John Patricio Malhue González died that day at 7:20 hours, on a public thoroughfare, due to destruction caused by an explosive device, as recorded in the Medical Death Certificate from the Legal Medical Institute.

The explosion that caused the death of John Malhue occurred while he was driving a car along Calle Emiliano Figueroa, a few meters from the Regimiento Libertadores. The vehicle was a taxi that had been reported stolen days earlier; the license plate belonged to another vehicle, and inside, according to forensic reports, there was a 15-kilo amongelatina bomb activated by a remote-controlled electrical system.

Neighbors and sentries from the Regiment reported having seen, minutes before the explosion, an unknown individual walking on the rooftops of houses in the area manipulating something in his hands, and another, on the same street as the explosion, taking cover behind some trees, taking photographic sequences or video footage.

The Investigaciones Police publicly reported that John Malhue had no criminal or political police record.

According to his spouse's statement, John Malhue had never had any political affiliation or specific political stance; he was a very hardworking person and a good father who was in a difficult economic situation.

That day, he left the family home at his usual time heading to work. His wife learned of his death through the news. That same day, the family home was raided by the Central Nacional de Informaciones (CNI) and the Military Intelligence Service (SIM).

After his death, and due to continuous harassment and surveillance against his family by unknown third parties, she and her children had to leave the country.

Although the investigation carried out by this Corporation could not establish the precise circumstances of John Patricio Malhué González's death, the Superior Council, taking into account his background and personal characteristics, reached the conviction that he was unaware that an explosive device with the aforementioned characteristics was inside the vehicle he was driving and, for that reason, declared him a victim of the prevailing political violence.