Joel Bernardo Melo Farias
Obrero Agrícola — 53 years old.
Background
Joel Bernardo Melo Farias
Obrero Agrícola — 53 years old.
Case summary
Joel Bernardo Melo Farías, a 53-year-old agricultural worker with no political affiliation, died on July 21, 1981, in San Bernardo, Santiago. His death was classified as a human rights violation due to abuse of power, committed by State agents who acted under personal motivations with the acquiescence of the authorities.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
b.1.2) Reckless use of force
This category includes deaths caused by gross negligence or severe lack of care on the part of State agents in the use of their firearms.
The cases of death by reckless use of force investigated were primarily caused by shots fired into the air by State agents that struck individuals uninvolved in the events.
The specific cases incorporated into this classification are as follows:
DUARTE REYES, Ramón Leopoldo
MANZANO GONZALEZ, Patricio Enrique
PLAZA DIAZ, Sara Beatriz
b.1.3) Physical mistreatment
This category includes cases of individuals who died in detention facilities as a consequence of the mistreatment received, without the latter constituting acts of torture.
This Commission reached the conviction that five people had died under these circumstances. Their names are:
NAVARRO MELLADO, Sergio
PALACIOS TORO, Esteban Alejandro
PINO CORTES, Claudio Patricio
RIVERA BARRAZA, Pedro Benito
SOLORZA GONZALEZ, Bernardo Enrique
b.2) Abuses of power constituting human rights violations
This Commission acquired the conviction that the actions of State agents acting under personal motivations—and therefore unrelated to their proper functions—while having the acquiescence of the authorities responsible for preventing such acts from being carried out, resulted in the death of four people. They are:
ORMEÑO MOSCOSO, Jorge Hernán
VARGAS SALAZAR, Angel Patricio
MELO FARIAS, Joel
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=2713