Nelson Fernando Gómez Espinoza
Obrero — 19 years old.
Background
Nelson Fernando Gómez Espinoza
Obrero — 19 years old.
Case summary
Nelson Fernando Gomez Espinoza was a 19-year-old laborer who died on September 10, 1983, and is recognized as a victim of political violence. The previous night, in the context of the Fifth National Day of Protest, he was struck by a bullet of unknown origin in Santiago, which caused his death.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
On September 8, 1983, in the context of the Fifth National Day of Protest, nine deaths occurred:
Nelson Fernando GOMEZ ESPINOZA was 19 years old and worked as a laborer.
On September 9, incidents and demonstrations took place in various locations as a continuation of the Fifth National Day of Protest. On the night of that day, while he was on Calle La Granja near the intersection with Calle Bolivia (Santiago), he received a gunshot wound of unknown origin that caused his death hours later.
The specific background of the case and the general circumstances that characterized this period allow this Commission to form the conviction that Nelson Fernando Gómez lost his life as a victim of political violence.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=626