Itinerary of the absence. The clandestine grave, Pisagua, 1973-1990

Authors

  • Romané Landaeta Sepúlveda Instituto de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Austral de Chile, UACH (Valdivia, Chile). Investigadora en Grupo de trabajo “América Latina en el Tiempo Presente”, Departamento de Historia Contemporánea, Facultad de Filosofía y Letra, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/1677

Keywords:

Victims, Detained, Disappeared, Human rights, Military dictatorship

Abstract

The article explores the journey of searching for one of the hundreds of victims of the Chilean military dictatorship, who disappeared in 1974. After a long wait, in 1990, his body was found accidentally in a clandestine grave in northern Chile, the town of Pisagua. Consequently, it explores the ways that had the long wait for the victims ‘ families. As a consequence, this study looks at the experiences of the victims’ families during their long wait. It also examines the network of civil-military bureaucracy that prevented to know exactly what people, against their will, were arrested, tortured, killed and missing, making visible the violence and the impunity with which the State of Chile excecuted them during the military regime.

Author Biography

Romané Landaeta Sepúlveda, Instituto de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Austral de Chile, UACH (Valdivia, Chile). Investigadora en Grupo de trabajo “América Latina en el Tiempo Presente”, Departamento de Historia Contemporánea, Facultad de Filosofía y Letra, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Doctora en Historia Contemporánea (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2012). Máster en Gobernanza y Derechos Humanos, Facultad de Derecho, y Máster en Historia Contemporánea, Departamento de Historia Contemporánea (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid). Magíster en Estudios de Género y Cultura (Universidad de Chile). Historiadora y Profesora de Historia y Geografía (Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación, Santiago, Chile).

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Published

2014-09-04

Issue

No. 18 (2014)

Section

Dossiê

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