Jaime Ignacio Rojas Rojas
Estudiante Enseñanza Básica — 9 years old.
Background
Jaime Ignacio Rojas Rojas
Estudiante Enseñanza Básica — 9 years old.
Case summary
Jaime Ignacio Rojas Rojas, a 9-year-old student with no political affiliation, died on August 11, 1983, in Viña del Mar. He was a victim of a bomb explosion planted for terrorist purposes, and his death was classified as a grave violation of human rights committed by private individuals acting under political pretexts.
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Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
Jaime Ignacio ROJAS ROJAS, 9 years old, a primary school student, was struck on the afternoon of August 11 by the explosion of a bomb placed for terrorist purposes at the Paradero 10 in Achupallas (Viña del Mar). He died shortly thereafter in a hospital in that city due to "closed complicated craniocerebral trauma."
The evidence presented allows this Commission to form the conviction that Jaime Ignacio Rojas was a victim of a grave human rights violation for which private individuals acting under a political pretext were responsible.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=1322