Informe provisional - Informe núm. 165, Junio 1977

Caso núm. 823 (Chile) - Fecha de presentación de la queja:: 12-AGO-75 - Cerrado

49. The Committee already examined this case in February, May and November 1976. At each of these sessions it submitted an interim report.

1. 49. The Committee already examined this case in February, May and November 1976. At each of these sessions it submitted an interim report.
2. 50. The allegations still outstanding in this case concern the arrest or disappearance of trade unionists or former trade unionists and the financing of agricultural trade union organisations. In addition, further allegations have been made concerning a raid on premises belonging to a trade union.

A. A. The complainants' allegations

• Arrest or disappearance of trade unionists or former trade unionists
  51. 51 The complainants communicated the names of a large number of serving or former trade union leaders and workers who had been arrested or who had disappeared. The Government supplied information on several of the persons mentioned by the complainants. It also stated on several occasions that nobody was nor had been under arrest on account of his status as a trade unionist or his trade union activities, but for breaches of the law or for reasons of public order.
  52. 52 At its November 1976 Session, the Committee recommended the Governing Body, inter alia:
      • - to note with interest that several of the arrested trade unionists had been released, but to remind the Government once again that arrest by the authorities of trade unionists regarding whom no grounds for conviction were subsequently found might seriously restrict freedom of association;
      • - to note that some of the persons mentioned by the complainants were still under arrest without having been brought before courts, and to point out that an arrested trade unionist should be brought before the competent judge as soon as possible, this constituting one of the civil liberties which should be ensured by the authorities in order to safeguard fully the exercise of trade union rights;
      • - to express its regret that, despite repeated requests by the Governing Body, the Government had not mentioned the precise facts which could have led to the detention of some of the persons arrested under the state-of-emergency regulation;
      • - to express its concern regarding the allegations that trade unionists had disappeared following arrest, and to request the Government to undertake new investigations regarding certain persons in respect of whom the Government stated that it had no information, and to communicate the results as soon as possible;
      • - to note that some of the persons allegedly arrested had left the country;
      • - to request the Government to supply information on the situation of certain persons concerning whom it had not yet provided replies.
  53. 53 At its 201st Session (November 1976), the Governing Body decided to request the Government of Chile to supply information as to the names of the trade unionists released, the names of those still under arrest and the grounds on which they were being detained.
  54. 54 The ILO accordingly sent the Government a list of 66 persons compiled from the names on the list appended to the report of the Fact.-Finding and Conciliation commission on Freedom of Association and the names communicated by the complainants in connection with the present case, including those supplied in further communications from the Trade Unions International of Workers of the Building, Wood and Building Materials Industries and the Trade Unions International of Public and Allied Employees, dated 4 and 9 November 1976, respectively.
  55. 55 Subsequently, further communications were received from the World Federation of Trade Unions (dated 24 November 1976 and 6 and 27 January 1977) and the World Confederation of Labour (dated 28 January 1977), referring to the arrest or abduction of trade unionists or former trade unionists by the DIN& (National Intelligence Directorate) and making other allegations. Lists of the 24 persons mentioned in these complaints whose names had not already been transmitted were communicated to the Government for observations.
  56. 56 The Government, for its part, has supplied information in communications dated 17 November and 6 December 1976, 12 and 21 January 1977 and 3, 8, 14, 16 and 22 February 1977.
  57. 57 In its communication of 21 January 1977, the Government announces that the state of siege, "to the degree necessary for internal security", is to remain in force until 11 March 1977 in order to safeguard national security. The authorities will then review the situation to determine whether the state of siege needs to be maintained or can be relaxed.
  58. 58 Referring to the detention of trade unionists, the Government states that they have been assimilated to "political prisoners", and that this term has been used to encompass various categories of persons who have broken the law. The Government makes a distinction between four such categories of persons:
  1. (1) prisoners tried and convicted of breaches of the Arms Control Act.
• This Act was passed in July 1972, and it provided that certain offences were to be dealt with by the military courts. Immediately the military courts began to organise searches and bring offenders to trial. They carried on doing this, and about 100,000 weapons were found. More than 90 per cent of the persons tried by the military courts were charged with contravening the Arms Control Act. According to the Government, these persons cannot be deemed to be "political prisoners" but are common law-breakers.
  2. (2) prisoners tried or convicted of offences under the Code of Military Justice.
• According to the Government, these persons too cannot be considered to be "political prisoners", but are merely common law offenders.
  3. (3) persons who have contravened the State Security Act.
• This Act, promulgated on 6 August 1958, contains, inter alia, provisions for the combating of terrorism and extremism and defines offences declared to be offences under the ordinary law. According to the Government, it is necessary to put an end to the use of violence as a political weapon. In consequence, declares the Government, it is unacceptable that persons brought to trial for offences under this Act should be regarded as "political prisoners".
  4. (4) persons taken into custody because of the state of siege.
• The Government states that it decided in November 1976 that all except two of these persons should be released.
  59. 59 The Government declares in conclusion that at present there are no political prisoners in Chile. The Government further states that as soon as circumstances permitted it reduced the sentences imposed upon the persons who had contravened the Code of Military Justice. Thus 918 persons have had their sentences commuted to exile, and 198 sentenced to forced residence in certain parts of the country have recovered their right to move around freely.
  60. 60 As regards the lists of persons forwarded to it since the Committee's last session, the Government has supplied information in its various communications concerning 51 of the persons in question. In addition, between the Committee's November 1976 Session and the sending of these lists by the ILO, the Government supplied information concerning six other persons. The information furnished therefore covers 57 persons in all. The Government states in its communication of 21 January 1977 that it will supply further information by 1 April 1977. It appears from the information now available that of the 57 persons with respect to whom a reply has been received, 34 are at liberty (11 of whom have since left the country), ten have had their sentence commuted to exile, one has been provisionally released, one has been released but is under house arrest, one is serving a sentence of forced residence, one is in prison and a special inquiry has been conducted into the cases of nine who are alleged to have disappeared by a judge appointed by the Supreme Court. In a later communication, the Government supplied, as regards these persons, the results of the inquiry from which it may be established that six of them had left Chile. In support of this information the Government transmitted copies of official documents and press cuttings containing information concerning their departure from the country. In addition, the Government sent the text of communiqués from the ministry of Interior of Argentina, dated 11 and 17 February 1977, confirming the entry into Argentina of four of these persons.
  61. 61 The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government, particularly as concerns the release of the majority of the persons about whom it has received information. However, the Committee must note with regret that the Government has not furnished any information concerning a large number of the persons on the lists forwarded to it since the Committee's last session. The Committee recalls in this connection that these persons include trade unionists and former trade unionists alleged to have disappeared after being arrested, about whom the Committee has expressed its concern. The Committee, however, notes that according to the information supplied by the Government, several of the persons mentioned by the complainants as having disappeared have left the country.
  62. 62 The Committee wishes to express its concern as regards the trade unionists who have been forced into exile. Such a measure, which is in violation of human rights, is of particular gravity since it deprives such persons of the possibility of working in their country and of contacts with their families. The Committee also considers that such a measure is in violation of freedom of association in that it undermines the trade union organisations which are thereby deprived of their leaders.
  63. 63 At its previous session (November 1976), the Committee stated that it would examine at its February 1977 session the allegations concerning Marta Lidia Ugarte Román. It should be recalled that a complaint from the World Federation of Teachers' Unions (FISE) alleged that Marta Lidia Ugarte Román, a member of the Single Union of Workers in Education (SUTE), had been arrested. The Government replied that the person in question was not in custody and that it had no information about her.
  64. 64 On 14 October 1976, the FISE sent a further communication alleging that the body of Marta Lidia Ugarte Román had been found on a beach at Los Molles. The Government confirmed this information in a communication dated 8 November 1976. The Government added that this person had never held trade union office. An inquiry was being conducted into this case under the ordinary criminal justice procedure.
  65. 65 The Committee notes the intention expressed by the Government in its communication to furnish additional information by 1 April 1977. The Committee earnestly hopes that the Government will take the necessary steps to communicate all the information still awaited by that date.
• Financing of agricultural trade union organisations
  66. 66 One of the allegations made by the World Confederation of Labour concerned the promulgation of vocational training and employment regulations introducing a new system of financing vocational training. Under the former system, every agricultural employer had been required to pay a contribution, half of which went into the Trade Union Education and Development Fund while the other half was paid to the federations and Confederations of agricultural workers. According to the complainants, the agricultural organisations were certain to disappear as a result of being deprived of these resources. The Government, for its part, declared that these contributions had been tantamount to a tax on labour, which was prejudicial to the development of employment in agriculture. In any case, the sums thus collected were inadequate for the purposes of training, and the system was discriminatory, since it did not exist for other branches of activity.
  67. 67 At its November 1976 Session, the Committee took the view that it was not within its competence to make a judgment on the financing of vocational training except to analyse questions affecting the exercise of trade union rights. In the Committee's opinion the stoppage of the compulsory employers' contribution could not be considered a violation of the principles of freedom of association. However, the Committee pointed--out that it did constitute a measure which considerably limited the funds to which agricultural unions had access. These unions would thus be seriously handicapped in performing their essential task of defending the occupational interests of their members. The Committee concluded that the Government, together with workers' and employers' agricultural organisations, ought to seek ways of offsetting this loss of resources.
  68. 68 In its communication of 21 January 1977, the Government points out that, under the new Vocational Training and Employment Regulations, workers who do not belong to a union pay a contribution which is allocated either to the union of their choice or to the National Training and Employment Service. Agricultural employers pay a contribution to the employers' union of their choice or to the National Training and Employment Service. All these funds can be used for no other purpose than training in the agricultural sector.
  69. 69 As concerns the Committee's recommendation that the government should work with workers' and employers' agricultural organisations to seek solutions to this problem, the Government points out that section 22, subsection 3, of Constitutional Act No. 3 provides that machinery shall be established by law to safeguard the autonomy of trade union organisations and arrange for their financing. The Government further states that it maintains close and continuous contact with the employers' and workers' organisations.
  70. 70 The Committee notes the information and comments furnished by the Government. In this connection the Committee can only refer to the observations it made at its previous session. In the Committee's opinion it would be desirable for the Government to continue seeking ways of offsetting the loss of resources suffered by the workers' agricultural organisations and, in particular, ways of facilitating the collection of trade union dues.
• Raid on trade union premises
  71. 71 In their communications dated 27 and 28 January 1977 respectively, the WFTU and the WCL allege that an armed group raided the premises of the National Association of Public Employees (ANEF). The complainant organisations add that the Vice-President of the ANEF, Milenko Mikovilovic, was brutally assaulted on this occasion.
  72. 72 In its communication of 3 February 1977 the Government states that criminal proceedings have been initiated in this matter in the courts of Santiago. In addition, the Minister of the Interior has requested the Director-General of the Investigation Service to ensure that the inquiries reach a satisfactory conclusion as speedily as possible in view of the importance the Government attaches to this matter.
  73. 73 The Committee notes that legal proceedings have been initiated with respect to the raid by an armed group on the ANEF's premises. The Committee hopes that the Government will communicate the findings in the inquiries now being made as soon as they are made known.

The Committee's recommendations

1. 74. In these circumstances, and with regard to the case as a whole, the Committee recommends the Governing Body:
   • (a) as regards the allegations concerning the arrest or disappearance of trade unionists and former trade unionists
   • (i) to note the information supplied by the Government particularly as concerns the release of most of the persons about whom it has furnished information;
   • (ii) to note, however, that the Government has not supplied any information about many of the persons on the lists forwarded to it since the Committee's last session;
   • (iii) to express once again its concern as regards the allegations that trade unionists have disappeared after being arrested, at the same time noting that several of the persons mentioned by the complainants as having disappeared have, according to information supplied by the Government, left the country, to request the Government to indicate whether further investigations are being made into the cases of other persons alleged to have disappeared, and, if so, to communicate the findings;
   • (iv) to note that a judicial inquiry is being conducted into the death of Marta Lidia Ugarte Román, and to request the Government to communicate its findings;
   • (v) to request the Government to take the necessary steps to communicate all the information still awaited by 1 April 1977;
   • (vi) to point out that the forced exile of trade unionists cannot be considered to be equivalent to release since it is not only in violation of human rights but also in violation of the principles of freedom of association, particularly when it deprives trade union organisations of their freely elected leaders;
   • (b) as regards the financing of agricultural trade union organisations
     • to draw the Government's attention to the remarks made in paragraph 70 above and to express the hope that the Government will continue seeking ways of offsetting the loss of resources suffered by the workers' agricultural organisations and, in particular, ways of facilitating the collection of trade union dues;
   • (c) as regards the raid on the premises of the ANEF
     • to note that criminal proceedings have been initiated in this connection and to request the Government to communicate the findings as soon as they are made known;
   • (d) to take note of the present interim report.

Z. ANNEX

• Lists of persons addressed to the Government after the November 1976 Session of the Governing Body, and replies from the Government with respect to these persons
• I. Persons mentioned in the report of the Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission on Freedom of Associations
• Information New information
• Name Trade union previously com- communicated by
• functions municated by the the Government
• Government
• Alarcón Henriquez, Official of the Detained at Unconditionally
• Alejandro Textile Workers' Puchuncavi under the released under
• Union of Concep- State Security Act. Decree No. 373 of
• ción; former CUT Listed among those 1975. Left the
• national official. who would be allowed country on 14.3.75.
• to leave the country.
• Alarcón Barrientos, CUT Vice-General Prosecuted by the Convicted of
• Francisco Secretary, naval authorities in breaches of the in
• Magallanes. Punta Arenas. Sen- ternal security of
• tenced to 12 years' the State. Sen
• penal servitude (La tence commuted to
• Serena prison). exile on 30.4.76. Left for France on 23.8.76.
• Alemany González, SUTE official. Detained at Unconditionally
• Claudio Puchuncavi under the released under
• State Security Act. Decree No. 225
• On list of persons of 1975.
• Left for whose exit from Mexico on 21.3.75.
• Chile was being
• negotiated.
• Araya Araya, CUT General Prosecuted for a Unconditionally
• Lorenzo Secretary, breach of the State released on
• Antofagasta. Security Act. Sen- 18.11.76. Now
• tenced to 3 years' living in Anto-
• banishment to fagasta.
• Mulchén.
• Aros Cruz, Official of the Under house arrest
• Jaime Bradden Copper in Limache.
• Company, Sewell
• and Mina Industrial Union.
• Arredondo Sanchez, Official of a Under house arrest At liberty.
• Luis clerical workers' in Chillén. Living in Chillán
• union, El Teniente. Viejo.
• Barraza Celada, Trade union leader Sentenced to 6 years' Convicted of a
• Juana from the Social penal servitude breach of the State
• Development (Santiago Security Act. Sen
• Corporation. Reformatory). tence commuted to exile on
  14. 147.75. Left for Canada on 21.7.75.
• Barria A., CUT youth leader, Imprisoned at Chin
• Pedro Abel Valdivia. Chin, Puerto Montt, since 5.8.74.
• Burros, Eduardo Former CUT Sentenced to 3 years'
• Secretary, San banishment to San
• Antonio. Fernando for a breach of Act No. 12927.
• Carreño Diaz, CUT official, Held at the disposal
• Alfonso Nuñoa. of the Air Force Prosecutor at the War Academy.
• Cereceda Barrera, Chairman of the Detained at Arrested for a
• Lautaro National Associa- Puchuncavi. On list breach of the State
• tion of Tax of persons whose exit Security Act. Un
• Employees. from Chile was being conditionally
• negotiated. released under Decree No. 225 of 1975.
• Left for Mexico on 21.3.75.
• Cifuentes Torres, CUT General Prosecuted in Los By order of the
• José Luis Secretary, Angeles for breaches Ministry of Justice
  • Bio-Bio. of the State Security dated 25.8.76, un
• Act and the Arms Con- conditionally
• trol Act. Sentenced released.
• to 5 years' imprisonment.
• Name put forward for emigration.
• Cisternas Peña, CUT official, Detained at Arrested for a
• Emilio Concepción. Puchuncavi pending breach of the State
• trial. Name put for- Security Act. Un
• ward for emigration conditionally
• to Mexico, on the released under
• deportation list. Decree No. 225 of 1975. Left for Mexico on 21.3.75.
• Contreras Aravena, CUT Organisational Arrested on 11.9.73 Identical informa
• Luis Secretary, Talca. for attacking a tion to that pre
• police barracks. Sen- viously communitenced to life im-
• cated. prisonment (in prison
• in Talca). His
• request for his sentence to be commuted
• to exile was refused because of
• the seriousness of his offence.
• Córdova Cancino, Port workers' Detained in Iquique Arrested for a
• José leader, Iquique. prison. breach of the State Security Act.
• Unconditionally
• released under Decree No. 637 of 1975.
• Left for London on 1.9.75.
• Cornejo Faúndez, Organisational Detained. On list of At liberty since
• Pedro Secretary of the persons due to be 1975.
• Ranquil con- released.
• federation.
• Cura Saady, Official of the Under house arrest in At liberty since
• Antonio Rengo Commercial San Vicente de Tagua 17.12.73. Living
• Travellers' Union. Tagua. in San Vicente de Tagua Tagua.
• Gacitúa, Health workers' Arrested for a breach Banishment ended.
• Yolanda leader, Copiapó. of the State Security Act. Banished to Vallenar.
• Gajardo Reyes, CUT Under- Under house arrest At liberty. Living
• Germán Secretary, Chillán in Chillán. in Chillán.
• González, Official of the Detained in Chin
• Juan Elpidio National Seamen's Chin prison.
• Association.
• González Cea, Copper workers' Banished to southern Prosecuted and sen
• Mario trade union Chile. tenced to 2 years'
• leader, Chuqui- imprisonment, con
• camata. verted into 4 years' banishment to
• Patronato de Reos. Sentence commuted
• to exile, decree awaiting signature.
• Guerrero Valdivia, Official of the Under house arrest. At liberty since
• José Machali Municipal 18.12.73. Living
• Employees' Union. in Machali.
• Gutiérrez Catalán, Official of the Under house arrest Arrested on 16.9.73.
• Maria Machali Municipal in Chillán. Had been Released on 17.1.74.
• Employees' Union. authorised to leave Under house arrest
• the country. pending trial. Trial did not take place, house arrest ended.
• At liberty.
• Herrera Cabrera, Chairman of the Prosecuted for a 1975. No grounds
• Juan Bernardo O'Higgins breach of the Arms for charges against
• Peasants' Federa- Control Act. Per- him. Actual domi
• tion. mission to leave cile unknown.
• the country granted.
• Ibarra Jaral Former official of Transferred to Prosecuted and sen
• Luis the Bradden Copper Vallemar, under tenced to banishment
• Company Workers' house arrest. for a breach of the
• Union, Catelones State Security Act.
• branch. Since 28.5.76 he
• has been under house arrest in Santiago.
• Lee Urzua, Official of the Prosecuted by the Left for Denmark on
• Miguel Copper workers' Rancagua military 25 March, with his
• Confederation. authorities. Sen- wife and children.
• tenced to 9 years
• and 6 months' imprisonment.
• Liberona Orellana, Official of the Under house arrest Prosecuted for a
• Victor Copper Workers' in Tocopilla. breach of the State
• Confederation. Security Act. Serving a sentence of banishment to
• Tocopilla since 28.12.73.
• Lobos, Schoolteachers' Sentenced to 3 years'
• Edgar leader, San Felipe. imprisonment for a breach of
• the State Security Act (San Felipe prison).
• López, Supervisor of the Arrested in Concepción
• Patricio Textile Workers' on 3.10.74.
• Federation of Tomé
• and Santiago.
• Madariaga Cespedes, Chairman of the El Detained in San Sentence commuted to
• José Luis Surco Peasants' Fernando prison under exile under Decree
• Federation, the State Security No. 1129 of 1975.
• Colchagua. Act. Left for Luxembourg on 4.8.76.
• Mardones, Trade union Detained in Chillán,
• Guillermo official, Cholguán. prosecuted by the
• Nuble military authorities.
• Marin Caroca, Chairman of the Transferred to Under house arrest
• Manuel Bradden Copper Collipulli, under in Collipulli for a
• Company Industrial house arrest. breach of the State
• Union, Coya and Security Act until Pangal. 4.4.75.
• Unconditionally released on that date.
• Mariño Nuñez, Official of the Serving a 5-pear Sentence commuted
• Luis Machali Municipal sentence in Rancagua to exile under
• Employees' Union. prison for a breach Decree No. 772 of
• of the Arms Control 1975. Left for
• Act. Caracas on 26.11.75.
• Mondaca Gálvez, Former official Prosecuted and sen- Sentence commuted
• Daniel of the Single Union tenced to 3 years' to exile under
• of Private Emplo- imprisonment for Decree No. 830 of
• yees of the El breaches of the State 1975. Left for
• Teniente Mining Co. Security Act and the Canada on 30.8.75.
• Arms Control Act.
• Subsequently sentenced to
• a further 11 years for another
• offence (Rancagua prison).
• Navarro Castro, Former WFTU Secre- Detained at Ritoque, Released under
• Mario tary and CUT then at Puchuncavi, Decree No. 2344 of
• National Councillor. for subversive acti- 17.11.76.
• vities.
• Nazar Quiroz, Member of the Detained at Ritoque Unconditionally
• Jacinto Ranquil Confedera- under the State released under
• tion. Security Act. Decree No. 650 of 1975. Left for Panama on 7.9.75.
• Oñate Zambrano, Official of the Detained in Yungay
• Rolando Maderas Prensadas prison, prosecuted by
• de Cholguán. SA, the Nuble military
• industrial Union authorities.
• Orellana Abarca, Official of the Sentenced to 5 years' Sentence commuted
• Manuel INDELCO Industrial imprisonment for a to exile under
• Union, San breach of the Arms Decree No. 772 of
• Francisco de Control Act (Rancagua 1975. Left for the
• Mostazal. prison). Netherlands on 3.9.75.
• Peiford, Secretary of the Detained at Pisagua.
• Isabel Fishermen's Union.
• Quintana Vásquez, Former General Detained at Rancagua. Left the country
• Juan Secretary of the on 2.5.76 for
• Copper Workers' Germany.
• Confederation.
• Rodriguez SUTE official, Teno. Detained in Curico6 Released under
• Harmazábal, Arnaldo by virtue of the Decree No. 225 of
• state of siege. Name 1975. Left for
• put forward for emi- Mexico on 21.3.75.
• gration.
• Rodriguez Moya, Former National Prosecuted (Case No.
• Edmundo Chairman of the 196-74).
• Leather and Foot
• wear Workers' Union.
• Salazar Valle, Former CUT national Discharged condi
• Luis official. tionally by order of the
• prosecutor of the First Naval District (26.11.74).
• Salinas Montecinos, Official of the Detained at Ritoque. Banishment ended.
• José Alta Montaña Released on 31.12.74.
• Peasants' Union,
• Teno.
• Soto Avendaño, FENATS official, Prosecuted by the Sentence commuted
• Jorge Osorno. Osorno military autho- to exile under
• rities for a breach Decree No. 56 of
• of the Arms Control 1976. Left for
• Act. Sentenced to 5 France on 6.4.76.
• years' imprisonment
• (Osorno prison).
• Tello Gómez, Chairman of the Sentenced to 500 days'
• Osvaldo Chuquicamata In- imprisonment (military
• industrial Union. court at Calama).
• Ulloa Bahamondes, CUT General Secre- Held at the disposal Sentenced to banish
• Armando tary for Magallanes. of the Puntas Arenas ment for a breach
• military court, and of the State Secu
• then of the Santiago rity Act. Released
• Criminal Court, on a under Decree No.
• charge of forgery. 2345 of 17.11.76.
• Valdés del C., Former official of Detained at Tres Released under
• Juvenal the Lota Miners' Alamos under the Decree No. 1080 of
• Union. State Security Act, 1975.
• and then in Santiago Penitentiary.
• Vargas Vargas, Chairman of the Sentenced to 3 years' Sentenced to banish
• Arturo SOQUIMICH Industrial banishment by the ment for a breach of
• Union, Maria Elena. Antofagasta military the State Security
• court. Serving his Act. Now at
• sentence in Salamanca. liberty; working in Salamanca.
• Vásquez, CUT national Banished to the south.
• Rolando official.
• Venegas, CUT official, Nuble. Detained in Chillán
• Hernán prison under the State Security Act.
• II. Persons mentionned in Case No. 823
• Information New information
• Name Trade union previously com- communicated by
• functions , municated by the the Government
• Government
• Aguilera, Worker leader of
• José "Catholic Action".
• Ahumada Trigo, Official of the Arrested for a Melanio
• Ranquil Confederation. breach of the State Security Act. Released on
  17. 1711.76.
• Atencio Cortes, Former Chairman of Arrested for a
• Pedro the Arica municipal breach of the State
• Employees' Union. Security Act. Unconditionally released
• under Decree No. 2244 of 11.9.76.
• Berréos Cataldo, Trade union leader. A special judicial Lincoyán
• inquiry has established that he left the country on
  12. 121276.
• Cáceres, Trade union official.
• Jorge
• Campusano, Official of the Arrested by virtue of Unconditionally
• Josh Agustin Ranquil Confedera- the state of siege, released under
• tion. for extremist acti- Decree No. 2102 of
• vity and infiltration 7.6.76.
• into the armed forces.
• Castro Ramirez, Former trade union Arrested for subver- Released on
• Oscar official. sive activities. 16.11.76.
• Contreras Rojas, Former Chairman of Not arrested.
• Hector the Supervisors' Union (Radio Portales).
• Cortes Alruiz, Trade union
• Juan official, National Health Service,
• San Juan de Dios Hospital.
• Corvalán Valencia, Former trade union
• José official for employees of the
• municipality of Santiago.
• Cruz Diaz, Trade union leader. The special judicial
• Lisandro inquiry has established that
• he left country on 11.1.77.
• Diaz López, Former CUT official. Not arrested.
• Victor
• Donato Avendaño, Former Chairman of Not arrested.
• Jaime the National Federation of
• Electricity Company Employees
• of Chile.
• Donaire, Former official of
• Uldarico the Union of Salaried and Wage
• Earning Printing Employees, Horizonte.
• González Verdugo, Official of the Left the country
• Patricio Chilean Confedera- for Argentina on
• tion of Private 27.4.74.
• Employees.
• Gutiérrez Grossi, Member of the metal- Arrested for a
• Omar workers' Federation. breach of the State Security Act.
• Released under Decree No. 2187 of 6.8.76.
• López Suárez, Former CUT national
• Nicolás official.
• Miranda Godoy, Member of the Metal'
• Dario Workers' Federation.
• Montecinos Acevedo, Former Chairman of Released Under
• Alfredo the COMACH, Director Decree No. 2344 of
• of the Antofagasta 17.11.76. Had been
• Dockers' Union. detained at Puchuncavi.
• Montoya Vilches, Official of the
• Raúl Building Workers' Federation.
• Moraga Garcés, Member of the
• Juan Building Workers'
• Federation.
• Morales Ramirez, Chairman of the
• Miguel Itinerant Traders'
• Union.
• Navarro, Railwaymen's leader. A special judicial
• Fernando inquiry is being conducted into
• his alleged disappearance.
• Orellana Catalán, Former official of
• Juan the Ranquil Con-
• federation.
• Ortiz, Official of the A special judicial Fernando
• APEUCH. inquiry is being conducted into
• his alleged disappearance.
• Pereira Plaza, Trade union The special judicial
• Reinalda official. inquiry has established that
• he left the country on
  21. 2112.76.
• Pinto Arroyo, Trade union The special judicial
• Edrar official. inquiry has established that
• he left the country for Mendoza on 6.1.77.
• Pizarro, Textile Workers' A special judicial
• Waldo leader. inquiry is being conducted into
• his alleged disappearance.
• Portillo Patilla, Textile workers' The special judicial
• Armando leader. inquiry has established that he left
• the country for Mendoza on 11.1.77.
• Recabarrén González, Former trade union
• Luis official at the State Technical University.
• Recabarrén Rojas, Official of the
• Manuel Printing Workers'
• Union.
• Riquelme, Former Chairman of
• Anibal Reimundo the Gas, Heating and Sanitation Workers'
• Union of Santiago.
• Santos Guerra, Secretary of the Nook
• Josh Trade Workers' Union.
• Silva Bustos, Former Vice-Chairman
• Pedro of the National Association of Municipal Employees.
• Silva Herrera, Official of the Arrested for a
• Roberto FAMASOL Industrial breach of the State
• Union. Security Act. Released under
• Decree No. 2078 of 24.5.76.
• Solovera Gallardo, Member of the Metal
• Jorge workers' Federation.
• Valencia Ferguson, Had applied for his Sentenced for a
• Luis sentence to be coo- breach of the State
• muted to exile. Security Act. Sentence commuted to exile on 21.11.76.
• Due to leave for the United States.
• Varela Alarcón, Chairman of the Arrested for a
• José Building Workers' breach of the State
• Federation, Security Act, Re
• Concepción Province. leased under Decree No. 2244 of 11.9.76.
• Vargas Fernández, Vice-Chairman of Sentenced for attempted
• Bernardo the Confederation murder to 541 and 61
• of Copper Workers, days' imprisonment by
• CUT national the Military Prosecutor
• official. for Copiapó. Serving his sentence.
• Vega, Trade union This could be Julio'
• Julio Roberto official, muni- Vega Pais who left
• cipal worker. the country on 5 January 1975 and went to France.
• Villaloboss CUT General Sentenced for breaches Sentence commuted
• Sepúlveda, Carlos Secretary, of the State Security to exile under
• Lunares. Act. Decree No. 1057 of 11.6.76. Left for
• Norway on 7.9.76.
• Vizcarra Cofré, Official of the
• Carlos Fiat Industrial
• Union of Santiago.
• Weibel, Former leader of
• Josh employees of San José
• Hospital, Santiago.
• Weibel,
• Ricardo
• Zepeda Marinkovic, Trade union leader. The judicial in
• Horacio quiry has shown that
• he left the country on 6.1.77.