Juan de Dios Martínez Pérez
Comerciante — 24 years old.
Background
Juan de Dios Martínez Pérez
Comerciante — 24 years old.
Case summary
Juan de Dios Martínez Pérez, a 24-year-old merchant, was found dead with gunshot wounds in the Mapocho River on October 31, 1973. He had last been seen days earlier, and an official commission determined that he was a victim of the political violence of the era, presuming the participation of State agents in his death.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
On October 31, 1973, Juan de Dios MARTINEZ PEREZ, 24 years old, a merchant, died.
On October 23, he was last seen at the entrance of the Clínica Santa María, where he worked selling flowers. Subsequently, his body was found in the Mapocho River at the Oriente bridge and sent to the Legal Medical Institute by the carabineros unit from the Pudahuel Airport.
The body showed gunshot wounds, and the date of death, according to the corresponding certificate, is October 31. The body was identified by his relatives and buried in the Cementerio General.
The Commission reached the conviction that Juan de Dios Martínez Pérez died as a result of the prevailing political violence, with the participation of State agents presumed.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=122