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Gabriel Gregorio Rodríguez Alcaino

Chofer Investigaciones — 31 years old.

Background

StatusValech-Rettig Commission Violation of Human Rights
DateApril 3, 1975
LocationSan Miguel, Santiago, RM Metropolitana
Age31 years old
OccupationChofer Investigaciones
AffiliationSin Militancia

Case summary

Gabriel Gregorio Rodríguez Alcaino, a 31-year-old driver for the Policía de Investigaciones, died on April 3, 1975, after being shot in San Miguel while attempting to arrest MIR militants who were painting political graffiti. The commission classified his death as a human rights violation committed by said political group while he was in the line of duty.

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Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]

On April 2, 1975, Gabriel RODRIGUEZ ALCAINO, 31 years old, a driver for the Homicide Brigade of the Investigaciones police force, passed away. Records held by the commission indicate that his death occurred under circumstances in which this officer attempted to arrest a group of militants from the Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria (MIR) who were painting a wall with slogans against the Military Government on Avenida Fernández Albano, Villa Santa Isabel, La Cisterna.

The victim received a "thoraco-abdominal gunshot wound with visceral involvement and projectile exit," which caused his death while he was undergoing surgery at the Hospital Barros Luco.

This Commission reached the conviction that Detective Gabriel Rodríguez died as a victim of a human rights violation, for which MIR militants who attempted against his life were responsible.

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How to cite this record

DondeEstan.cl (2026). Gabriel Gregorio Rodríguez Alcaino. Retrieved on June 4, 2026, from https://dondeestan.cl/record/gabriel-gregorio-rodriguez-alcaino. Original sources: Museum of Memory (https://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=2549).