Gustavo Pedro Alberto Thorn Valenzuela
Victim of the military dictatorship — 56 years old.
Background
Gustavo Pedro Alberto Thorn Valenzuela
Victim of the military dictatorship — 56 years old.
Case summary
Gustavo Pedro Alberto Thorn Valenzuela, a 56-year-old civilian with no political affiliation, was murdered in Santiago on October 1, 1973. He died after being shot in the head by Carabineros while walking with his son toward an auto repair shop; his death is recognized as a case of political violence from that era.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
Gustavo Pedro Alberto Thorn Valenzuela died that day at 15:30 hours, in Santiago, at the corner of Calle Esperanza and Alameda, due to a gunshot wound to the cranium, as recorded in the Medical Death Certificate from the Legal Medical Institute.
Gustavo Thorn was struck in the head by shots fired by carabineros who were conducting an operation in that sector, while he was heading with one of his children to pick up his car from a local mechanic's shop.
Although the precise circumstances of his death could not be determined, given the period in which it occurred and its cause, the Superior Council of the Corporation concluded that the death of Gustavo Pedro Alberto Thorn Valenzuela was the result of the prevailing political violence.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=1142