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David Jimenez Navarrete

Cabo 2º Ejercito — 20 years old.

Background

StatusValech-Rettig Commission Violation of Human Rights
DateDecember 13, 1974
LocationSantiago, RM Metropolitana
Age20 years old
OccupationCabo 2º Ejercito
AffiliationSin Militancia

Case summary

David Navarrete Jiménez, a 20-year-old Corporal 2nd Class in the Army, died on December 13, 1974, in Santiago during a raid on a property occupied by members of the MIR, after receiving a gunshot wound to the thorax. The Commission determined that he was a victim of a human rights violation, having died in this confrontation.

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Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]

On December 13, 1974, David NAVARRETE JIMENEZ, 20 years old, a 2nd Corporal in the Ejército, died. The victim died while participating in an operation intended to raid a property located on Calle Estado in the commune of Santiago.

This action was met with gunfire by the occupants, who were members of the Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria (MIR). In the described action, Corporal Navarrete received a "thoracic-cardiac gunshot wound" that caused his death, according to the death certificate.

This Commission, weighing the aforementioned background, has reached the conviction that 2nd Corporal David Navarrete was a victim of human rights violations, having died in a confrontation with members of the MIR.

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How to cite this record

DondeEstan.cl (2026). David Jimenez Navarrete. Retrieved on October 15, 2026, from https://dondeestan.cl/record/jimenez-david-navarrete. Original sources: Museum of Memory (https://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=2472).