Juan Camus Escobar
Comerciante — 31 years old.
Background
Juan Camus Escobar
Comerciante — 31 years old.
Case summary
Juan Camus Escobar, a 31-year-old merchant with no political affiliation, was a victim of a human rights violation on September 30, 1973, in Santiago. His case is part of the judicial process known as the "Cajón Episode."
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
On September 30, at approximately 10:30 p.m., the following individuals, who were relatives, were executed in front of the Escuela Haití:
José Sergio MUÑOZ GONZALEZ, 32 years old, merchant.
Jorge Eduardo Cristián OYARZUN ESCOBAR, 23 years old, merchant.
Juan ESCOBAR CAMUS, 31 years old, merchant.
The first two were detained in front of Muñoz's residence after civilians, accompanied by a military officer, fired upon the vehicle in which they were traveling. The third, who was walking toward the same location, was found dead alongside the others. The cause of death for all three victims was gunshot wounds.
The family members' account states that before they found the bodies at the Instituto Médico Legal, one of the military personnel who had participated in the detention informed them that the victims were being held at the Regimiento Tacna, that he had personally delivered them, and he even returned the identification documents of the two he had detained.
Press reports from the time stated that these individuals had been executed at the scene for allegedly firing upon a military installation.
The Commission reached the conviction, despite the unofficial version of events, that the three victims were executed outside of any legal framework by state agents. It bases its conviction on the fact that the detentions of the victims are substantiated, taking into account the confirmation of this fact by one of the captors; that the press version is implausible, given that the victims were already in the custody of state agents; that there is no credible evidence of a possible confrontation or that the victims were armed; and the circumstances and causes of their deaths.
Consequently, José Sergio Muñoz González, Jorge Eduardo Cristián Oyarzún Escobar, and Juan Escobar Camus were victims of a grave human rights violation.
Judicial Case Files[2]
Episodio Cajón
- Fernando Carreno
- 45306-a
- 66-2008
- 7235-2008
- Araucania
- Juan Silva Rebeco
- Rafael Recabal Bascunan
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=2852
- 2Judicial Case Fileshttps://expedientesdelarepresion.cl/causa/episodio-cajon/
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