tried to hypnotize me--a practice of the DINA carried out by the medical doctor Osvaldo Pinchetti--which I resisted by biting the inside of my cheeks until I bit off pieces. During the days and nights of torture they kept me standing up with my hands tied behind my back with parachute cord, and also kicked and hit me with their fists. Sessions lasted for hours. After one session with electricity, where they tied me to a mattress metal spring half naked and applied electric current to various parts of my body, teeth, genitals, and sensitive parts, they threw me down a staircase. Retired General Gustavo Leigh was at the bottom of the stairs, he ordered me to stand in the middle of a room while for a long time he watched me in silence”.
Gutierrez, Jose This murderer belongs to a group made up of five riflemen and two civilians, who during the first months of the dictatorship drove around the fields of the community of Quilaco in a truck, arresting people sympathetic to the Unidad Popular, who today swell the list of the disappeared.
Gutierrez, P. This agent of Investigation was indicted by the Third Criminal Court for the arrest and use of excessive force against Monica Bustamante Cardenas, Jose Gregorio Bustamante Donoso and Lucia Cardenas Leiva, which occurred November 8, 1986.
Gutierrez, Nelida She was secretary to Manuel Contreras. After Contreras’ first arrest, Nelida Gutierrez continued as his secretary part- time in his offices on Ricardo Lyon Street.
Guzman, Hector Five retired officers and non-commissioned officers of the fusiliers, including Guzman, as well as some civilians from the area of Mulchen formed a patrol of about 30 people, who arrested, tortured and then executed or had disappear twenty people in the Mulchen area. They were indicted for the disappearances of three persons in 1973 in this rural area.
Guzman, Hugo This criminal killed Patricia Angelica Quiroz during the so-called Operation Albania between the 15th and 16th of June 1987 during the Corpus Christi holiday, when twelve persons belonging to the Frente Patriotico Manuel Rodriguez were murdered in various parts of Santiago.
Hernandez, Miguel This DINA agent and member of the Brigada Puren, participated in the arrest, torture, and disappearance of the young worker Victor Fernando Olea Alegria, who was arrested on September 11, 1974, in his house on Pedro Lagos street, in Santiago, transferred to a prison and was then disappeared.
Hernandez, Hugo This detective along with Altez Espaoa Risierd, was indicted in March 2002 by order of the Fourth Criminal Court of San Miguel. Both detectives were involved in the disappearance of Antonio Patricio Soto Cerna, arrested on November 22, 1974, along with Luis Genaro Gonzalez Mella. The prisoners were transferred to the DINA site, known as Venda Sexy, where they were seen by witnesses and from whence they disappeared.
Herrera, Luis Herrera was indicted for the application of illegitimate force causing wounds on Vasili Carrillo, between the 11th and the 14th of November 1986, by order of the judge of the Third Criminal Court Dobra Luksic.
Herrera, Carlos This agent participated in the death of a transport worker from Ovalle, Mario Fernandez Lopez in La Serena in 1984. Previously on February 25, 1982, he participated in the murder of the president of the National Association of District Attorney Employees (Associacion Nacional de Empleados Fiscales, Anef), Tucapel Jimenez. In 1991 he escaped to Argentina with help from Prosecutor Torres Silva.
Hidalgo, Alberto This Retired Non-commissioned Rifleman, with Retired Army Colonel Hugo Cardemil Valenzuela, plus Retired Rifleman Colonel Pablo Caulier Grant, were directly responsible for the arrest, torture and disappearance of 15 prisoners in the city of Parral.
Higuera, Juan Five retired rifleman officers and non-commissioned officers and some civilians from Mulchen who were part of a patrol of about 30 people, who arrested, tortured, murdered and made disappear 20 persons in the Mulchen area. They were indicted for the disappearance of three people in 1973 in the rural area of Mulchen.
Huber, Gerardo This DINA agent was killed in strange circumstances in Cajon del Maipo in February 1992, just when he had been indicted for the exportation of illegal arms (370 tons) to Croatia on Dec 7th 1991. The cause of his death is still not clear. Some claim he committed suicide, shooting himself in the head, while the detectives of Carabineros de Chile, say it was a homicide and that he was shot by someone else with a powerful gun.
Huber von Apeen, Ernesto Four national Navy officers are directly connected to the disappearance of Jaime Aldoney Vargas, Governor of Limache, arrested on September 12, 1973 by Carabineros of Limache and turned over to naval authorities at the naval air base El Belloto. Later it was announced officially that the prisoner had been set free on September 13, 1973; nevertheless, witnesses say Jaime Aldoney was still a prisoner in El Belloto and was cruelly tortured by ex-lieutenant Pedro Pablo Arancibia Solar (alias Colorin), accused of being the most cruel torturer in the region. Retired Admiral Ernesto Huber von Appeen was at the time commander of Naval Aviation at El Belloto and could not have been ignorant of the torture of prisoners in a unit under his command.
Huidobro, Sergio A Navy captain. Along with the ships Lebu and Maipo, the ship La Esmeralda was used as a prison and torture centre for political prisoners after the military coup in 1973, as has been recorded in the Rettig Report and others by the Organization of American States, Amnesty International, and the Senate.
Iturriaga, Raœl In 1977 Iturriaga, an Army Major, was sub-director of intelligence in the general quarters of the DINA. Later he was in charge of the finance department, looking after DINA businesses. It is said he was connected to the Colombo operation, a ‘cover up’, to make those already disappeared in Chile look as if they had disappeared in Argentina instead. He was also the head of the foreign department. In 1989 he was promoted to major general in the sixth Army division, headquartered in Iquique. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison by the Italian court for the double homicide, in Rome, of Bernardo Leighton and his wife Anita Fresno. There is an extradition order in place from Argentina for his participation in the death of retired General Carlos Prats and his wife Sofia Cuthbert. In 1991 he was interrogated by Minister Banados for his participation in the death of Orlando Letelier.
Jahn, Mario Director of the National Space and Air Museum, retired Colonel Mario Jahn Barrera, played an important role in Operation Condor, personally inviting Colonel Manuel Contreras Sepœlveda, head of DINA, to the First National Intelligence Meeting to formalize the creation of this repressive network. Jahn, then Exterior Subdirector of DINA, according to his own statements in court, is implicated in the falsification of passports, also involving DINA agents Michael Townley, Armando Fernandez Larios and Liliana Walker, who obtained false passports to travel abroad on the mission to murder Letelier.
Jaque, Hector This murderer participated in Operation Albania, that took place between the 15th and 16th of June 1987, where twelve people belonging to the Frente Patriotico Manuel Rodriguez, were murdered in various parts of Santiago.
Jara de la Maza, Fernando Medical doctor, traumatologist. Participated directly in the torture of prisoners.
Jara, Pedro Six Army officers and non-commissioned officers in active service were Army Intelligence agents: Martin Michael Borck Keim, Santiago Geronimo Caradeux Franulic, Carlos Angel Espinoza Lopez, Pedro Alejandro Jara Morales, Jose Guillermo Montenegro Valenzuela, and Felipe Enrique Cabrera Palacios. These were identified as responsible for the disappearance and death of the former chemist and member of the DINA External Brigade, Eugenios Berrios Sagredo, in Uruguay.
Jara, Mario Agent in charge of the DINA in Las Rocas de Santo Domingo, where among his irregular jobs he organised vacations for DINA personnel.
Jurgensen, Manfred This medical doctor and agent was expelled from the Medical College for his participation in the torture of prisoners in CNI quarters.
Krassnoff, Miguel Intelligence officer in charge of Brigada Aguila in Villa Grimaldi and responsible for the repression of the MIR. He was involved in politics and with Manuel Contreras wanted to consolidate support for General Pinochet. He felt himself predestined for the job and while supporting Pinochet committed many crimes, he trusted no one, not even fellow officers. In 1991 Miguel Krassnoff Martchenko, was a Colonel in Valdivia, and Head of Joint Chiefs of the Fourth Division and led the DINA Agrupacion Halcon. His name appears in 91 cases of disappeared and murdered prisoners, among them the Spaniards Carmelo Soria and the priest Antonio Llido.
Labbe, Cristian Right after the coup in 1973, Cristian Labbe arrived at Las Rocas de Santo Domingo and during the first months of 1974 was one of the instructors of new agents being recruited for the DINA. Later he was seen in the torture centres known as La Venda Sexy, London 38, and Villa Grimaldi, he was said to be proud of his former students and encouraged others in torture.
Laborquez, Ricardo This agent, with a group of seven others from the CNI, participated in the death of three members of the Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionario (MIR) in 1984, at Lorenzo Arenas in the Eighth Region. The three victims were Luciano Aedo, Nelson Herrera, and Mario Lagos, the last two shot in front of the old market of Talcahuano. Both operations were part of the CNI’s Alfa-Carbon plan against the local MIR. Ricardo Laborquez Maturana, Juan Carlos Varela, and Raœl Gonzalez Lopez all took part in the killing of Mario Lagos.
Lailhacar, Roberto This psychiatrist was seen in various DINA offices. He took part in tortures that were based on psychiatric analyses he made of each prisoner. Since 2001 he has been head the Chilean Sexology and Sex Education Society (Sociedad Chilena de Sexologia y Educacion Sexual).
Latorre, Haroldo This officer is accused of the arrest and disappearance of 19 year- old Jose Orlando Flores Araya, student at the Maipœ Industrial School, arrested on August 23, 1974. Testimonies confirmed that Flores was taken to Venda Sexy where he was seen by a witness, later transferred to Villa Grimaldi, and not heard of again.
Lauriani, Fernando Fernando Lauriani Maturana, ex-Commander of a DINA unit, was known considered by the guards and prisoners at Villa Grimaldi as Lieutenant Pablito, and characterized as stupid, with scant intelligence, and profound cruelty. He had attended Military School with Caludio Thauby a Socialist, who when he recognised Lauriani in the street, had him arrested in the street. Thauby is now disappeared. Lauriani commanded a ‘Vampiro’ unit, part of the DINA Brigade Caupolican. He was accused of the disappearance, among others, of the brothers Andronico Antequera.
Lavin, Jaime Retired commander of the group FACH. Ex-officers and sub-officers of the FACH were cruelly tortured in the Airforce Academy (Academia de Guerra Aera, AGA). Retired General Sergio Poblete Garces remembered the treatment he received from his companions in arms when he was arrested. Torture began that included, besides beatings, burns on hands and arms. “They took me to a room with a dentist-type chair and tried to hypnotize me--a practice of the DINA carried out by the medical doctor Osvaldo Pinchetti--which I resisted by biting the inside of my cheeks until I bit off pieces. During the days and nights of torture they kept me standing up with my hands tied behind my back with parachute cord, and also kicked and hit me with their fists. Sessions lasted for hours. After one session with electricity, where they tied me to a mattress metal spring half naked and applied electric current to various parts of my body, teeth, genitals, and sensitive parts, they threw me down a staircase. Retired General Gustavo Leigh was at the bottom of the stairs, he ordered me to stand in the middle of a room while for a long time he watched me in silence”.
Lawrence, Ricardo Ricardo Lawrence belonged to Carabineros. They called him Lieutenant Cachete Chico. He was considered cruel, only pausing in the torture when a prisoner had a heart attack or fainted. Survivors remember the time he put a piece of watermelon before a woman prisoner who had suffered more than four hours of electric torture. Everyone knew that if the woman ate the appetizing piece her intestines would explode. Ricardo Lawrence, ex-officer of Carabineros, DINA operations chief and Carabineros lieutenant in 1974, also was chief of the DINA Agrupacion Aguila.
Leal, Raœl This agent was part of ACHA, and along with Alvaro Alejandro Rios Acevedo and Daniel Luis Villagra Mendoza intimidated the priest Guido Peeters. On October 15, 1985, they attacked his church, the San Cayetano church, shooting with AKA’s and pistols.
Leigh, Gustavo Retired General Gustavo Leigh, one of the authors of the 1973 coup against Chilean President Salvador Allende, and ex-member of the military junta that governed the country for 17 years, answered directly to orders from dictator Augusto Pinochet. Ex commander of the Airforce, Leigh gave the orders on the 11th of September 1973, to bomb the Palacio de La Moneda, the seat of government where President Allende residing.
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