Luis Alberto Valdivia Contreras
Cargador — 32 years old.
Background
Luis Alberto Valdivia Contreras
Cargador — 32 years old.
Case summary
Luis Alberto Valdivia Contreras, a 32-year-old loader with no political affiliation, was murdered by State agents on September 29, 1973, in Santiago. Although the official cause of his death was a curfew violation, his case was classified as a human rights violation due to the irrational use of force.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
On September 29, at 05:00 hours, Luis Alberto VALDIVIA CONTRERAS, 32 years old, a loader, was killed.
The victim left his home at Paradero 25 on Gran Avenida on the 28th and did not return. Subsequently, his body was found by his family at the Instituto Médico Legal, where they were informed that he had died for violating the curfew.
The Commission formed the conviction that the death of Luis Alberto Valdivia constituted a human rights violation, resulting from the irrational use of force by state agents in charge of public order.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=2348