Víctor Manuel Quezada Oviedo
Empleado — 48 years old.
Background
Víctor Manuel Quezada Oviedo
Empleado — 48 years old.
Case summary
Víctor Manuel Quezada Oviedo, a 48-year-old employee, died on March 27, 1984, during the Eighth National Day of Protest in Santiago. He died due to a gunshot wound fired by Carabineros agents who were suppressing a demonstration, in an act classified as an excessive use of force and a violation of his right to life.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos[1]
On March 27, 1984, eleven people died in events linked to the Eighth National Day of Protest:
Víctor Manuel QUEZADA OVIEDO, 48 years old, worked as an employee. In the afternoon, anti-government demonstrations took place in the Sara Gajardo neighborhood (Santiago). Carabineros intervened by using tear gas and firearms, causing his death due to thoracic-cardiopulmonary trauma from a bullet.
Credible testimonies lead this Commission to presume that the Carabineros agents used excessive force, violating Víctor Manuel Quezada's right to life.
References
- 1Museum of Memoryhttps://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victims/?p=1869