Teobaldo Aguila Rosas
Comerciante — 27 years old.
Background
Teobaldo Aguila Rosas
Comerciante — 27 years old.
Case summary
Teobaldo Aguila Rosas, a 27-year-old merchant with no political affiliation, was detained by Carabineros in January 1974 and extrajudicially executed two days later by a gunshot to the head. His body was found at Cuesta Barriga following a false notification of release by the police, and he was subsequently recognized as a victim of human rights violations.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
Teobaldo Rosas Aguila died that day at 20:00 hours, on Route 78, Peñaflor, due to a facial-cervical gunshot wound with an exit wound, as recorded in the Medical Death Certificate from the Legal Medical Institute.
According to statements from his siblings and his partner, he was detained two days earlier, around 11:00 hours, at the home of a brother located in Curacaví, by Carabineros officers belonging to the local station, who took him to the police unit.
The following day, Carabineros informed the family that he had been released. Four days later, his body was found at Cuesta Barriga, with a gunshot wound to the head. The family only learned of his death five months later, as the initial identification of the deceased was erroneous.
The judicial process concluded with the dismissal of the case ordered by the Military Prosecutor's Office, a resolution which, based on the lack of evidence to charge any specific person as responsible for the crime, was approved by the Martial Court.
Considering the evidence gathered and the investigation conducted, the Superior Council reached the conviction that Teobaldo Rosas Aguila, while in detention, was executed by State agents outside of any legal process. By virtue of this, he was declared a victim of human rights violations.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=209