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Marcos Orlando Rios Bustos

Estudiante Enseñanza Media — 15 years old.

Background

StatusValech-Rettig Commission Violation of Human Rights
DateOctober 1, 1973
LocationSantiago, RM Metropolitana
Age15 years old
OccupationEstudiante Enseñanza Media
AffiliationSin Militancia

Case summary

Marcos Orlando Ríos Bustos was a 15-year-old student who was executed by State agents on October 1, 1973, in Santiago. The minor was detained by a military patrol while playing; he was beaten and subsequently gunned down on a public street alongside two other youths.

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Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]

On October 1st, three minors were executed after being detained by a military patrol at an establishment where they were playing "taca taca" (foosball). The minors were:

Miguel Angel RIOS TRASLAVIÑA, 16 years old, student,

Rogelio Gustavo RAMIREZ AMESTICA, 18 years old, student, and

Marcos Orlando RIOS BUSTOS, 15 years old, student.

The young men were taken from that location out into the street, in the presence of neighbors from the area. Multiple testimonies indicate that they were severely beaten by the uniformed personnel and forced to run, with two of them being riddled with bullets. The third continued running until reaching the Iquique bridge, where he was killed by another military patrol guarding that location.

Despite this being a public and notorious event, witnessed by a large portion of the neighborhood, there was no official explanation regarding the events.

The autopsies performed on the bodies indicate that they presented multiple gunshot wounds: 12 in the case of Rogelio Ramírez and 18 in the case of Miguel Ríos Traslaviña. There were 3 bullet impacts on the body of Marcos Ríos.

Having reliably established the circumstances and causes of the deaths, as well as the prior detention suffered by the victims, the Commission formed the conviction that the minors Miguel Angel Ríos, Rogelio Gustavo Ramírez, and Marcos Orlando Ríos were executed, and that this constituted a grave violation of human rights, attributable to the actions of State agents.

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References

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How to cite this record

DondeEstan.cl (2026). Marcos Orlando Rios Bustos. Retrieved on October 15, 2026, from https://dondeestan.cl/record/marcos-orlando-rios-bustos. Original sources: Museum of Memory (https://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=2525).