Andrés Silva Silva
Obrero Maderero — 33 years old.
Background
Andrés Silva Silva
Obrero Maderero — 33 years old.
Case summary
Andrés Silva Silva, a 33-year-old lumber worker with no political affiliation, was detained by Army personnel on October 6, 1973, at his home. The following day, he was subjected to a political execution in the Sichahue sector, where state agents abandoned his body and initially prohibited his family from burying him.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
On October 7, 1973, Andrés SILVA SILVA, 33 years old, a lumber worker at the Panguipulli Forestry and Lumber Complex, was executed by Ejército personnel.
The victim was detained at his parents' home on October 6, 1973, by a military contingent that took him to a ranch in the Nilahue sector. The following day, the same soldiers brought him to his home and raided the premises.
Subsequently, he was executed in the area known as Sichahue, and his lifeless body was abandoned in a small forest in that location. Carabineros from Llifén prohibited his burial, and after two months, his family decided to inter him, against orders, because dogs had already completely mutilated the body.
His remains were exhumed during the case processed by the Visiting Judge regarding the events in Chihuío.
The multiple witness statements, added to the personal inspections and expert reports contained in the case file instructed by the Visiting Judge, lead this Commission to the conviction that Andrés Silva was executed by State agents who violated his right to life.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=1504