Juan Eliseo Rojas Acevedo
Comerciante — 32 years old.
Background
Juan Eliseo Rojas Acevedo
Comerciante — 32 years old.
Case summary
Juan Eliseo Rojas Acevedo was a 32-year-old merchant with no political affiliation who died on September 23, 1973, after being shot multiple times on the Panamericana Norte, Santiago. His family found his body at the Instituto Médico Legal after he failed to return home, and he was subsequently recognized as a victim of the prevailing political violence.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
Juan Eliseo Rojas Acevedo died that day at 23:00 hours, on Panamericana Norte, from multiple gunshot wounds, as recorded in the Medical Death Certificate signed by a forensic pathologist.
Juan Rojas left his home, located in the El Salto sector in the commune of Conchalí, on September 22 or 23 and did not return. His family began searching for him immediately, finally locating him at the Legal Medical Institute.
Considering the evidence gathered and the investigation conducted, the Superior Council, despite not having established the precise circumstances of his death, taking into account the time, cause, and place of death, declared Juan Eliseo Rojas Acevedo a victim of the prevailing political violence.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=2738