Blas Javier Vicencio Arriagada
Victim of the military dictatorship — 20 years old.
Background
Blas Javier Vicencio Arriagada
Victim of the military dictatorship — 20 years old.
Case summary
Blas Javier Vicencio Arriagada, 20 years old and with no political affiliation, was detained by Air Force personnel on December 1, 1973, at his home in Pudahuel. His body was subsequently found with a cranial gunshot wound; it was determined that his death was the result of political violence perpetrated by State agents.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
On December 1, 1973, the following individuals died:
Jacob Daniel AGUILAR GARRIDO, 21 years old, a laborer, and
Blas Javier VICENCIO ARRIAGADA, 20 years old.
On the day in question, the victims were detained by personnel from the Fuerza Aérea in the Manuel Larraín neighborhood of Pudahuel, where they lived. The following day, Aguilar's family stated that they received notification from Fuerza Aérea personnel that he was at the Legal Medical Institute.
Both bodies were found at the Fundo San Pedro de Las Barrancas, located to the west of the Américo Vespucio ring road, in the Pudahuel sector. From this location, the bodies were sent by carabineros from Las Barrancas to the aforementioned institute.
According to the autopsies, the cause of death was a "thoracic-pulmonary gunshot wound, with projectile exit" in the case of Aguilar, and "a craniocerebral gunshot wound, with projectile exit" in the case of Vicencio. The time of death was established as December 1 at 09:10 hrs.
Based on the evidence gathered and the circumstances and causes of their deaths, this Commission has reached the conviction that Jacob Daniel Aguilar Garrido and Blas Javier Vicencio Arriagada died as a result of the political violence of the era, with the participation of State agents presumed.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=2044