Pedro Vicente Marin Mejias
Mueblista — 26 years old.
Background
Pedro Vicente Marin Mejias
Mueblista — 26 years old.
Case summary
Pedro Vicente Marín Mejías, a 26-year-old furniture maker, was detained by Carabineros in the La Legua neighborhood on October 7, 1973. He was executed the following day by state agents alongside two other individuals, in a case considered a human rights violation.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
FAUNDEZ MUÑOZ, FERNANDO OMAR: 22 years old, single, worker, victim of political execution on October 8, 1973, in Santiago.
MARIN MEJIAS, PEDRO VICENTE: 26 years old, single, master furniture maker, victim of political execution on October 8, 1973, in Santiago.
Both died that day at 5:30 a.m., at the intersection of Pedro de Valdivia and Camino Agrícola, due to gunshot wounds to the cranium and the thoracic-abdominal region, as recorded in their respective Medical Death Certificates from the Legal Medical Institute.
According to testimony from family members, Fernando Faúndez and Pedro Marín were detained on the morning of October 7, along with Jorge Pérez Ubeda, in the La Legua neighborhood, by Carabineros officers conducting a raid in the area. All three detainees appeared dead under identical circumstances, and their remains were identified at the Legal Medical Institute by their families.
Jorge Pérez Ubeda was classified as a victim of human rights violations by the National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation.
Considering the evidence gathered and the investigation conducted by this Corporation, the Superior Council reached the conviction that Fernando Omar Faúndez Muñoz and Pedro Vicente Marín Mejías were executed by State agents while in detention and outside of any legal process, a situation constituting a human rights violation.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=2702