Pisagua case

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 military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in Chile.

History

The judicial investigation began prior to the claim of illegal burial presented by the Vicariate of Solidarity, 31 May 1990 in the Pozo Almonte 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 Hernán Sánchez Marré.
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 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
Oscar Ripoll Codoceo
Julio Valenzuela Bastías
Manuel Donoso Dañobettia
Gerardo Poblete Fernández
Luis Solar Welchs
Isaias Higuera Zuñiga
Nelson Márquez Agusto
Manuel Sanhueza Mellado
Henry Torres Flores