Bernardo Arturo Alcayaga Cerda
Cabo 1º Carabineros — 28 years old.
Background
Bernardo Arturo Alcayaga Cerda
Cabo 1º Carabineros — 28 years old.
Case summary
Bernardo Arturo Alcayaga Cerda, a 28-year-old Corporal 1st Class of the Carabineros, was murdered on April 28, 1976. While returning to his home in Pudahuel, he was attacked by unknown extremists who, after shooting him, stole his uniform and weapon, abandoning his naked body on the public thoroughfare.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
On April 28, 1976, Bernardo Arturo ALCAYAGA CERDA, 29 years old, a Corporal 1st Class of the Carabineros, passed away. Records held by this Commission indicate that as the victim was returning from his barracks to his home, located in the Población Neptuno in Pudahuel, after completing his shift, he was attacked by unknown extremists who, after killing him with a gunshot fired at close range, stole his uniform and service weapon.
His body was abandoned completely naked on Pasaje Violeta in the same neighborhood.
This Commission has reached the conviction that Corporal 1st Class Bernardo Alcayaga was a victim of a human rights violation resulting from the actions of individuals who killed him while acting under political pretexts.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=2920