The second patrol under the command of Civil Guard Captain Novato Soto Barreda, head of the Counter-Subversive Command of Huanta, arrived in Huaychao on January 28 around midday and spent the night in that community. At dawn on January 29, several Huaychao villagers accompanied the members of this patrol to …
On January 29, 1983, around six o'clock in the afternoon, a helicopter commanded by FAP Major Jorge Ernesto Barboza Salaverry landed in Uchuraccay to verify the existence of the graves of the murdered journalists. Major Barboza had first arrived in Huaychao, where he met with the second patrol commanded by …
On January 29, 1983, around 7:00 p.m., it was officially confirmed that the eight missing journalists had been killed by the peasants of Uchuraccay. This confirmation came after two military patrols visited the community and confirmed the existence of the graves. The first patrol, commanded by officer Ismael Bravo Reid, …