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Former soldier sentenced for murder in Chile during the dictatorship

Former soldier sentenced for murder in Chile during the dictatorship

Monday court rule Maintain prison sentences issued to former Chilean soldiers Prensa Latina Reported.

The Temuco court in southern Chile ruled that Álvaro Mesa Latorre had previously brought verdicts against those who carried and accomplices – the murder of Eliseo Segundo Jara Ríos and Pedro Mario Mario Mario Mario Muñoz Muñoz Apablaza in October 1973.

Jara is a member of the Socialist Party, while Muñoz does not have any specific political affiliation. Both were detained in an open area of Victoria Commune by two patrol vehicles and shot dead.

Now, former captain Sergio Hernánalzuela González and former soldiers Exequiel Eugenio Trullenque Sepúlveda, Eduardo Urrutia Ronda and Ariel Valdemar Reyes Figueroa have committed murder. These four men have Sentenced He was imprisoned for 20 years, while civilian Jorge Octavio Temer San Martín faces 19 years in prison for his role as accomplice.

Retired officers Hernánaugunso Salazar Schifferli and Manuel Alfonso Fernández Domínguez also face 15 years in prison for becoming accomplices, former soldiers Carlosemique Molina Cabrera, Jacinto Mansilla Mansilla Villarroel and Juan Bautista Santibáñeeezeneeezeneeezhera.

Former officers Darío Alejandro Reyes Núñez and Alfredo Hernán Parra Uslar were sentenced to five years in prison for serving as accessories for the crime.

according to Witnesses said the murder case was a murder before an informal meeting at the Tamer home, before the convicted person heard the murder of one or more people.

The soldiers at that time were describe After the murder, the witness was “happy” and “smiled a lot”.

The bodies of Jara and Muñoz were taken to Victoria Hospital. Witnesses described seeing bullet injuries in their bodies, but military doctors reported that “acute anemia” was the only cause of their death.

In addition to the prison sentence, the court also retained the decision to order the Ministry of Finance to pay a Chilean pesos ($105,000) to a family member of Jara Ríos.

DNA samples will also be taken from convicted persons and stored in the national DNA database.

During the dictatorship of Chile, from 1973 to 1990, led by Augusto Pinochet, 2123 people were confirmed to be Being killed. Another 1,093 “disappeared” and their bodies have not yet recovered. 120 Among them are prisoners thrown from helicopters into Chilean waters.

Those detained by the regime, including political opponents and those without political affiliation, are theme All forms of torture, including beatings, hangings, electric guns, Russian roulettes, sleep deprivation and sexual abuse, especially in the case of women.

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Image: Anti-gun protesters in 1987
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