Muriel Dockendorff
Muriel Dockendorff | |
|---|---|
| Born | Muriel Dockendorff Navarrete 2 March 1951 Temuco, Chile |
| Disappeared | 6 August 1974 (aged 23) 280 Marconi, Santiago, Chile |
| Political party | Revolutionary Left Movement |
| Spouse |
Juan Molina Manzor (m. 1973) |
Muriel Dockendorff Navarrete (2 March 1951 – disappeared 6 August 1974) was a Chilean student and member of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR).[1] Arrested at her home by the Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA), Dockendorff was enforceably disappeared as part of Operation Colombo.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
Dockendorff was born on 2 March 1951 in Temuco to Tomás Dockendorff Mulsow and Ana Maria Navarrete Mulsow.[4] Initially studying social work at the University of Temuco, Dockendorff later studied economics at the University of Concepción.[4]
Whilst studying at the University of Concepción Dockendorff became a MIR student leader.[4] During the 1973 Chilean coup d'état Dockendorff was in Santiago.[4] Dockendorff decided not to return to Concepción due to safety concerns.[4]
Arrests
In June 1974, Dockendorff and her husband Juan Molina Manzor were arrested by the Chilean Air Force (FACh) at their home at 280 Marconi, Santiago.[1][4] Dockendorff was integrated but later released whilst Molina remained in custody.[1][4][5] On 6 August 1974, Dockendorff was arrested at home by DINA agents Osvaldo Romo and Marcia Alejandra Merino.[1][4] Dockendorff was arrested the same day as María Angélica Andreoli Bravo, the secretary to the MIR political commission.[5] Both of Dockendorff and Andreoli's names had been forcefully given up by Marcia Merino (known as Flaca Alejandra) under torture.[4][5]
Dockendorff was first taken to Londres 38.[6] Dockendorff is known to have shared a cell with María Cristina López Stewart, Patricia Peña Solari and Sonia Bustos Reyes in September 1974.[7] Dockendorff was later held at Villa Grimaldi and Tres Álamos before being held at Cuatro Álamos from where she disappeared.[6][2][8]
Operation Colombo
As part of Operation Colombo, in July 1975 Dockendorff's name appeared on a list of 119 Chileans who allegedly died in clashes in Argentina and Brazil.[2][3]
Personal life
On 2 May 1973, Dockendorff married Juan Molina Manzor, a fellow economics student at the University of Concepción.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e "¿Me olvidaste?". Archivo de Fondos y Colecciones, Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos Chile (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Museum of Memory and Human Rights. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ^ a b c "¿Dónde están? Muriel Dockendorff Navarrete". Archivo de Fondos y Colecciones, Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos Chile (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Museum of Memory and Human Rights. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ^ a b Bernasconi, O.; Ruiz, M. (2018). "A performative and genealogical approach to the liminal subject's social sustenance: the case of the disappeared detainees in Chile". Subjectivity. 11: 228–249. doi:10.1057/s41286-018-0050-5.
- ^ a b c Ensalaco, Mark (2000). "A War of Extermination". Chile Under Pinochet: Recovering the Truth (1 ed.). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 69–97. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ^ a b "Confirman condenas a ex agentes de la DINA por desaparición forzada de Muriel Dockendorff". Londres 38 (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ^ "A Selection of Case Histories and Lists of Disappeared Persons by Occupation:Students". Disappeared Prisoners in Chile (PDF). 1 March 1977. pp. 38–44. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ^ Hau, B.; Lessa, F.; Rojas, H. (2019). "Registration and Documentation of State Violence as Judicial Evidence in Human Rights Trials". In Bernasconi, O. (ed.). Resistance to Political Violence in Latin America. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. pp. 197–227. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-17046-2_7. ISBN 978-3-030-17046-2.