Miguel Ángel Zamorano Valle
Empleado — 24 years old.
Background
Miguel Ángel Zamorano Valle
Empleado — 24 years old.
Case summary
Miguel Ángel Zamorano Valle, a 24-year-old employee with no political affiliation, was murdered in Santiago on September 12, 1973. He died after being shot in the head by State agents traveling in a military truck, while he was standing on the sidewalk in front of his home.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
Miguel Angel Zamorano Valle died that day at 12:55 hours, at the Posta Central, due to craniocerebral trauma from a gunshot wound, as recorded in the Medical Death Certificate from the Legal Medical Institute.
According to eyewitnesses, at approximately 11:00 hours that day, Miguel Zamorano was on the sidewalk in front of his home on Calle Aldunate, in Santiago. At that moment, a military truck passed by the location, and shots were fired from inside it, one of which struck Miguel Zamorano in the head. He was taken to the Posta Central, where he passed away.
Considering the evidence gathered by this Corporation, the Superior Council reached the conviction that Miguel Angel Zamorano Valle was a victim of human rights violations by State agents, who made irrational use of force.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=799