The attached letter responds to a request for information which was forwarded by the DIRB to the Chilean National Corporation of Reparation and Reconciliation, after consultation with the Andean Commission of Jurists in Lima and the Santiago Archbishopry's Vicaría de la Solidaridad. The Vicaría de la Solidaridad indicated that all of its files and research have been transferred to the National Corporation of Reparation and Reconciliation (25 Feb. 1993). According to the Vicaría de la Solidaridad, the National Corporation of Reparation and Reconciliation is an autonomous body of the Chilean government that continues the work of the Rettig Commission, which was responsible for investigating and documenting all human rights violations committed during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (Ibid.).

The attached letter states that Osvaldo Santelices Aragón died on 11 December 1989 in the San Bernardo Hospital due to thoraxic and cervical stab wounds caused by a sharp-edged weapon (arma blanca) (República de Chile 1 March 1993). The police determined that the authors of the homicide were two brothers: Ernesto Mauricio and Boris Fernando Farf n Aguileras. A judicial process is being carried out against them in the Ninth Criminal Court of San Miguel for this homicide, as well as for other cases of repeated theft. The accused have a criminal background of habitual delinquency, and orders for their arrest have been issued for the above crimes.

Additional and/or corroborating information is not currently available to the DIRB.

República de Chile Corporación Nacional de Reparación y Reconciliación [Chilean National Corporation of Reparation and Reconciliation], Santiago. 1 March 1993. Letter sent to DIRB, Ottawa.

Vicaría de la Solidaridad, Santiago Archbishopry. 25 February 1993. Telephone Interview with Representative.

República de Chile Corporación Nacional de Reparación y Reconciliación, Santiago. 1 March 1993. Letter sent to DIRB, Ottawa.