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Gabriel Ricardo Nelson Martínez Leyton

Estudiante Enseñanza Básica — 15 years old.

Background

StatusNational Commission for Reparation and Reconciliation Violation of Human Rights
DateSeptember 26, 1973
LocationEstación Central, Santiago, RM Metropolitana
Age15 years old
OccupationEstudiante Enseñanza Básica
AffiliationSin Militancia

Case summary

Gabriel Ricardo Nelson Martínez Leyton was a 15-year-old student who was detained by Carabineros on September 26, 1973, in Estación Central, Santiago. Following his arrest, he was subjected to political execution by state agents outside of any legal process, and his body was found days later at the Instituto Médico Legal with gunshot wounds.

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Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]

Hernán Sergio González Nicolau, Gabriel Ricardo Martínez Leyton, Juan José Manuel Morales Herrera, and Sergio Wenceslao Rojas González died that day, at 08:00 hours, in the Parque Residencial Alameda in Santiago, due to thoracic-abdominal gunshot wounds, as indicated by their respective Medical Death Certificates from the Legal Medical Institute.

However, according to statements from family members and witnesses, these four individuals were detained on September 26 at a residence in the Parque Residencial Alameda, in the Las Rejas sector, by Carabineros officers, who took them to an unknown destination.

After several days of intense searching, their families found their bodies at the Legal Medical Institute.

Considering the background information gathered and the investigations carried out by this Corporation, the Superior Council reached the conviction that Hernán Sergio González Nicolau, Gabriel Ricardo Nelson Martínez Leyton, Juan José Manuel Morales Herrera, and Sergio Wenceslao Rojas González were detained and executed by State agents, outside of any legal process.

Therefore, it declared them victims of human rights violations.

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How to cite this record

DondeEstan.cl (2026). Gabriel Ricardo Nelson Martínez Leyton. Retrieved on June 4, 2026, from https://dondeestan.cl/record/gabriel-ricardo-nelson-martinez-leyton. Original sources: Museum of Memory (https://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=454).