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Death of Santiago Pampillón

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Santiago Pampillón (1942–1966) was an Argentine student and activist. He was shot and killed by security forces during a protest in downtown Córdoba in September 1966.[citation needed]

Life

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Santiago Pampillón was a second-year engineering student, activist, and part-time employee of Industrias Kaiser Argentina (IKA).[1][2]

Student strike

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On the night of 7 September 1966, thousands of students responded to the call for a strike, including Santiago Pampillón. The police were ordered to prevent and suppress the protest and a battle ensued, spanning more than twenty blocks from downtown.[citation needed] Amid the struggle, Pampillón received three shots to the head, fired at close range by a policeman.[citation needed] He was taken to a hospital, where he died on 12 September.[citation needed]

In solidarity with the student movement, the CGT of Córdoba organized a silent march that was later repressed by the police.[citation needed]

Implications

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Santiago Pampillón was the first casualty in a long series of murders that occurred during the course of the military regime (1966-1973), among others such as Juan José Cabral, Adolfo Bello, Luis Norberto White and Silvia Filler.[citation needed] His death anticipated an escalation of violence that eventually led to full-fledged state terrorism in Argentina.[citation needed] Since then, the Argentine student movement has vindicated his name as a symbol of university activism and worker-student unity.[citation needed]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Brennan, James (2009-07-01). The Labor Wars in Cordoba, 1955-1976: Ideology, Work, and Labor Politics in an Argentine Industrial Society. Harvard University Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-674-02875-3.
  2. ^ Tandeciarz, Silvia R. (2017-11-10). Citizens of Memory: Affect, Representation, and Human Rights in Postdictatorship Argentina. Bucknell University Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-61148-846-3.