Nine retired soldiers convicted of killing Víctor Jara

Visiting Minister of the Santiago Court of Appeal for Human Rights Violations Cases Miguel Vázquez sentenced nine retired members of the army to his responsibility in the homicides of the author-composer 19659002] Víctor Jara Martínez and the former director of the prisons Littré Quiroga Carvajal that took place in September 1973 in Santiago.

The magistrate sentenced Hugo Sánchez Marmonti, Raúl Jofré González, Edwin Dimter Bianchi, Nelson Haase Mazzei, Ernesto Bethke Wulf, Juan Jara Quintana, Hernán Chacón Soto and Patricio Vásquez Donoso at 15 years old and one day for their responsibility as the perpetrators of both homicides.

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Also, sentenced them to three years of imprisonment for their responsibility in as long as the authors of simple abduction of the two victims

Meanwhile, Rolando Melo Silva is to serve a five-year sentence and a day of imprisonment for his responsibility in as homicide cover and 61 days in jail for his responsibility as a cover for kidnappings.

The arrest of Littré Quiroga

] During the investigation phase, Minister Miguel Vázquez established that on September 11, 1973, until that date Director General of the Penitentiary Service, Littré Abraham Quiroga Carvajal "taking knowledge that his name was included in a list of persons called to appear before the Ministry of National Defense, through the first military band, dictated by the new authorities, decided to move to his office of the General Directorate of Prisons, located in Rosas corner of Teatinos in the center of Santiago, where he made arrangements to appear before the authority that required it. "

That same night, " a patrol of Carabineros owned at the Troisi Santiago Office, learning that Littre Quiroga was in the General Directorate of Prisons and wanted to appear, ordered him to leave his office and surrender, which he did being taken as an inmate immediately at the Ministry of Defense and taken to the No. 2 Armored Regiment, where he was subjected to physical restraints and, in the hours that followed, he was always transferred as a prisoner to the. Estadio Chile-current Estadio Víctor Jara-, without being accused or any " details the judiciary on his website .

The arrest of Víctor Jara

Vázquez also took it for granted that "on the same day, September 11, 1973, following the taking into charge of the de facto military government then Technical University of the State, was besieged by members of the Regiment "Arica" ​​of the Chilean Army of the city of La Serena, by the captain of At the time, Marcelo Moren Brito who, on September 12, 1973 in the morning, (…) occupied their offices and arrested a large number of teachers, students and students. administrative staff who attended this educational institution, stayed there for a curfew, which prevented them from traveling on public roads and returning home. "[19659004] These people" were kept on the ground with hands on the nape of the neck, then transferred on several buses to Estadio Chile then, r Among the teachers arrested, the popular singer, professor and researcher of the University, Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez, who entered the Chilean stadium with the aforementioned group of detainees, was immediately recognized by the military personnel who was in the access to the premises, being verbally and physically abused since his arrival to be temporarily located in the area of ​​the stands "

The aforementioned detentions, said Vázquez," were decided by the administrative authorities without judicial order of any kind and without any procedure . ] and the encierro of Estadio Chile, which was a busy venue for sporting and cultural events, was decided by the authorities and who was responsible for it, having no legal authority to to do, without having recorded the identity of the detainees, the date and circumstances of their detention, the reasons and charges attributed to them, the authority that ordered them and from whence they came. "

" Recognized and withdrawn from the rest "

In the premises of Estadio Chile, " prisoners of certain public connotations were identified by military personnel and separated from the rest and, during the respective periods of their detention, Víctor Jara Martínez and Littré Abraham Quiroga Carvajal, were recognized by the military personnel installed inside the Chilean stadium, being, in the same way, separated from the mbad of prisoners and badigned to the special guard, suffering in all their captivity, constant and violent episodes of physical and verbal aggression by the Army officers present there. "

A Quiroga Littré was imputed to him" the alleged fact of having been responsible for the prison and mistreatment that Army General Roberto Viaux allegedly suffered, which aggravated the punishment that it was given to him by those who pbaded by him, even encouraging the conscripts themselves to take part in such a punishment . "

" Physical torture "in Jara

therefore," in a very similar way, regarding Víctor Jara Martínez, the badaults had as main incentive the artistic, cultural and political activity of the same, closely related to the Government recently overthrown "." El Cigarrito ", determined the investigation " was subjected to the same physical torture , being the most severe beatings, those he received in the area of ​​his face and in his hands, both victims were subjected to kicks, butts with arms ".

At least 44 shots

On September 15, 1973 organized the transfer of all detainees from Chile stadium at National Stadium, but Jara, Quiroga "and President Allende's doctor , Danilo del Carmen Fodich Bartulín, were separated by military personnel who were in charge of the enclosure, ordered to be taken to the locker room, located in the subway of the same where there were also soldiers. "

At that time they were in the locker room, in different places, Víctor Jara and Littré Quiroga," then both were killed, a fact as a result of at least 44 and 23 bullet shots respectively, in all cases of 9.23 mm caliber, as required in the corresponding autopsy reports and ballistic expertise, which corresponds to the arming of the cargo that was used by the officers of the army who were in said enclosure. "

Corpses were thrown into the street

" Then, the bodies of I saw Ctor Lidio Jara Martínez and Littré Abraham Quiroga Carvajal, were taken from the stage of Chile and thrown on public roads, as well as bodies of other persons of unknown identity – also dead as a result of ballistic missiles – (to be) found on 16 September 1973 by residents who belonged to community and social organizations, near the metropolitan cemetery, in a vacant lot near the railroad. "

They" cleaned their faces and could recognize them ", despite who presented" various bruises and unequivocal signs of having received severe blows and multiple bullet impacts that were detailed in the respective autopsy reports taken in the hours following the Legal Medical Institute then, in complaints made by Carabineros, a place where, as a result of the direct and fortuitous intervention of third parties, they could be identified os, allowing their closest relatives to attend the said distribution and obtain delivery of their corpses, for their subsequent burial. "

Compensation of 1.370 million to parents

In the civilian aspect, the decision of the Minister Miguel Vázquez condemns the State of Chile to pay a total compensation of 1,370 million pesos to the families of the victims

Fact sheet on the killings of Víctor Jara and Littre Quiroga Judiciary of Chile (PJudicialChile) 3 July 2018

The Defendant in the United States [19659004] It should be recalled that a report published in 2012 by the program "In the mira" of Chilevisión identified Pedro Barrientos Núñez as the material author of the murder of Víctor Jara .

In December and that same year the Minister Miguel Vázquez submitted it to trial, as a material author with Hugo Sánchez Marmonti, qualification to which, in September 2014, Hernán Chacón Soto and Patricio Vásquez joined. Donoso

The retired lieutenant has been living in the United States since 1990, and since January 2013 he has received a request for extradition from the Supreme Court of Chile

. in June 2016, Barrientos was found guilty of a civil suit brought in the United States by the family of Víctor Jara . [ad_2]
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