44. The petition alleges that Ruperto Oriol Torres Aravena was detained on September 16, 1973, and taken to the public jail, where he was held incommunicado on orders from the departmental governor. He left that place on September 29 before being detained again on October 13 of that year while fulfilling his obligation to sign in with the authorities. Since then all trace of him has been lost. 45. The petition says that Hernán Sarmiento Sabater and Aroldo Vivian Laurie Luengo were detained without a court order by Carabineros on July 28, 1974, and taken to the police station at Parral, without that being logged. They have been missing ever since. 46. With respect to José Luis Morales Ruiz, the petition says that they were detained by Carabineros from Parral on August 1, 1974, and that there has been no trace of them ever since. 47. According to the petition, Edelmerio Antonio Valdez Sepúlveda, Armando Aroldo Pereira Meriño, Luis Alcides Pereira Hernández, and Rolando Antonio Ibarra Ortega (López), were detained by Carabineros from Parral without a court order on October 25, 1974, when they went of their own volition to the police station, and have been missing ever since. 48. The petitioners say that the families of 21 of the alleged victims filed complaints with the Court of First Instance (Juzgado de Letras) of Parral, 16 which were provisionally dismissed. They say that in 1991, the National Commission on Truth and Reconciliation (hereinafter, “CNVR") sent background information on those crimes to the Court of First Instance of Parral and case No. 45.589 was opened, which was joined with case No. 128.534 before the Seventh Criminal Court of First Instance in and for Santiago that was been opened for 25 Parral victims, including Roberto del Carmen Romero Muñoz, Luis Evangelista Aguayo Fernández, and Ireneo Alberto Méndez Hernández. The petitioners say that that proceeding was sent to the military criminal jurisdiction and then joined with case No. 64.461 from the Court of First Instance of Parral. 49. The petitioners also say that criminal complaints for kidnapping were filed with that court of first instance by Aurelio Peñailillo, Oscar Retamal, and Claudio Escanilla. In case of the latter, the criminal complaint alleged abduction of a minor. 50. The petitioners say that a judge with standing collected evidence in case No. 2.182-98, known as the “Parral Episode,” in order to investigate the crimes of kidnapping of the persons mentioned above, to which the above-detailed proceedings were added. 51. Final judgment was returned on August 4, 2003, in which Army Colonel (r) Hugo Alfredo Cardemil Valenzuela was convicted as the perpetrator of the crime of abduction of a minor to the detriment of Claudio Jesús Escanilla Escobar and the aggravated kidnappings of Luis Evangelista Aguayo Fernández, Manuel Eduardo Bascuñan Aravena, José Ignacio Bustos Fuentes, Enrique Angel Carreño González, Rafael Alonso Díaz Meza, Ireneo Alberto Méndez Hernández, Armando Edelmiro Morales Morales, Aurelio Clodomiro Peñailillo Sepúlveda, Oscar Abdón Retamal Pérez, Luis Enrique Rivera Cofré, José Hernán Riveros Chávez, Roberto del Carmen Rivero Muñoz, Oscar Eladio Saldías Daza, Hugo Enrique Soto Campos, Ruperto Oriol Torres Aravena, and Víctor Julio Vivanco Vásquez, and sentenced to 17 years' imprisonment. In addition, Carabineros Colonel (r) Pablo Rodney Caulier Grant was convicted of aggravated kidnapping of Rolando Antonio Ibarra Ortega (López), Aroldo Vivian Laurie Luengo, Luis Alcides Pereira Hernández, Armando Aroldo Pereira Meriño, Hernán Sarmiento Sabater, Edelmerio Andonio Valdez Sepúlveda, and Oscar Abdón Retamal Pérez and sentenced to 10 years and one day of imprisonment. He was acquitted of the charge of aggravated kidnapping of José Luis Morales Ruiz. Furthermore, Carabineros Noncommissioned Officer (r) Luis Alberto Hidalgo was convicted as the perpetrator of the crime of abduction of the minor Claudio Jesús Escanilla Escobar and the aggravated kidnapping of Manuel Eduardo Bascuñan Aravena, José Ignacio Bustos Fuentes, Rafael Alonso Díaz 16 Manuel Eduardo Bascuñán Aravena, José Ignacio Bustos Fuentes, Enrique Ángel Carreño González, Rafael Alonso Díaz Meza, Rolando Antonio Ibarra Ortega (López), Armando Edelmiro Morales Morales, Aurelio Clodomiro Peñailillo Sepúlveda, Luis Alcides Pereira Hernández, Oscar Abdón Retamal Pérez, Luis Enrique Rivera Cofré, José Hernán Riveros Chávez, Oscar Eladio Saldías Daza, Hernán Sarmiento Sabater, Hugo Enrique Soto Campos, Ruperto Oriol Torres Aravena, Edelmiro Antonio Valdez Sepúlveda, Víctor Julio Vivanco Vásquez, and Claudio Jesús Escanilla Escobar. 9