José Egidio Méndez Venegas
Chofer Ambulancia — 33 years old.
Background
José Egidio Méndez Venegas
Chofer Ambulancia — 33 years old.
Case summary
José Egidio Méndez Venegas, a 33-year-old ambulance driver with no political affiliation, was arrested at his home by Carabineros on September 18, 1973. His body was found five days later on a public street with multiple gunshot wounds, and he was declared a victim of extrajudicial execution by State agents.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
José Egidio Méndez Venegas died that day at 15:00 hours, on a public thoroughfare, due to multiple gunshot wounds, as recorded in the Medical Death Certificate from the Legal Medical Institute.
According to information gathered by his family members, José Méndez was arrested on September 18, 1973, at his home located in the La Palmilla neighborhood in the Conchalí district, by Carabineros officers, following a denunciation that identified him as a left-wing political activist.
Five days after his arrest, the family found his body at the Legal Medical Institute, where it had been admitted with the record of having been found on a public thoroughfare.
Considering the evidence gathered and the investigation conducted by this Corporation, the Superior Council reached the conviction that José Egidio Méndez Venegas was arrested and extrajudicially executed by State agents. For this reason, it declared him a victim of human rights violations.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=1341