Jorge Patricio Venegas Labra
Cabo 2º Ejercito — 21 years old.
Background
Jorge Patricio Venegas Labra
Cabo 2º Ejercito — 21 years old.
Case summary
Jorge Patricio Venegas Labra, a 21-year-old Army Corporal 2nd Class, was killed on September 14, 1973. While performing patrol duties in San Bernardo, he was mistaken for an attacker and shot to death by members of the Air Force, in an event classified as political violence.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
On September 14, Jorge Patricio VENEGAS LABRA, 21 years old, a 2nd Corporal in the Army, died.
While he was carrying out patrol duties in a private truck on a bridge over the Maipo River, he was mistaken by members of the Chilean Air Force for someone attacking them; they fired upon him, causing his death.
He was transported to the institutional hospital, but he was already dead upon arrival. The death certificate states the date of death as September 14, 1973, at 9:30 hours, indicating the place of death as the bridge over the Maipo River, near San Bernardo.
Considering that the victim was killed while performing his service duties and, taking into account the general circumstances of the country, this Commission has reached the conviction that Corporal Jorge Patricio Venegas died as a consequence of the political violence that was being experienced at that time.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=1037