ESTIMATE <SANITIZED> ON NUMBER OF DEATHS AND DETENTIONS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06884514
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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: May 11, 2021
• Case Number: F-2019-02246
• Publication Date: October 27, 1973

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THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOI FINALLY E.YALuArku INItLu(iervt-k
! CHILE
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DIST 21 XTOBER 1973
ON THE NUMBER OF DEATHS AND
DE-EN-IONs AS A RESULT OF THE ii SEPTEMBER COUP
ACO SANTIAGO
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OCTOBER 1973) FIELD NO.
SUMMARY: A '4IGHLY SENSITIVE,RERORHAS BE:WRREPARED FOR THE
JUNTA ON THE NUMBER 07 DEATHS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE 11
SEPTEMBER COUP AND ITS AFTERMATH, A SEPARATE REPORT
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THIS iNfORMATION IS SNOT TO
7.�E NUMBER OF PERSONS DETAINED AT VARIOUS CENTERS
TwRoUQ4O- 'HE COUNTRY ANDPESCRIBES HOW THE CASES AT THE NATIONAL
S7ADIUM ARE BEING PROCESSED
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HIGHLY SENSTIVE FIGURES PREPARED FOR
THE JUNTA IND:CA"E THAT A TOTAL OF 1020 DEATHS OF CIVILIANS
AND ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL OCCURRED DURING THE PERIOD 11 THROUGH
30 SEPTEMBER 1973 AS THE RESULT OF THE 11 SEPTEMBER COUP, DURING
THIS PERIOD :N SANTIAGO, 22 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND
624 G:V:LIANS DIED AS A RESULT OF MIL:TARY ACTIONS, IN ADDITION,
A TOTAL�oc' 240 C:VILIANS WERE EITHER EXECUTED BY FIRING SDUARDS
AFTER SUMMAR" MIL.:TARv TRIALS OR EXECUTED ON THE SPOT OR ARMED
RESISTANCE AGAINST MILITARY FORCES, DURING THE SAME PERIOD OUT-
SIDE OF SANTIAGO: AT TOTAL OF EIGHT. ARMED FORCES MEN WERE KILLED;
46 CIV,ILIANs WERE KILLED DURING: MIOTAO-ACT'ONS.r,10.60, CIVILIANS
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WERE EITHER EYEDU-ED ON THE SPOT oR KILLED BY FIRING SQUADS ArTER
11IA.17ARv -PIALS. COMMENT! THESE FIGURES DO NOT REFLECT
THE NUMBER Oc. CARABINEROS (UNIFORMED NATIONAL POLICE). KILLED
DURINQ THIS TIME PERIOD NOR DO THE FIGURES REFLECT THE EXECUTION
KNOWN CRIMINALS AND DELINQUENTS EEPARTMENT-OF IN
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111VIRPOWATION WAN* To
VESTIGATIONS (DI, CHILEAN CIVIL POLICE)0.. BECAUSE FIGURES ARE::
NOT BEING KEPT ON THESE LATTER CATEGOkIES1)
OMMENT:
AN UNOFFICIAL ESTIMATE THAT ABOUT
1.600 CIVILIAN DEATHS OCCURRED BETWEEN 11 SEPTEMBER AND
12 OCTOBER, WITH NO ESTIMATE OF MILITARY AND POLICE CASUALTIES,
IT IS NOT KNOWN IF THE 1,600 FIGURE INCLUDED COMMON CRIMINALS.
ALSO/ IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE DIFFERENCEIN'TIMBPERIODS_:-:.
COVERED IN THESE TWO REPORTS
B, ON
OCTOBER,
THAT AT HIGH LEVELS
IN THE
JUNTA GOVERNMENT THERE IS A REALIZATION THAT THE OFFICIAL
DEATH FIGURES WILL HAVE TO BE RAISE14.BECAUSEITHE PUBLIC
DOES NOT BELIEVE THE FIGURE (ABOUT 600) USUALLY QUOTED BY
THE GOVERNMENT.. IF A DECISION IS MADE TO RAISE THE NUMBER,
IT WILL BE PLACED AT SLIGHTLY OVER 1000, THE MOST ACCURATE
NUMBER, HOWEVER, Is A!pRoXIMATELY 5008)-
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BETWEEN 11 SEPTEMBER
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AND 10 OCTOaER A 707AL OF 13,500 RPIS0NERS-HAD8EEN REGISTERED
AS PET/I:NED BY HE ARMED roRcEs, CARABINEROS ANVTHE DI THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY. AS OF ie OCTOBER V,PRISONEWWERE
BEING HELD IN ARMED FORCES DETENTION CENTERS THROUGHOUT
BUT NOT INCLUDING SANTIAGO. 680 PRISONERS HAD BEEN SENTENCED
UNDER -HE m:LI7ARY JUSTICE SYSTEM AND WERE SERVING TERMS IN
PRISON CAMPS. IN ADDITION., A TOTAL OF 2360 .PRISONERSWERE
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BEING HELD IN CAPABINERO AND DI FACILITIES ..4.HEIWASES
WERE BEING 72:ED. A TOTAL OF 360 COMMON CRIMINALS HAD ALSO BEEN
DETAINED. TR:ED AND SENTENCED BETWEEN 11 SEPTEMBER AND 10 OCTOBER,
3, THAT AS OF 20:OCTOBER', A TOTAL OF
7,812 PR:SONERS HAD BEEN PROCESSED THROUGH THE.DETENTIOW.CENTER
Al THE NATIONAL STADIUM IN SANTIAGO, OF THIS NUMBER N 20.12
HAD BEEN GIVEN UNCONDITIONAL LIBERTY AND, HAD Y NO FURTHER CHARGES
AGAINST THEM; 2N408 HAD BEEN PLACED IN ZONA,
AND.
CONTINUED UNDER INVESTIGATION! t.840 INDIVIDUALS C ARGE � ITH.
MINOR CRIMES HAD BEEN PLACED IN .IBERT.Y.,FOLLaWING PAYMENT.OF A
BAILI 522 DETAINEES HAD BEEN SENT TO PUBLIC JAILS AFTER MILITARY
TRIALS; AND 680 HAD BEEN SENT TO PRISON CAMPS CONTROLLED BY THE
ARMED FORCES. AN ADDITIONAL 250 CASES WERE PENDING 0 ONCE THE
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NATIONAL STADIUM IS CLOSED AS A DETENTION CENTERS ALL FUTURE
DETAINEES ARE TO BE SENT TO CARABINERO AND DI FACILITIES FOR
PROCESSING AND CONTROL
COMMENT! THE GOVERNMENT HAS
ANNOUNCED THA- THE NATIONAL STADIUM IS BEING CLEARED OF PRISONERS
TO ALLOW TIME FOR PREPARTIONS FOR THE WORLD CUP SOCCER MATCH
BETWEEN CHILE AND THE USSR TO BE HELD THEREIN LATE NOVEMBER.)
4, THE ARMED FORCES IS ADMINISTERING .12vgR 20 nTENT;43N
:!SITES. THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, . OF THIS NUMBERONLYT,
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