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1. RAÚL BLADIMIR LEVEQUE CARRASCO

   Wednesday November 8th, 2023 12:15 AM Leave a Comment

   

   RAÚL BLADIMIR LEVEQUE CARRASCO (23 years old) ⚡Osorno, 1973 ⚡Student with physical disability. Communist militant.

   At 10:00 a.m. a patrol car arrived at the Leveque Carrasco family home where eight Carabineros descended. Without a warrant they raided the home and violently detained the brothers Rodolfo and Raul Leveque. They were taken to the street at the point of machine guns and shoved, and then taken to the 3rd Police Station in Rahue from where, according to witnesses, they were taken that same day. Their father, the next day, opted to go to the police station to be arrested to see his sons, but they had already been taken out of the barracks. To date, the whereabouts of the Leveque Carrasco brothers are unknown. According to later reports, it is recorded that the brothers belonged to the Mapuche Nation.

   #Dictatorship #Dictatorship #StateCoup #DetaineeDisappeared #Osorno #RaulBladimirLevequeCarrasco

2. JOSÉ EMILIANO BALBOA BENITEZ

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   JOSÉ EMILIANO BALBOA BENITEZ (78 years old) ⚡️Santa Bárbara, 1973⚡️ Retired farmer due to disability. Christian Democrat.

   Arrested at 6:00 p.m. on September 16, 1973 by Carabineros from the Quilaco checkpoint, who violently entered his house, beat him and took him away. He has been missing since that day. José was a well-known leader of Santa Bárbara.

   #Disability #Dictatorship #StateCoup #DetaineeDisappeared #SantaBarbara #JoseEmilianoBalboaBenitez

3. JOSÉ ADOLFO GAMONAL SUÁREZ

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   JOSÉ ADOLFO GAMONAL SUÁREZ (15 years old) ⚡️Temuco, 1973 ⚡️ Child with intellectual disability. No militancy.

   In the early morning of December 22, 1973, military troops went to José’s house and took him into custody for allegedly stealing crockery. José insisted that the crockery was from his grandmother’s house. In spite of the family’s clarifications in favor of the minor and the fact that José had an intellectual disability, they took him away in a military vehicle to an unknown destination. That same day his relatives began their search for him without results.

   #Disability #Dictatorship #StateCoup #DetaineeDisappeared #Temuco #JoseGamonalSuarez

4. AURELIO CLODOMIRO PEÑAILILLO SEPÚLVEDA

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   AURELIO CLODOMIRO PEÑAILILLO SEPÚLVEDA (32 years old) ⚡️Parral, 1973⚡️ Retired worker with physical disability. No militancy.

   32-year-old worker, single, without political militancy, retired on disability due to a hip injury. Aurelio had a noticeable limp and needed help getting dressed. He was arrested in Copihue on September 16, 1973 when he was passing in front of the Carabineros checkpoint and was taken to the Parral prison. A teacher reportedly denounced him to several of her friends, for which he was already afraid of being arrested. On September 26 he was handed over to Army personnel and has been missing since that day. In a report of the Armed Forces issued by the Human Rights Dialogue Table, it is stated that his body was thrown into the Putagán River. The teacher who denounced him went to apologize to his family shortly after his arrest.

   #Dictatorship #Dictatorship #StateCoup #DetaineeDisappeared #Parral #AurelioPeñailillo

5. SUSANA DEL ROSARIO GÓMEZ ANDRADE

   Tuesday November 7th, 2023 11:56 PM Leave a Comment

   

   SUSANA DEL ROSARIO GÓMEZ ANDRADE (32 years old) ⚡️Arica, 1973⚡️Dueña of house with physical disability. No militancy.

   Susana went for a walk through the Venceremos neighborhood, as was her custom, during the hours when the curfew was not in effect. However, she did not return home and could not be located despite the search that was carried out. Her family stated that Susana was particularly upset during those days, considering that she was living with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Neighbors stated that the town was heavily guarded by members of the Rancagua Regiment of Arica. Despite the fact that the precise circumstances of her disappearance have not been proven, considering the background and paying special attention to the time and place, she was declared a victim of the prevailing political violence.

   #Dictatorship #Dictatorship #StateCoup #SusanaGomezAndrade #DetaineeDisappeared #Arica

6. DANIEL CÁCERES PEREDO

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   DANIEL CÁCERES PEREDO (17 years old) ⚡San Bernardo, 1974⚡Young man with intellectual disability. Without militancy.

   Daniel escaped from the San Bernardo Hospital where he was being treated. In front of the Emergency Service he was intercepted by a military patrol. Once captured, he was shot. He was later treated and operated on at the same hospital, but he did not resist and died on the spot. Since the detention and the circumstances and cause of death are proven, it is confirmed that Daniel was executed and was the victim of an excessive use of force by agents of the State, with no political connotation.

   #Dictatorship #Dictatorship #StateCoup #SanBernardo #DanielCaceresPeredo #PoliticallyExecuted

7. ERNESTO GALLARDO ZÁRATE

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   ERNESTO GALLARDO ZÁRATE (38 years old) ⚡️Arauco, 1973⚡️Adult with mental disability. No militancy.

   Ernesto was in Arauco Prison serving a sentence for the crime of arson. On September 24 he had a psychiatric decompensation and assaulted the prison guards. The prison warden requested help from the Carabineros. The police and several gendarmes used their firearms, hitting Ernesto, who subsequently died.

   #Dictatorship #Dictatorship #StateCoup #Arauco #ErnestoGallardoZarate #DetaineeDisappeared

8. HUGO ENRIQUE ALFARO CASTRO

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   HUGO ENRIQUE ALFARO CASTRO (43 years old) ⚡️Tocopilla, 1975⚡️ Teacher, mining engineer and blind person. Socialist.

   On January 27, 1975, while on vacation in Tocopilla, his house was surrounded by carabineros and he was arrested along with other people. They were accused of holding a clandestine meeting to conspire against the Government. Officially it was reported that Hugo had hanged himself inside one of the police station cells. However, a witness declared that he saw, while he was being detained, two people dragging him and heard one of them ask what they were doing now, to which the other replied that they had to “just change his diagnosis”.

   The physical analysis carried out in the hospital to which he was sent later confirmed to the family that he had clear signs of torture, including the application of electricity. For this reason, it has been concluded that he died as a result of the torture received by Carabineros agents.

   In the commune of Pudahuel, the Hugo Alfaro Recording and Integration Center for the Blind was created in his memory.

   #Disability #Dictatorship #StateCoup #Tocopilla #HugoAlfaroCastro #ExecutedPolitician

9. JORGE MIGUEL SALAS PARADISI

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   JORGE MIGUEL SALAS PARADISI (25 years old) ⚡️Santiago, 1973⚡️ Mathematics student with disability. No militancy

   Six people were arrested in the early morning of October 16, 1973 from different apartments in the San Borja Towers by Army personnel. At the time of the arrest, his parents explained that he was suffering from severe depression and that, as a result of medication, he was in a state of recurrent lethargy. This made it difficult to wake him up, but he was still captured. The detainees were taken to the Yucatan Barracks (Londres 38), then to the Casa de la Cultura de Barrancas, and later to the area around the Lo Prado tunnel. At the place they were ordered to flee, simulating an escape, at which time they were killed by machine gun fire.

   The bodies were found on October 17, 1973, which initiated an internal investigation in the Army who concluded that it had been a “military error” and proceeded to present the condolences of the Government Junta. However, the Chilean Government later reported that it was a group of people who tried to escape by jumping over a guard post, and sentries on guard duty shot them dead. These versions were dismissed in successive trials as they were evidently contradictory, since the people did not know each other, except for a married couple. On the other hand, one of the people was pregnant and Jorge -due to his health condition- could hardly have escaped.
   In 2017, the University of Chile awarded his posthumous and symbolic degree to Jorge Salas Paradisi of Pedagogy in Mathematics.

   #Disability #Dictatorship #StateCoup #Santiago #JorgeSalasParadisi #PoliticalExecuted.

    

10. JUAN FIDEL VALENCIA LÓPEZ

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    JUAN FIDEL VALENCIA LÓPEZ (34 years old) ⚡️Viña del Mar, 1973⚡️Adulto with intellectual disability. No militancy.

    On December 1, 1973, in the vicinity of the CIMSA company in El Salto, Viña del Mar, Juan is arrested by a military patrol of the Coraceros Regiment of Viña del Mar. Frightened, he fled the place and was shot with a rifle on several occasions. He died on the spot.

    #Disability #Dictatorship #StateCoup #ViñaDelMar #JuanValenciaLopez #PoliticalExecuted.