Manuel Jesús Ibáñez García
Empleado Hospital San Juan de Dios — 25 years old.
Background
Manuel Jesús Ibáñez García
Empleado Hospital San Juan de Dios — 25 years old.
Case summary
Manuel Jesús Ibáñez García, a 25-year-old employee and union leader at the Hospital San Juan de Dios, was detained by military personnel at his workplace on September 15, 1973. He was executed without trial five days later, and his body was found in the Mapocho River with multiple gunshot wounds. His death was classified as a human rights violation committed by state agents.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
Manuel Jesús IBAÑEZ GARCIA, 25 years old, a leader of the labor union at the Hospital San Juan de Dios and a militant of the Partido Socialista, was executed on September 20.
He was detained on September 15, 1973, at his workplace, the Hospital San Juan de Dios, by personnel from the Regimiento Yungay of San Felipe. On the 23rd of the same month, his lifeless body was found by his family members at the Instituto Médico Legal; the following day, he was buried in the Cementerio General.
The death certificate indicates the date of death as September 20, 1973, at 07:00 hours. Location: Puente Bulnes over the Río Mapocho; and Cause: multiple gunshot wounds.
The Commission reached the conviction that the execution of Manuel Ibañez, carried out outside of any legal process, constitutes a violation of his human rights, for which agents of the State are responsible.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=3194