Carmen Gloria Quintana

Carmen Gloria Quintana Arancibia (born 3 October 1967) is a Chilean woman who suffered severe burns in an incident where she and other young people were detained by an army patrol during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

Afterwards, the patrol members wrapped them in blankets, loaded them into a military vehicle and drove them to an isolated road in the outskirts of Santiago, over 20 kilometers away.

Despite the second and third degree burns that Quintana suffered on 62% of her body, with many teeth broken – she was in a critical condition for several weeks – she finally survived.

The military patrol claimed that, as Quintana and Rojas were arrested, some of the Molotov cocktails they were carrying broke, setting them on fire accidentally.

The military accepted this version and found Fernández Dittus guilty of negligence for having failed to get medical help for Rojas, but he was cleared of any responsibility for the burning of Quintana.

[8] Quintana worked on the teaching staff of the School of Psychology of the Andres Bello University in Viña del Mar.

First testimony of Carmen Gloria Quintana. Collection of the National Archives of Chile .