Carlos Wilfredo Alarcón Ferrada (Curacautín, Chile, September 18, 1932 - Temuco, Chile, July 2, 2010) was a Chilean Catholic priest. He was imprisoned, tortured, and survived an attempted execution by agents of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.[2][3][4]
Wilfredo Alarcón [1] | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Born | Carlos Wilfredo Alarcón Ferrada September 18, 1932 |
| Died | February 7, 2010 (aged 77) |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Organization | |
| Institute | Missionaries of Charity |
| Senior posting | |
| Period in office | 1970–2010 |
Life
editFather Wilfredo served as a priest of Perquenco, a town and commune in southern Chile's Araucanía Region. When he was arrested on September 13, 1973, by Carabineros de Chile from the city of Lautaro, he was accused of "slandering and defacing" the Armed Forces and illegally taking land and acting as a militant of the MIR. He was detained for one week in the Lautaro prison, where he was subjected to multiple interrogations.
On the night of September 17 of the same year, his feet and hands were wrapped with barbed wire. He was transferred by a truck to the air base "Maquehue" of Temuco.[5] He was a victim of poisoning and brutal beatings there. Later he was taken to the banks of the Cautín River where he was tortured and shot. Ferrada was thrown in the river, but survived.[6]
He was secularized, had two children and died in July 2010.
References
edit- ^ Archivo de Fondos y Colecciones
- ^ "Prensa UC Temuco » Con emotiva ceremonia se inaugura la exposición "Testimonio de Fe. La obra de Wilfredo Alarcón"". 2017-09-21. Archived from the original on 2017-09-21. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ Sureda, Miguel Jordá (2001). Martirologio de la Iglesia chilena: Juan Alsina y sacerdotes víctimas del terrorismo de estado (in Spanish). Lom Ediciones. ISBN 9789562823579.
- ^ "Wilfredo Alarcón: La impactante historia y testimonio del cura que sobrevivió al fusilamiento - Cambio21.cl". 2017-06-24. Archived from the original on 2017-06-24. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ "Archivo de Fondos y Colecciones". 2018-01-18. Archived from the original on 2018-01-18. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ "Item 000001 - Tallado Cristo 1 - Archivo de Fondos y Colecciones". 2018-01-22. Archived from the original on 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2019-07-04.