Luis Tranamil Curivil
Victim of the military dictatorship — 20 years old.
Background
Luis Tranamil Curivil
Victim of the military dictatorship — 20 years old.
Case summary
Luis Tranamil Curivil, a 20-year-old youth with no political affiliation, was executed by State agents on September 13, 1973, in Santiago. He was intercepted by uniformed personnel on a public street while walking toward the city center and died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds, in an event classified as a grave violation of human rights.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
Luis Curivil Tranamil died at 8:00 hours that day, on a public thoroughfare, due to multiple gunshot wounds to the thorax, abdomen, and extremities, with exit wounds, as certified by the Medical Death Certificate from the Legal Medical Institute.
According to a relative, who is also a surviving witness to the events, while walking in a state of intoxication in the company of Luis Curivil from the Estación Central toward the city center, they were intercepted by a group of uniformed personnel. They beat the witness and left him lying unconscious in one of the Metro excavations. The following day, when he awoke, he did not see Luis Curivil.
Days later, Luis Curivil's body was identified by relatives at the Legal Medical Institute.
Considering the evidence gathered and the investigation conducted by this Corporation, the Superior Council reached the conviction that Luis Curivil Tranamil was executed by State agents outside of any legal process, a situation constituting a violation of human rights.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=2298