Indigenous Rights Lawyer Killed During March In Chile
Human rights activist Denisse Cortez. | Photo: Twitter/ @chiledissident
Published 11 October 2021
Human rights activist Denisse Cortez was seriously injured during an Indigenous People Mapuche's march that took place in Italy Square in Santiago City on Sunday morning.
A few hours later, this 43-year-old woman, who was studying law and was a member of the Popular Defender's Office, died during an operation carried out at the Santiago Emergency Hospital.
The Military Police (Carabineros) say that Cortez died as a result of a "fireworks" shot directed at the officers. Eyewitnesses and the victim's family, however, questioned this version and pointed out that the woman was hit by a gas canister launched by the police.
"They say it was possibly a firework. Nobody believes them... Someone must do something in this country for the laws to change. They cannot overwhelm or trample us," Cortezs mother told teleSUR correspondents.
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