Pedro Aliro Villegas Sepulveda
Cabo 1º ARMADA — 31 years old.
Background
Pedro Aliro Villegas Sepulveda
Cabo 1º ARMADA — 31 years old.
Case summary
Navy Corporal 1st Class Pedro Aliro Villegas Sepúlveda, 31, died in Valparaíso on September 18, 1973. While performing guard duty during the curfew, he was fatally struck by gunfire from his own comrades, who opened fire by mistake after being alerted by a warning shot he had fired himself. He was declared a victim of the political violence of the era.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
Pedro Aliro Villegas Sepúlveda died that day at 1:00 hours at the Naval Hospital of Valparaíso, due to acute anemia and cardiac arrest caused by a thoracic gunshot wound with an exit wound and a gunshot wound to the right thigh, as recorded in the Medical Death Certificate from the Legal Medical Institute.
According to information gathered from the Administrative Summary conducted by the Armada of Chile, Pedro Villegas was performing his guard duty at the Institution's Supply Center during the hours the curfew was in effect.
During that night, he signaled a vehicle that did not obey the order to stop, so he fired a shot into the air. Once the car stopped, he approached it; at that moment, the Supply Center Guard, alerted by the gunshot, fired their own shots, striking Villegas Sepúlveda and causing his death.
Considering the evidence gathered and the investigation carried out by this Corporation, the Superior Council declared Pedro Aliro Villegas Sepúlveda a victim of the political violence prevailing at the time of his death.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=2058