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Juan Segundo Cortes

Obrero — 58 years old.

Background

StatusValech-Rettig Commission Violation of Human Rights
DateSeptember 4, 1975
Locationla Cisterna, Santiago, RM Metropolitana
Age58 years old
OccupationObrero
AffiliationPC

Case summary

Juan Segundo Cortes, a 58-year-old laborer and member of the Partido Comunista, was arrested on September 4, 1975, in La Cisterna by state security agents. His arrest took place during an operation against members of his party, and he has remained forcibly disappeared since that date.

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Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]

On September 4, 1975, the laborer and Communist Party militant Juan Segundo CORTES CORTES was detained. According to information gathered by the Commission, the arrest occurred during an operation carried out by security agents in the southern area of Santiago, in which several other militants from that party were also detained.

Since that date, there has been no further news regarding the victim.

The Commission is convinced that his disappearance was the work of State agents, who thereby violated his human rights.

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Judicial Case Files[2]

Episodio Tejas Verdes: Torturas 20 ex presos políticos

Judge/Minister
  • Alejandro Solis
Case roles
  • 1424-13
  • 2182-98
  • 2845-2010
Region
  • Valparaiso
Detention Centers
  • Tejas Verdes
Convicted in this case
  • David Miranda Monardes
  • Jorge Nunez Magallanes
  • Klaudio Kosiel Hornig
  • Manuel Contreras Sepulveda
  • Nelson Valdes Cornejo
  • Raul Quintana Salazar
  • Vitorio Orvieto Tiplinski

References

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How to cite this record

DondeEstan.cl (2026). Juan Segundo Cortes. Retrieved on June 4, 2026, from https://dondeestan.cl/record/juan-segundo-cortes. Original sources: Museum of Memory (https://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=1784), Judicial Case Files (https://expedientesdelarepresion.cl/causa/episodio-tejas-verdes-torturas-20-ex-presos-politicos/).