Sergio Lionel Osben Cuevas
Chofer Investigaciones — 25 years old.
Background
Sergio Lionel Osben Cuevas
Chofer Investigaciones — 25 years old.
Case summary
Sergio Lionel Osben Cuevas, a 25-year-old driver for Investigaciones, was murdered on November 18, 1981, in Providencia, Santiago. He and two other officers were attacked by an armed group while on patrol in a police vehicle. His death was classified as a grave human rights violation with political motivations.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
On November 18, 1981, three members of the Investigaciones police force, assigned to the 11th Las Condes Precinct of Investigaciones, were killed:
Héctor Hugo HENRIQUEZ ALISTE, 28 years old, Inspector;
Ricardo REYES URRA, 21 years old, Detective;
Sergio Leonel OSBEN CUEVAS, 25 years old, Driver.
The three officers were inside a police vehicle, performing patrol duty on Calle Eliodoro Yáñez in the commune of Providencia, in front of the residence of the Chief of the Presidential General Staff, when they were attacked by an armed group.
Considering that the victims were carrying out their official duties; and that they were victims of a surprise attack against their lives, which was evidently intended to achieve political effects, this Commission has reached the conviction that Inspector Héctor Henríquez, Detective Ricardo Reyes, and driver Sergio Osben were killed by an armed group acting under political motivations, this act constituting a grave violation of their human rights.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=1815