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Sergio Orlando Candia Salinas

Obrero Matarife — 28 years old.

Background

StatusValech-Rettig Commission Violation of Human Rights
DateOctober 20, 1973
LocationSantiago, RM Metropolitana
Age28 years old
OccupationObrero Matarife
AffiliationSin Militancia

Case summary

Sergio Orlando Candia Salinas, a 28-year-old slaughterhouse worker with no political affiliation, was a victim of a human rights violation on October 20, 1973, in Santiago. His case is judicially linked to those of three other individuals murdered under the same circumstances during the dictatorship.

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Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]

On October 20, 1973, the following individuals were executed:

Sergio Orlando CANDIA SALINAS, 28 years old, slaughterhouse worker at the Lo Valledor slaughterhouse.

Carlos Octavio CHAMORRO SALINAS, 18 years old, tailor's assistant.

Jaime Alberto VEAS SALINAS, 21 years old, slaughterhouse worker at the Lo Valledor slaughterhouse.

Miguel Angel PONCE CONTRERAS, 18 years old.

All of them were arrested that day in the San Gregorio neighborhood by Carabineros officers and taken to the Carabineros station in the neighborhood. When their relatives went to the police unit to inquire about those affected, the police officers told them that they were being held "on suspicion" and would be released hours later.

On that same day, October 20, the lifeless bodies of these four individuals appeared abandoned in different locations in Santiago, bearing numerous gunshot wounds. The date, time, and place of death are documented in the respective death certificates, which indicate the date of October 20, 1973, at 11:00 PM, at Barros Arana and Eucaliptus in the case of Sergio Candia; on Camino a Melipilla for Jaime Veas; and at Padre Hurtado in the cases of Miguel Ponce and Carlos Chamorro.

Bearing in mind the manner in which these events occurred, this Commission reached the conviction that they were all executed by State agents, becoming victims of the violation of their right to life.

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Judicial Case Files[2]

Sergio Orlando Candia Salinas, Carlos Chamorro Salinas, Miguel Ángel Ponce Contreras, Jaime Alberto Veas Salinas

Politically Executed
Judge/Minister
  • Juez Ministra Marianela Cifuentes
Case roles
  • 1577-2019
  • 30-2009
  • 36435-2019
Region
  • Metropolitana De Santiago
Detention Centers
  • Subcomisaria De Carabineros De La Granja
Convicted in this case
  • Aquiles Bustamante Oliva
  • Hector Fernando Osses Yanez

References

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How to cite this record

DondeEstan.cl (2026). Sergio Orlando Candia Salinas. Retrieved on June 4, 2026, from https://dondeestan.cl/record/sergio-orlando-candia-salinas. Original sources: Museum of Memory (https://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=1049), Judicial Case Files (https://expedientesdelarepresion.cl/causa/sergio-orlando-candia-salinas-carlos-chamorro-salinas-miguel-angel-poncecontreras-jaime-alberto-veas-salinas/).