Juan Carlos Cabezas Castro
Trabajador de la Construcción — 20 years old.
Background
Juan Carlos Cabezas Castro
Trabajador de la Construcción — 20 years old.
Case summary
Juan Carlos Cabezas Castro, a 20-year-old construction worker with no political affiliation, died on November 27, 1973, after being wounded by gunfire from a military patrol in the commune of La Granja. The young man was attacked on November 25 while on his way to a friend's house and died two days later at the Hospital Barros Luco, being recognized as a victim of the political violence of that era.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
Juan Carlos Cabezas Castro died that day at 3:50 hours, at the Barros Luco Hospital, due to a gunshot wound to the cranium, as certified by the Medical Death Certificate from the Legal Medical Institute.
According to witness statements, on November 25, 1973, around 22:45 hours, Juan Carlos Cabezas left his home located in the commune of La Granja, currently the commune of San Ramón, heading toward the house of a friend who lived in the same sector, where he managed to arrive with a head wound.
He told this witness that he had been wounded by shots fired by a military patrol circulating in the area.
Transferred to the Barros Luco Trudeau Hospital, he passed away 48 hours later.
The Superior Council, despite not having verified the circumstances under which Juan Carlos Cabezas Castro was wounded, considering the era and the cause of death, reached the conviction that he was a victim of the prevailing political violence.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=2803