Juan Ángel Gallegos
Sastre — 37 years old.
Background
Juan Ángel Gallegos
Sastre — 37 years old.
Case summary
Juan Ángel Gallegos, a 37-year-old tailor and neighborhood leader who was a militant of the Partido Comunista, was detained by Carabineros on October 16, 1973, during a raid in Renca. He was last seen at a local sports field following his apprehension and has remained forcibly disappeared since that time, an act attributed by the Commission to the responsibility of State agents.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
On October 16, 1973, Juan Angel GALLEGOS, 38 years old, a tailor, president of the Neighborhood Council of the Sarmiento settlement, and a Communist Party militant, was forcibly disappeared.
On the day in question, he was detained in front of witnesses by Carabineros who were conducting a raid in the settlement. Along with him, other residents were apprehended, and all were taken to a field in the area.
This was the last time he was seen, and his whereabouts remain unknown to this date. He has not requested a renewal of his national identity card, there are no records of him leaving the country, nor is his death registered.
Having verified the aforementioned detention, this Commission has reached the conviction that the subsequent disappearance of Juan Angel Gallegos was the responsibility of State agents, an act constituting a human rights violation.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=2507