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Mario Antonio Gallardo Villagran

Comerciante Ambulante — 23 years old.

Background

StatusNational Commission for Reparation and Reconciliation Violation of Human Rights
DateSeptember 19, 1973
LocationSantiago, RM Metropolitana
Age23 years old
OccupationComerciante Ambulante
AffiliationSin Militancia

Case summary

Mario Antonio Gallardo Villagrán, a 23-year-old street vendor with no political affiliation, was detained by military personnel and Carabineros in the days following the 1973 coup d'état. On September 19, he was executed by state agents, dying on a public street from multiple gunshot wounds. The National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation declared him a victim of human rights violations.

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Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]

Carlos Omar Bastidas Zegers died that day at 10:25 hours, on a public thoroughfare, due to gunshot wounds to the cranium, encephalon, thorax, and abdomen, as indicated by the Medical Death Certificate from the Legal Medical Institute.

José Antonio Del Pero Bustos died that day at 6:00 hours, on a public thoroughfare, due to multiple gunshot wounds, as indicated by the Medical Death Certificate from the Legal Medical Institute. The Autopsy Report notes that his body presented 37 bullet impacts and that he was admitted to that facility as a "John Doe" (NN), sent by the Carabineros station of Huechuraba.

Mario Antonio Gallardo Villagrán died the same day at 11:00 hours, on a public thoroughfare, due to multiple gunshot wounds, as indicated by the Medical Death Certificate from the Legal Medical Institute.

According to testimonies from family members, the three young men were detained in the days immediately following September 11, 1973, by military personnel and carabineros, at their respective homes in the Parque Santa Mónica neighborhood, in the commune of Conchalí, a sector where various operations were carried out.

Their bodies were found by their relatives at the Legal Medical Institute alongside those of brothers Arturo and Francisco Deila Santos, who were detained in the same neighborhood on nearby dates; the cases of the latter were known to this Corporation and declared victims of human rights violations.

Considering the background information gathered and the investigation conducted by this Corporation, the Superior Council reached the conviction that Carlos Omar Bastidas Zegers, José Antonio Del Pero Bustos, and Mario Antonio Gallardo Villagrán were executed by State agents outside of any legal process, while they were being held deprived of their liberty.

For this reason, it declared them victims of human rights violations.

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How to cite this record

DondeEstan.cl (2026). Mario Antonio Gallardo Villagran. Retrieved on June 4, 2026, from https://dondeestan.cl/record/mario-antonio-gallardo-villagran. Original sources: Museum of Memory (https://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=2670).