Alejandro Castro (activist)
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September 20, 1988
Alejandro Castro | |
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| Born | Alejandro Alberto Castro Castro September 20, 1988 |
| Died | October 4, 2018 (aged 30) |
| Cause of death | Suicide (disputed) |
| Other names | 'El Mecha' |
Alejandro Alberto Castro Castro (20 September 1988 – 4 October 2018)[1] was a Chilean environmental activist. His death, officially reported as a suicide, has been the subject of numerous conspiracy theories.
Alejandro Castro was born and raised in San Bernardo by his mother, Alejandra Castro Romo, and his grandmother, Beatriz Romo. In his youth, he studied at the Ñuñoa N°7 School and Santa María School in Las Condes. He got involved in politics at a young age, organizing his first school rally in 2006.[1] He met his first partner, Maryam "Mandy" Jara, in 2007. On the first of April of that year, he was integrated into the military service in Punta Arenas. Castro and his partner had their only son, Benjamín León Castro Jara, on July 7, 2009.
In 2014, he became a fisherman and moved to Quintero, distancing him from his son and partner. There, he became deeply involved in political activism and had another partner, Polet Urrutia, with whom he had his only daughter, Giuliana Castro Urrutia, who was born in 2016 and died a few months later.[1] During his period as an activist, he organized various public protests for the environmental cause.[2]