Luisa Toledo

Luisa de las Mercedes Toledo Sepúlveda (21 June 1939 – 6 July 2021) was a Chilean human rights activist and the mother of the Vergara Toledo brothers, who were murdered by the Carabineros de Chile during the military dictatorship.

Early life and family Toledo was born on 21 June 1939 to Manuel Toledo Álvarez and Mercedes Sepúlveda Rodríguez.

In 1960, aged 21, Toledo met Manuel Vergara Meza, a labourer and leader in the Young Christian Workers, whilst working as a secretary at a factory. Toledo and Vergara later married on 1 December 1962. Both Toledo and Vergara were devout Catholics and were followers of Mariano Puga Concha. Toledo's eldest son and daughter went into exile in Spain. Having allegedly planned to blow up a high-voltage tower, the nature Pablo's and Romo's death is still under investigation. Toledo is buried at Santiago General Cemetery.