C Lo1s fiBBlAEO __ Case Number S199900030 Chile Project #5199900030 u s Department of State f J811P Hll llf'f Iff PAGE 01 ACTION SS-OO SANTIA INFO ADS-OO FAIM-01 INRE-OO 001 W LOG-OO NSAE-OO 04753 221418Z Release X Excise Page 6 R Deny_ _ Declassify In Part In Full X - -_ ExemptIonCs '-_ AS-01 CIAE-OO DODE-OO NSCE-OO -- ---------------170426 221651Z 38 P 221357Z JUL 86 FM AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7066 INFO AMEMBASSY ASUNCION PRIORITY EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES PRIORITY 0 N i' gUB I 13 13 II l' I A k SANTIAGO 04753 DECAPTIONE D ORRECTED COPY PARA THREE 0 DECL OADR fAGS PREL PHUM CI 3UBJ INFORMATION REGARDING THE RODRIGO ROJAS INVESTIGATION L THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CONCERNING THE RODRIGO OJAS BURNING INCIDENT WAS RECEIVED FROM A RELIABLE OURCE WITHIN THE CARABINEROS l THE CARABINEROS CONCLUDED THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO eHE ABOVE INCIDENT ON OR ABOUT JULY 9 1986 THEIR CNVESTIGATION CLEARLY INDICATED THAT MEMBERS OF A CHILEAN RMY STREET PATROL UNIT WERE INVOLVED IN THE BURNING IF THE TWO CHILEAN YOUTHS AND THE DUMPING OF THEIR lODIES SINCE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CARABINEROS NO THE ARMY IS ALREADY STRAINED AS IS GENERAL TANGE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESIDENT PINOCHET THE ARABINEROS DID NOT WISH TO BE INVOLVED IN ANY PUBLIC CCUSATIONS OR IN ANY ARRESTS OF ARMY PERSONNEL GENERAL jONFIB13U'fIlfI5 eUF I l Ilr PI AfJ 'AGE 02 SANTIA 04753 221418Z Page 6 Page 7 STANGE DECIDED THEREFORE TO TURN THE ENTIRE MATTER OVER TO THE ARMY SO THAT THE ARMY COULD 1 COMPLETE THE FINAL STEPS OF THE INVESTIGATION IN PARTICULAR THE IDENTIFICATION OF ALL THE ARMY PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT 2 ARREST THEIR OWN PERSONNEL AND 3 MAKE A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THIS WAY THE ARMY WOULD APPEAR TO BE CLEANING ITS OWN HOUSE 3 ON JULY 10 AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT WAS PREPARED BY THE CARABINERO IN CHARGE OF THE INVESTIGATION THE REPORT WAS A SINGLE PAGE WITH NO COPIES THIS REPORT IDENTIFIED THE ARMY PATROL UNIT WHICH WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BURNING DUMPING BUT ONLY IDENTIFIED ONE SOLDIER BY NAME THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN TO PRESIDENT PINOCHET BY GENERAL STANGE ON JULY 11 PRESIDENT PINOCHET TOLD GENERAL STANGE THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE THE REPORT AND HE REFUSED TO RECEIVE THE REPORT FROM GENERAL STANGE 4 ON OR ABOUT JULY 14 GENERAL STANGE MET WITH ARMY VICE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF SANTIAGO SINCLAIR AND HANDED HIM THE REPORT THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD REJECTED SINCLAIR ACCEPTED IT AND TOLD GENERAL STANGE THAT HE WOULD SEND AN OFFICER FROM ARMY INTELLIGENCE TO MEET WITH THE CARABINERO IN CHARGE OF THE INVESTIGATION LT COL EMILIO ZAMBRANO 5 ON JULY 16 AN UNIDENTIFIED ARMY OFFICIAL MET WITH LT COL ZAMBRANO WHO TURNED OVER ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION TO THE ARMY ARMY OFFICER TOLD ZAMBRANO THAT THE CASE WOULD BE RESOLVED WITHIN 48 HOURS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT 25 RMY PERSONNEL WERE BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO CIVILIAN JUDGE FOR QUESTIONING WAS MADE ON JULY 18 5 ACCORDING TO THE SOURCE OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION S OF YET THERE IS NO WITNESS WHO SAW ANYONE SET THE YOUTHS ON FIRE COMMENT THIS CONTRADICTS OTHER REPORTS -'ONFIPJiiin r A1 IIFIBBII'fii'1b AGE 03 SANTIA 04753 221418Z MBASSY HAS RECEIVED THEREFORE ACCORDING TO THE OURCE THE ARMY I S NOT NEARLY AS CONCERNED ABOUT THE 3URNING OF THE VICTIMS AS THEY ARE ABOUT THE DUMPING OF rEE BODIES WHICH THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO JUSTIFY 3ARNES Page 7