Domingo de la Cruz Morales Díaz
Electricista — 20 years old.
Background
Domingo de la Cruz Morales Díaz
Electricista — 20 years old.
Case summary
Domingo de la Cruz Morales Díaz, a 20-year-old electrician with no political affiliation, was detained by Carabineros along with seven other people on October 13, 1973. In the early hours of the following day, he was executed on the banks of the Mapocho River in Santiago, where state agents ordered them to run before shooting them in the back.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
In the early hours of October 14, 1973, eight people were executed by Carabineros officers. They were:
Alfredo Andrés MORENO MENA, 23 years old, laborer;
Luis Miguel RODRIGUEZ ARANCIBIA, 23 years old, street vendor;
Luis Alberto VERDEJO CONTRERAS, 26 years old, merchant;
Leonidas Isabel DIAZ DIAZ, 14-year-old student, who was pregnant;
Jaime Max BASTIAS MARTINEZ, 17 years old, laborer;
Luis SUAZO SUAZO, 20 years old, car painter;
Domingo de la Cruz MORALES DIAZ, 20 years old, electrician; and
Luis Esteban TORO VELOSO
In the afternoon of October 13, 1973, a Carabineros patrol arrived at the "Los Sauces de Puente Alto" recreational park, proceeding to detain the individuals listed above in front of witnesses. They were taken to the 20th Precinct of Puente Alto and from there were driven to the 4th Precinct of Santiago.
In the early hours of October 14, 1973, they were loaded into a jeep and taken to the banks of the Mapocho River near the Bulnes Bridge. At this location, and in front of witnesses, they were forced to exit the vehicle. They were ordered to run, and the officers immediately began firing at them.
Family members later found the bodies at the Legal Medical Institute. The autopsy reports state that the bodies were found in the Mapocho River near the Bulnes Bridge and that they died from gunshot wounds.
Having verified the detention, the location, the date, and the cause of their deaths, this Commission has reached the conviction that Alfredo Moreno, Luis Miguel Rodríguez, Luis Alberto Verdejo, Leonidas Isabel Díaz, Jaime Max Bastías, Luis Suazo, and Luis Esteban Toro were executed by State agents, this act constituting a grave violation of human rights.
Judicial Case Files[2]
Puente Bulnes II
- Mario Carroza
- 925
- 6992-10
- 997-2010
- Metropolitana De Santiago
- Ruben Barria Igor
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=284
- 2Judicial Case Fileshttps://expedientesdelarepresion.cl/causa/puente-bulnes-ii/
- 3Judicial Case Fileshttps://expedientesdelarepresion.cl/causa/fundo-culenar/