Raul Ricardo Peralta Vidal
Jornalero — 28 years old.
Background
Raul Ricardo Peralta Vidal
Jornalero — 28 years old.
Case summary
Raúl Ricardo Peralta Vidal, a 28-year-old day laborer with no political affiliation, died on October 15, 1973, in Valdivia after receiving a gunshot wound to the thorax on a public street. Due to the intervention of the Military Court and the context of the era, he was recognized as a victim of political violence, despite the precise circumstances of his death not having been determined.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
Raúl Peralta Vidal died that day at 22:00 hours, on a public thoroughfare, due to a thoracic gunshot wound complicated by organ rupture, as stated in his Death Certificate.
The registration of his death was ordered by the Military Court of Valdivia, and the Legal Medical Institute of Valdivia has no record of having performed an autopsy on the victim.
Considering the evidence gathered and the investigation conducted by this Corporation, the Superior Council, although it could not determine the precise circumstances under which his death occurred, taking into account the era and the cause of death, declared Raúl Ricardo Peralta Vidal a victim of the prevailing political violence.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=1774