Roberto Leopoldo Zúñiga Tapia
Cargador Vega Central — 19 years old.
Background
Roberto Leopoldo Zúñiga Tapia
Cargador Vega Central — 19 years old.
Case summary
Roberto Zúñiga Tapia, a 19-year-old porter at the Vega Central, died on January 6, 1974, due to two gunshot wounds. His body was found on the Panamericana highway, and the judicial investigation concluded that his death was a human rights violation involving the participation of State agents.
Image AI-colorized. This is not an original photograph.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
Roberto Leopoldo Zúñiga Tapia, 19 years old, died on January 6, 1974, as a result of two gunshot wounds. He worked at the Vega Central loading and unloading trucks. His body was found at kilometer 12 of the Pan-American highway, Metropolitan Region.
The judicial investigation concluded that there was participation by State agents due to the type of injuries suffered by the victim. Additionally, a news report published in La Tercera on January 8, 1974, accounted for 190 people detained for violating a curfew enforced between January 4 and January 5, 1974.
The evidence gathered by the Commission led to the conviction that there was intervention by State agents in the death of Roberto Zúñiga Tapia.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=2885