Alberto Iván Cárdenas Ariel died that day at 7:50 hours at the Institute of Neurosurgery, due to a craniocerebral trauma caused by a bullet with an exit wound, as recorded in the Medical Death Certificate from the Legal Medical Institute.

According to the records obtained from the judicial proceedings, a national day of protest was taking place in the country on the day of the events.

Around 2:00 hours in the early morning, Alberto Cárdenas and a relative were walking along a street in the Raúl Silva Henríquez shantytown, where they resided, accompanying a pregnant woman to a healthcare center.

At that moment, Carabineros officers were pursuing a group of protesters who had taken refuge in the aforementioned shantytown. The police officers fired several shots, and one of them struck Cárdenas Ariel.

Based on the evidence gathered and considering the cause and date of his death, the Superior Council of this Corporation declared Iván Alberto Cárdenas Ariel a victim of the prevailing political violence.