Judge Paola Plaza González sentenced former DINA agents for the qualified kidnapping of 15 political prisoners at Londres 38 between January and September 1974. Miguel Krassnoff Martchenko received 20 years in prison for these crimes and the abduction of two minors. Nelson Paz Bustamante was sentenced to 5 years and one day for a specific kidnapping.
The Santiago Court of Appeals, through visiting judge Paola Plaza González, issued a ruling against former Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA) agents for human rights violations during the dictatorship. The decision details that DINA operated clandestine detention centers like the Yucatán Barracks at Londres 38, where illegal detentions, physical and psychological torture, sexual abuses, executions, and forced disappearances were systematically practiced between January and September 1974.
The organization was hierarchical, with a chain of command reporting operations to superiors, ensuring knowledge and control over the practices. Miguel Krassnoff Martchenko, 79, leader of the Halcón group targeting MIR militants, was sentenced as author of the qualified kidnapping of Osvaldo Andrés Zamorano Silva, Viola del Carmen Todorovic Gallo, Mario Enrique Aguilera Salazar, Silvia Rosa Vergara Rifo, Fredy Fernando Salgado Urriola, René Enrique Altamirano Cornejo, Óscar Waldemar Troncoso Muñoz, Atenas Margarita Caballero Nadeau, Juan Carlos Caballero Nadeau, Samuel Antonio Houston Dreckmann, René Patricio Lizama Lira, Mario Reinaldo Artigas Contreras, Blanca Rosas Bustos Reyes, and the abduction of minors Mónica Emilia Alvarado Inostroza and Hugo Anselmo Chacaltana Silva.
Nelson Alberto Paz Bustamante was given 5 years and one day for the kidnapping of Mario Enrique Aguilera Salazar. Civilly, the State Treasury must pay indemnities to the victims.
Krassnoff has been accused as a torturer in testimonies, such as that of former minister Osvaldo Andrade, and linked to centers like Villa Grimaldi and José Domingo Cañas. He has over 80 convictions for crimes against humanity, totaling nearly 1000 years in prison, including prior sentences for the homicide of Miguel Enríquez (May 2022), kidnappings of Carmen Bueno and Jorge Müller (February 2023), and homicide of Lumi Videla Moya with kidnapping of Sergio Pérez Molin.