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| | On July 8, 1973, police discover in a ''Corporación de la Reforma Agraria'' (CORA) government van, 150 sidearms, 150 hand grenades and 300 petrol bombs and six submachineguns meant to be delivered to guerrillas in Santiago. | | On July 8, 1973, police discover in a ''Corporación de la Reforma Agraria'' (CORA) government van, 150 sidearms, 150 hand grenades and 300 petrol bombs and six submachineguns meant to be delivered to guerrillas in Santiago. |
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| − | On 27 July 1973, a farmer and member of the Christian Democrat Party, Jorge Mena, is surrounded by leftists and clubbed to death in Osorno. | + | On 27 July 1973, a farmer and member of the Christian Democrat Party, Jorge Mena, is surrounded by leftists and clubbed to death in Osorno.<ref>"El 27 de julio de 1973, Jorge Mena, agricultor democratacristiano, es asesinado por elementos extremistas a palos y fierrazos, en Osorno." La Verdad Olvidada del Terrorismo en Chile, 1968-1996, Arturo Castillo Vicencio, p.80, Editorial Maye Ltda, 2007</ref> |
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| − | The next day, another farmer, Juan Luis Urrutia, dies resisting the leftist takeover of his land in Bulnes. | + | The next day, another farmer, Juan Luis Urrutia, dies of a heart attack while resisting the leftist takeover of his land in Bulnes.<ref>"El 28 de julio de 1973, Juan Luis Urrutia, agricultor muere de un infarto cardíaco durante toma de su fundo, en Bulnes." La Verdad Olvidada del Terrorismo en Chile, 1968-1996, Arturo Castillo Vicencio, p.80, Editorial Maye Ltda, 2007</ref> |
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| | On 30 July, MIR Guerrillas kill Manuel Garrido, an employee of ''Paños Continental'' in a confrontation that also involved Brazilian leftists. | | On 30 July, MIR Guerrillas kill Manuel Garrido, an employee of ''Paños Continental'' in a confrontation that also involved Brazilian leftists. |