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Raúl Jaime Olivares Jorquera

Victim of the military dictatorship — 25 years old.

Background

StatusValech-Rettig Commission Violation of Human Rights
DateAugust 1, 1975
LocationSantiago, RM Metropolitana
Age25 years old
AffiliationPS

Case summary

Raúl Jaime Olivares Jorquera, a 25-year-old Socialist militant, died on August 1, 1975, while in the custody of State agents in Santiago. Although the official version stated that he died in a confrontation, the death certificate revealed that the actual cause was asphyxiation, which classifies him as a victim of human rights violations.

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Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]

On August 1, 1975, Jaime Raúl OLIVARES JORQUERA, a socialist militant—according to some accounts, of the faction known as the Elenos—died while being held at the premises of the Investigative Brigade for Assaults of the Investigaciones police force.

As reported to the press, the individual had died in a confrontation with Investigaciones officers. However, the victim's death certificate lists the cause of death as asphyxia or suffocation due to aspiration of vomit, which contradicts the official version.

The false information and the other circumstances of the event lead this Commission to the conviction that state agents were responsible for the death of Raúl Olivares, and it therefore considers him a victim of human rights violations.

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Judicial Case Files[2]

Raúl Olivares Jorquera

Politically Executed
Judge/Minister
  • Mario Carroza
Case roles
  • 1581-2004
  • 2223-2018
  • 22379-2019
Region
  • Metropolitana De Santiago
Convicted in this case
  • Jose Gilberto Galdames Albistur

References

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How to cite this record

DondeEstan.cl (2026). Raúl Jaime Olivares Jorquera. Retrieved on June 4, 2026, from https://dondeestan.cl/record/raul-jaime-olivares-jorquera. Original sources: Museum of Memory (https://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=1255), Judicial Case Files (https://expedientesdelarepresion.cl/causa/raul-olivares-jorquera/).