Lina del Carmen Barahona Collío
Victim of the military dictatorship — 27 years old.
Background
Lina del Carmen Barahona Collío
Victim of the military dictatorship — 27 years old.
Case summary
Lina del Carmen Barahona Collío, 27 years old and with no political affiliation, was wounded by gunfire from a Carabineros officer on September 12, 1973, while she was looking for water in the courtyard of her home during the curfew. Her family was denied permission to take her to a hospital, and she passed away weeks later, on October 2, as a result of the wound.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
Lina del Carmen Barahona Collío, aged 27, died on October 2, 1973, at the Félix Bulnes Hospital, Metropolitan Region, as a result of localized peritonitis and septic shock caused by a gunshot wound.
On September 12, 1973, the victim had gone out to fetch water in the yard of her home in the Pudahuel commune when a Carabineros officer shot her during the curfew decreed that day. Her family requested permission from Carabineros to take her to the hospital; however, it was denied.
The following day, she was admitted to the Félix Bulnes Hospital, where she died after three surgical interventions. The evidence gathered by this Commission led to the conviction that State agents were involved in the shooting that caused the death of Lina Barahona.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=2860