José del Transito Norambuena Canales
Obrero — 24 years old.
Background
José del Transito Norambuena Canales
Obrero — 24 years old.
Case summary
José del Tránsito Norambuena Canales, a 24-year-old laborer, died on the night of November 6, 1985, after being struck by a bullet. The shot was fired from a military truck that opened fire on protesters in the Herminda de la Victoria neighborhood in Santiago, in an act considered a human rights violation due to the excessive use of force.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
On November 6, 1985, the second day of a Day of Social Mobilization, four people died:
José del Tránsito NORAMBUENA CANALES, 24 years old, a laborer, was struck by a bullet on the night of the 6th. Personnel from a military truck drove by firing weapons, in the presence of multiple witnesses, while residents were holding street demonstrations in the Herminda de la Victoria neighborhood (Santiago).
The testimonies received, in addition to the general background regarding the manner in which the military intervened to control street demonstrations, lead the Commission to presume that in this case there was an excessive use of force by State agents, who violated the right to life of José del Tránsito Norambuena.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=2476