Robinson Aranguiz Zamorano
Trabajador — 23 years old.
Background
Robinson Aranguiz Zamorano
Trabajador — 23 years old.
Case summary
Robinson Zamorano Aranguiz, a 23-year-old worker with no political affiliation, died from gunshot wounds on a public street on October 23, 1973, in Santiago. He had disappeared the previous day, and his body was found days later at the Instituto Médico Legal, where he was declared a victim of the political violence of that era.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
Robinson Zamorano Aranguiz died that day at 10:10 hours, on a public thoroughfare, due to abdominal and thoracic gunshot wounds, as indicated by the Medical Death Certificate from the Legal Medical Institute.
According to statements from his family members, on October 22, at approximately 19:30 hours, Robinson Zamorano left his home in the José María Caro neighborhood, stating that he would return soon.
As this did not occur, they searched for him in the various detention centers of the time, without success.
On October 31, 1973, his body was located at the Legal Medical Institute, where the family was informed that the body had been found in the vicinity of the Cementerio Metropolitano.
Considering the gathered evidence, and despite the inability to establish the precise circumstances of his death, the Superior Council, taking into account the period in which it occurred and the cause thereof, declared Robinson Zamorano Aranguiz a victim of the prevailing political violence.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=1809