Ramón Luis Escobar Chavarria
Chofer Taxi — 33 years old.
Background
Ramón Luis Escobar Chavarria
Chofer Taxi — 33 years old.
Case summary
Ramón Luis Escobar Chavarria, a 33-year-old taxi driver with no political affiliation, was murdered by State agents on September 19, 1973. The incident occurred during the curfew, when he was shot while returning home after having taken a neighbor to the maternity ward.
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Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
On September 19, around 02:00 hours, while a curfew was in effect, Ramón Luis ESCOBAR CHAVARRIA, a taxi driver, was killed.
The victim was taking a neighbor to the Carolina Freire maternity hospital. While returning to his home, at approximately 03:30 hours at the intersection of Calle Carrión and Calle Vivaceta, he was wounded by gunfire and was transported to the Hospital José Joaquín Aguirre, where he died. His body presented a "complicated thoracic gunshot wound," as certified by the autopsy report.
Considering the context in which the events took place and the cause of the victim's death, this Commission reached the conviction that Ramón Luis Escobar Chavarría was killed by State agents through the excessive use of force.
Judicial Case Files[2]
Ramón Escobar Chavarría
- Mario Carroza
- 198-2010
- 346-2015
- 8703-2015
- Los Lagos
- Sobreseimiento
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=2353
- 2Judicial Case Fileshttps://expedientesdelarepresion.cl/causa/ramon-escobar-chavarria/