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Leopoldo Albino Segovia Gil

Cesante — 20 years old.

Background

StatusValech-Rettig Commission Violation of Human Rights
DateJune 18, 1983
LocationProvidencia, Santiago, RM Metropolitana
Age20 years old
OccupationCesante
AffiliationSin Militancia

Case summary

Leopoldo Albino Segovia Gil was a 20-year-old unemployed youth who died in June 1983 after being shot during the Second National Day of Protest in Santiago. He was attacked by an individual who fired upon a group gathered around a bonfire, and he is classified as a victim of human rights violations committed under political pretexts.

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Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]

On June 14, 1983, the day of the Second National Day of Protest, four people died:

Leopoldo Albino SEGOVIA GIL, 20 years old, was wounded near midnight while some young people were gathered around a bonfire in the San Genaro neighborhood (Santiago), when a man approached the group and fired a firearm at them. He died a few hours later at the Institute of Neurosurgery due to a gunshot wound to the head.

The testimonies received by the Commission lead to the conviction that Leopoldo Albino Segovia was a victim of human rights violations committed by private individuals acting under political pretexts.

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How to cite this record

DondeEstan.cl (2026). Leopoldo Albino Segovia Gil. Retrieved on June 4, 2026, from https://dondeestan.cl/record/leopoldo-albino-segovia-gil. Original sources: Museum of Memory (https://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=236).