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Jorge Sagredo
File:JorgeJoséSagredoPizarroImage.jpg
Born
Jorge José Sagredo Pizarro

(1955-08-22)22 August 1955
Viña del Mar, Chile
Died29 January 1985(1985-01-29) (aged 29)
Quillota, Chile
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
Other namesViña del Mar psychopath
Conviction(s)Murder (10 counts)
Criminal penaltyDeath
Details
Victims10
Span of crimes
5 August 1980 – 1 November 1981
CountryChile
Date apprehended
8 March 1982
Carlos Topp
File:CarlosAlbertoToppCollinsImage.jpg
Born
Carlos Alberto Topp Collins

(1950-01-25)25 January 1950
Viña del Mar, Chile
Died29 January 1985(1985-01-29) (aged 35)
Quillota, Chile
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
Other namesViña del Mar psychopath
Conviction(s)Murder (10 counts)
Criminal penaltyDeath
Details
Victims10
Span of crimes
5 August 1980 – 1 November 1981
CountryChile
Date apprehended
8 March 1982

The Viña del Mar psychopaths (Template:Lang-es) were Chilean serial killer duo Jorge José Sagredo Pizarro (22 August 1955 – 29 January 1985) and Carlos Alberto Topp Collins (25 January 1950 – 29 January 1985), both ex-members of the Carabineros, the local Chilean police forces. They committed ten murders and four rapes from 5 August 1980 to 1 November 1981, in the city of Viña del Mar. They were the last men to be executed in Chile before the practice was outlawed in 2001.[1]

History

Crimes

  1. Enrique Gajardo Casales, killed on 5 August 1980 on the El Olivar trail, close to the intersection with the Achupallas pass.
  2. Alfredo Sánchez Muñoz, killed on 12 November 1980 in the Estadio Sausalito sector; during the attack, they also raped Sánchez's companion, Fernanda Bohle Basso.
  3. Fernando Lagunas Alfaro and Delia González Apablaza, both killed on 28 February 1981 on the Marga Marga estuary.
  4. Luis Morales Álvarez, killed on 25 May 1981 on the Camino Granadilla. They also stole Álvarez's taxi.
  5. Jorge Inostroza Letelier, killed on 26 May 1981 in Reñaca; during the attack, they also raped Inostroza's companion Margarita Santibáñez Ibaceta.
  6. Raúl Aedo León, killed on 28 July 1981 in the National Botanical Garden of Viña del Mar. They also stole León's taxi.
  7. Oscar Noguera Inostroza, killed on 28 July 1981 in Limache; during the attack, they also raped Noguera's companion Ana María Riveros Contreras.
  8. Jaime Ventura Córdova and Rosana Venegas Reyes, killed on 1 November 1981 under the Capuchinos Bridge.

Investigation

There were two parallel investigations during the crime series. One was conducted by the OS7 Department of the Carabineros, which covers Drugs and Narcotics, directed by Mayot Ávila.[2] The other was by a special group of the Investigations Police of Chile (PDI), directed by Commissioner Nelson Lillo.[2]

The key to finding the two murderers was delivered by Corporal Juan Quijada, of the First Commissariat of Viña del Mar, who realized that witnesses described the two men as speaking in an authoritative voice, often used by Chilean policemen.[3][4] After Sagredo confessed to the crimes, Corporal Quijada denounced him to the OS7 Drug Department.

Detention and judicial process

Sagredo and Topp Collins were brought to justice on 8 March 1982, and declared guilty by the Minister in visit Dinorah Cameratti on 13 March.[5]

Jorge Sagredo and Carlos Topp Collins confessed extrajudicially,[6] judicially[7] and publicly[8] to all their crimes. In this way, both were found guilty and sentenced to death, a sentenced first handed down on 8 January 1983 by the minister in visit Julio Torres Allú.

The sentence was confirmed in the second instance by the unanimity of the First Chamber of the Court of Appeals of Valparaíso, composed of the ministers Margarita Osnovikoff, Iris González and Guillermo Navas. The sentence was ratified unanimously by the Third Chamber of the Supreme Court of Chile, consisting of the ministers Osvaldo Erbetta Vaccaro, Emilio Ulloa Muñoz, Abraham Meersohn Schijman and the lawyers Raúl Rencoret Donoso and Cecilli Cáceres, on 17 January 1985.

Execution

Relatives of the victims lobbied against the executions of Sagredo and Topp since they believed the two men were connected to a higher-ranking death squad. Sagredo said he and Topp had committed some of the murders after being given drugs and promised money by a "crime club" that included a prominent building contractor and five other "executives" who wanted to eliminate political opponents of the Pinochet regime.[9] Only one "executive" was identified Luis Gubler Diaz, a building contractor and member of a prominent Vina del Mar family. Diaz had close ties with intelligence squads during the violent repression of leftists after the 1973 coup.[10]

An investigation showed that a revolver owned by Gubler was used in four murders. The detective told a court that Gubler confessed to two murders while in custody. However, the detective and the judge hearing the case were later removed. Gubler was freed, and a new judge refused to permit any new evidence against him on the grounds that his confession was made under torture.[10]

However, both men were denied presidential clemencies by Augusto Pinochet, and they were executed by firing in Quillota on 29 January 1985, as was common at the time.[11] Their hands were tied, they were strapped to chairs, and they had circular red paper targets placed over their hearts.[9]

Sagredo and Topp were the last people to be legally executed in Chile, as the country abolished capital punishment for common offenses in 2001.

Cultural references

See also

References

  1. ^ "El Caso Completo". sicopatasdevina.cl. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  2. ^ a b "Cronología de los Sicópatas de Viña". Sicópatas de Viña, Brutales Asesinos. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  3. ^ "The Carabinero, who found Sagredo and Topp Collins, speaks" (in Spanish). lun.com. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  4. ^ "juan quijada Archives". Sicópatas de Viña, Brutales Asesinos. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  5. ^ "The two former Carabineros were declared inmates" (in Spanish). sicoptasdevina.cl. 13 March 1982. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Extrajudicial Confessions of Sagredo and Topp Collins" (in Spanish). Expediente del Caso. 14 December 1982. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Judicial Confessions of Sagredo and Topp Collins" (in Spanish). Expediente del Caso. 14 December 1982. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Creepy confessions of Sagredo" (in German). La Tercera. 29 January 1985. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  9. ^ a b "2 Chilean Police Executed Despite 'Crime Club' Claim". Los Angeles Times. 1985-01-29. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  10. ^ a b "Firing Squads Execute2 Policemen For 10 Murders". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  11. ^ "That's how the execution was" (in Spanish). lun.com. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  12. ^ Pena de muerte (2012) (in Spanish), retrieved 2023-01-15
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