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Guillermo de Jesús Caceres Pavez

Comerciante Ambulante — 36 years old.

Background

StatusNational Commission for Reparation and Reconciliation Violation of Human Rights
DateSeptember 21, 1973
LocationSantiago, Santiago, RM Metropolitana
Age36 years old
OccupationComerciante Ambulante
AffiliationSin Militancia

Case summary

Guillermo Cáceres Pavez, a 36-year-old street vendor with no political affiliation, was extrajudicially executed by State agents on September 21, 1973. He had been detained by Carabineros at the door of his home in Santiago the previous day, and his body was found with multiple gunshot wounds next to the train tracks.

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Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]

Guillermo de Jesús Cáceres Pavez died that day at 6:00 hours, at the Lira street overpass, due to complicated craniocerebral and thoracic gunshot wounds, as recorded in the Medical Death Certificate from the Legal Medical Institute.

According to eyewitnesses, he was detained by Carabineros officers on September 20, around 20:30 hours, while he was at the door of his home, located at Maule and Santa Elena. Neighbors in the area stated that he was executed in the early hours of September 21 on the side of the train tracks, between Lira and Padre Orellana streets, the place where his body was found.

Considering the evidence gathered and the investigation carried out by this Corporation, the Superior Council reached the conviction that Guillermo de Jesús Cáceres Pavez was extrajudicially executed by State agents while in detention. For this reason, it declared him a victim of human rights violations.

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How to cite this record

DondeEstan.cl (2026). Guillermo de Jesús Caceres Pavez. Retrieved on June 4, 2026, from https://dondeestan.cl/record/guillermo-de-jesus-caceres-pavez. Original sources: Museum of Memory (https://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=3158).