Jaime Nury Riquelme Gangas
Obrero Construcción — 25 years old.
Background
Jaime Nury Riquelme Gangas
Obrero Construcción — 25 years old.
Case summary
Jaime Nury Riquelme Gangas, a 25-year-old construction worker with no political affiliation, was forcibly disappeared on April 23, 1978, in Buenos Aires while living in exile. The incident occurred alongside two other Chilean citizens who were working legally in Argentina, within a context of human rights violations where the direct participation of Chilean agents could not be confirmed.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
In 1978, Chilean citizens Raúl TAPIA HERNANDEZ, Jaime Nury RIQUELME GANGAS, and Luis ESPINOZA GONZALEZ were detained in Buenos Aires. These individuals were exiles who were working legally in Argentina and who were forcibly disappeared in the aforementioned context, in violation of their human rights.
However, the Commission cannot affirm that Chilean agents bear responsibility for this event.
MemoriaViva[2]
Relatos de los Hechos
In 1978, Chilean citizens Raúl TAPIA HERNANDEZ, Jaime Nury RIQUELME GANGAS, and Luis ESPINOZA GONZALEZ were detained in Buenos Aires. These were exiles who were working legally in Argentina and who disappeared in the aforementioned context, in violation of their human rights.
However, the Commission cannot affirm that Chilean agents bear responsibility for this event. Note from Memoriaviva: These Chilean individuals were forced into exile because the Chilean state did not guarantee their safety under the Pinochet dictatorship. They are victims of human rights violations under both the Chilean and Argentine dictatorships.
Source: (Rettig Report)
Relatos de los Hechos
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Jaime Nury Riquelme Gangas, 25 years old, a construction worker, traveled to Mendoza at the beginning of 1979 for work, after having spent time working in Bahía Blanca. He disappeared on April 23, 1978, in Buenos Aires.
Although there is no further information, not even regarding any political militancy, the Human Rights Secretariat of Argentina recognized his disappearance in 1995. His case is related to that of two other Chilean exiles who were working legally in Argentina at the time of their detention, Luis Espinoza González and Raúl Tapia Hernández.
Source: las presas del cóndor December 2019
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=2262
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