David Quezada Diaz
Soldado Conscripto Ejercito — 19 years old.
Background
David Quezada Diaz
Soldado Conscripto Ejercito — 19 years old.
Case summary
David Quezada Diaz was a 19-year-old conscript soldier who died in September 1973 after being wounded while performing guard duties at the Río Maipo bridge in San Bernardo. He was attacked with a firearm by a civilian he was attempting to inspect, and he is officially recognized as a victim of the political violence of that era.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
On September 13, two members of the Ejército who were performing guard duties at the bridges over the Río Maipo in San Bernardo were killed:
David DIAZ QUEZADA, 19 years old, Conscript Soldier; and
Carlos ACEVEDO ISAMIT, 19 years old, Conscript Soldier.
Both were on guard duty at the bridge over the Río Maipo when they detained a civilian who was passing through the area on suspicion. They searched him and found a pistol, which was taken from him. Despite this, the civilian still had a revolver hidden in his clothing, with which he fired, wounding the conscripts.
They were rushed to the institutional hospital, where they died the following day as a result of the serious wounds they suffered. The death certificate stated that they died on December 14, 1973, at 9:30 hours, and specified the place of death as the Puente Maipo, San Bernardo.
Considering that the conscript soldiers were performing duties to protect public property and taking into account the general circumstances of violence that the country was experiencing at that time, this Commission is convinced that the soldiers David Díaz and Carlos Acevedo were victims of the political violence that took place in the country in the days following September 11, 1973.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=1151