Pepito
Victim of the military dictatorship — 28 years old.
Background
Pepito
Victim of the military dictatorship — 28 years old.
Case summary
"Pepito," a 28-year-old young man who was deaf-mute and had a mental disability, was murdered by a military patrol in Valdivia on September 19, 1973. During the curfew, they shot him for failing to obey a halt command, an order he could not hear, and he subsequently died from his wounds.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
The person, of unknown origin and identity, known as "PEPITO," died that day at 20:00 hours at the Kennedy hospital due to generalized peritonitis and a gunshot wound complicated by a gastric rupture, as stated in the Medical Death Certificate signed by a forensic physician.
According to statements from those who knew him, "PEPITO" was an abandoned young man who was deaf-mute and mentally disabled. At the request of the priests of the Preciosa Sangre Parish in Valdivia, he was taken in by an elderly woman who dedicated her life to raising abandoned children.
On that day, September 19, "PEPITO" went to chop wood at the Parish, and while he was returning, with the curfew in effect, he was intercepted by a military patrol that ordered him to halt. He did not comply, and as a result, he was machine-gunned.
He was left abandoned in the street, even though he was still alive. The priest of the aforementioned Parish found him in agony and carried him in his arms to the medical center, where he passed away.
Considering the background information gathered and the investigation carried out by this Corporation, the Superior Council, taking into account the era and the cause of death, declared him a victim of the prevailing political violence.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=2493