Domingo Manuel Medina Riquelme
Electricista — 25 years old.
Background
Domingo Manuel Medina Riquelme
Electricista — 25 years old.
Case summary
Domingo Manuel Medina Riquelme, a 25-year-old electrician, was executed on October 15, 1973, by a military patrol in San Bernardo, after being detained alongside his brother. He was shot to death next to an irrigation canal; his brother survived the attack.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
On October 15, 1973, Domingo Manuel MEDINA RIQUELME, 25 years old, an electrician, was executed. At 02:30 in the morning of that same day, he was detained along with his brother by a military patrol composed of five personnel and one *carabinero*, who were traveling in an institutional jeep.
The patrol took the detainees to plot 68 on the road to Lonquén in the Santa Ana de Chena sector. At this location, they placed them at the edge of an irrigation canal and fired upon them. This occurred at approximately 11:00 hours that same day. Domingo Riquelme died as a result of gunshot wounds, and his body was carried away by the water. His brother was wounded but managed to escape.
According to the victim's autopsy report, the cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds.
The Commission, based on the aforementioned evidence, has reached the conviction that Domingo Medina Riquelme is a victim of a grave human rights violation, as he was executed by State agents.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=711