Juan Antonio Aguirre Ballesteros
Panificador — 23 years old.
Background
Juan Antonio Aguirre Ballesteros
Panificador — 23 years old.
Case summary
Juan Antonio Aguirre Ballesteros, a 23-year-old bakery worker with no political affiliation, was detained by Carabineros on September 4, 1984, while on his way to work in Pudahuel. After being tortured by state agents, his body was found 51 days later in a creek, in an act classified as a grave violation of human rights.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
On October 22, 1984, the body of Juan Antonio AGUIRRE BALLESTEROS, 23 years old, a bakery worker with no political affiliation, was found.
On September 4, 1984, the day a national protest against the military government had been called, at approximately 5:45 a.m., he was arrested by carabineros at the corner of Calle Brangranza and Avenida Salvador Gutiérrez, in Pudahuel, while on his way to work with some friends.
He was taken blindfolded to a location where, according to testimonies received by this Commission from individuals detained alongside him, he was subjected to physical abuse.
His body was found 51 days later in the Codegua estuary, in the La Leona sector of San Rafael de Melipilla. The authorities have never acknowledged his detention.
The Commission, considering the evidence gathered, has reached the conviction that Juan Aguirre died as a result of the torture to which he was subjected by State agents, and that his body was dumped in a vacant lot in order to cover up this act, considering his death a human rights violation for which State agents are responsible.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=877