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EVIDENCES THAT DANIEL FIGUEROA DE LA FUENTE WAS KIDNAPED AND TORN TO PIECES IN CHILE, IN 2003, DURING RICARDO LAGOS GOVERNMENT
The Figueroa's Case was denounced before the Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). On January 2012 the IACHR gave to this Case the reference "Petition P-1849-11" .
The following Legal Proofs of the murder and quartering were included in the Petition:

1. Indictment documents, Prosecution Rol 63694-F of 2003, Second Criminal Court of First Instance, Puente Alto, Santiago, Chile. This is the Prosecution for the quartering of Figueroa. Documentation is available at the Court.
2. “Confidential file discloses a list of payments MOP-U. de Chile”. It informs about the finding of 19 bones that are supposed to be Figueroa's. It gives a list of the documents that Figueroa left to "La Tercera" newspaper to be disclosed in case he was murdered. This documents, the "Figueroa Papers" allowed the Judge to prosecute Chilean President Ricardo Lagos and several ministers and high officers on various corruption cases.(*)
3. “The man who new too much and panicked” www.terra.cl, May 11, 2003.It informs that in order to confirm that the bones found were Figueroa's remains, a blood sample was taken to his 4 years old daugther. During the proceeding, Figueroas' widow and brother in law denounced that they were been threatened. (**)
4. “Paredes denies that the Accountant (Figueroa) might have been a key witness”. "La Nación" newspaper May 12, 2003.
5. "Figueroa's computer appears". “El Mercurio” newspaper, May 15,2003.
6. Figueroa's wife is threatened. “Accountant's (Figueroa) wife believes he was murdered”. "El Mercurio, May 17, 2003.
7. “The accountant's (Figueroa's) misteries”, “El Mercurio”, May 18, 2003. It includes details on the ADN test of Figueroa's bones made by USA authorities
8. “Justice look for causes of Accountant's death”, http://diario.elmercurio.com, May 30, 2003. It states that Figueroa "was in charge, wrote the cheques, received the list of the persons to whom he must make the illegal payments, received the faked invoices needed to cover up the corruption and paid those invoices following orders from the Minister of Public Works".
9. “MOP-CIADE. The judge confirms that the rests (bones) were from the Accountant (Figueroa) of the University of Chile”, “El Mercurio”, June 2, 2003.
10. “Daniel Figueroa's death. The victim's last days”, “El Periodista”, Year2, Num37, June 8, 2003. .
11. “I'm sure he is dead. Irma Urrutia, the widow of Daniel Figueroa, the Accountant of the University of Chile”, http://diario.elmercurio.com, June 13,2003.
12. “Carroza's Ruling: Jaime Guzmán's murder was an imprescriptible Crime Against Humanity", October 13, 2010

A few days before being murdered Daniel Figueroa left a letter denouncing who were harassing and threatening him

Evidences of the Cover Up of the assasination of Daniel Figueroa

 

NOTES:
(*): This file is not anymore available at the newspaper website.
(**) www.terra.cl took this file from its web site after the "Figueroa Case" was denounced before the IACHR