Francisco Rafael Núñez Cantillana, a member of the Partido Comunista, died that day at 21:30 hours at the Posta Central due to craniocerebral trauma, as stated in the Medical Death Certificate from the Instituto Médico Legal.

According to statements provided by witnesses, Francisco Núñez, a leader of the Confederación Nacional de Sindicatos de Trabajadores de la Construcción and a member of the Partido Comunista, had been threatened on repeated occasions through anonymous phone calls and had been under surveillance at his union headquarters and his home by unknown individuals.

On November 24, 1989, at approximately 21:00 hours, while he was heading home on a public transport vehicle along Calle San Diego, two unknown individuals who were attempting to detain him suddenly lunged at him and threw him out the back door onto the pavement.

Because the vehicle was traveling at high speed, he was left severely injured. He was transported to the medical facility, where he passed away four days later.

Eyewitnesses noted that the unknown individuals fled as soon as the vehicle stopped. One of these witnesses, who approached to assist him while he was on the sidewalk, claims to have heard him say: "they have been following me, they want to kill me" (sic).

Likewise, they indicated that the motive for the crime was not robbery, as the unknown individuals did not attempt to assault him or steal his belongings, a fact that was subsequently confirmed by his spouse upon verifying that he still had in his possession even the small amount of money with which he had left his home that morning.

On the day of Francisco Núñez's death, other union leaders of the Confederación received anonymous phone calls threatening them that they would meet the same fate.

Considering the evidence gathered and the investigation conducted by this Corporation, the Superior Council reached the conviction that the injuries that caused the death of Francisco Rafael Núñez Cantillana were the direct result of the actions of individuals acting with political motivation. Consequently, it declared him a victim of human rights violations.