The Pisagua Case is the name given to the legal actions taken surrounding the crimes that occurred in the torture center and prison camp installed in the town of Pisagua, during the

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of Augusto Pinochet in

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History

Memorial DDHH Chile - 01 Fosa de Pisagua

The judicial investigation began prior to the claim of illegal burial presented by the

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, 31 May 1990 in the

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Court. On 2 June 1990 the mass grave was found, located in the north-west sector of the Pisagua Cemetery. Twenty bodies were discovered within the grave, well-preserved due to the salt that permeates the sand in the area.

List of prisoners executed in Pisagua

The majority of the executed were found in 1990 during an investigation led by Minister

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. Shot under the “Escape Law” 29 September 1973 * Juan Calderón Villalón * Nolberto Cañas Cañas * Marcelo Guzmán Fuentes * Juan Jiménez Vidal * Luis Lizardi Lizardi * Michel Nash Saéz Executed by the First War Council 11 October 1973 * Julio Cabezas Gacitúa * José Rufino Córdova Croxatto * Humberto Lizardi Flores * Mario Morris Barrios * Juan Valencia Hinojosa Executed by the Second War Council 29 October 1973 * Rodolfo Fuenzalida Fernández * Juan Antonio Ruz Díaz * José Demóstenes Sampson Ocaranza * Freddy Marcelo Taberna Gallegos Executed by the Third War Council 29 November 1973 * Germán Palominos Lamas Executed by the Fourth War Council 11 February 1974 * Luis Toro Castillo * Alberto Yañez Carvajal Declared Missing ( Desaparecidos) of Iquique, Region of Tarapacá, Chile * William Millar Sanhueza * Jorge Marín Rossel * Manuel Araya Zavala The Executed of Iquique, Region of Tarapacá, Chile * Luis Rojas Valenzuela (17 de septiembre de 1973) * Oscar Ripoll Codoceo (20 de octubre de 1973) * Julio Valenzuela Bastías (20 de octubre de 1973) * Manuel Donoso Dañobettia (20 de octubre de 1973) * Gerardo Poblete Fernández (21 de octubre de 1973) * Luis Solar Welchs (23 de octubre de 1973) * Isaias Higuera Zuñiga (11 de enero de 1974) * Nelson Márquez Agusto (18 de enero de 1974) * Manuel Sanhueza Mellado (10 de julio de 1974) * Henry Torres Flores

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{{reflist Terrorism committed by country Political repression in Chile during the military government (1973–1990) 1973 in Chile Trials in Chile Political repression in Chile 1990 in Chile Presidency of Patricio Aylwin

History

List of prisoners executed in Pisagua

See also

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