On 21 January 1983, the Infantería de Marina established a military base at the Estadio Municipal de Huanta. This location was used as a detention center where individuals suspected of terrorism were held and tortured. Testimonies from former detainees and witnesses confirm the use of torture at this facility.
In 1984, the then mayor of Huamanga Leonor Zamora Concha publicly blamed the Marines, stationed in the Municipal Stadium of Huanta, for the death of 50 Ayacucho residents whose bodies were found in a mass grave in the area of Pucayacu. This public denunciation was one of the actions that …
During the early 1980s, the military strategy in Huanta, Peru, operated under the assumption that the entire population was potentially subversive. This led to the establishment of a clandestine detention and torture center at the Estadio Municipal de Huanta. Testimonies collected by the CVR indicate that detainees were subjected to …
On July 19, 1984, at approximately 3:30 in the afternoon, Navy personnel detained Yuri Agama Anaya, 17 years of age, as he was leaving Educational Center No. 38315 and was on his way home. According to witnesses, a red 4x4 vehicle returned to the scene and its occupants, one with …
On July 27, 1984, at approximately 2:00 a.m., a contingent of Marines violently entered the home located at Jiron Chavez Gavilan 329, Huanta and arrested Graciela Lopez Medina. The family was sleeping when the Marines tried to break the door. When they were unsuccessful, they entered through the roof, broke …
The kidnapping and disappearance of Jaime Ayala Sulca, a journalist from Huanta, correspondent of the newspaper 'La República', took place in the Marine Infantry base stationed in the Municipal Stadium of Huanta. This case adds to the serious human rights violations committed by the Marine Infantry in Huanta during 1984.
At approximately 6:00 a.m. on August 2, 1984, a contingent of Marines arrested several people while they were celebrating the feast of St. James in the home of Concepción de la Cruz Urpay. They were arrested Teófilo Munárriz Velásquez, Concepción de la Cruz Urpay, her daughter Adela Hidalgo de la …
On August 10, 1984, 42 community members from Culluchaca were detained by members of the 'Montoneros' (Self-Defense Committees) from Patasucro, Cachas, Janes and members of the Marine Infantry. The Montoneros showed up heavily armed with sticks, knives, and rapiers, looted belongings, grain, clothing, kitchen utensils and animals, and took the …
Around August 16, 1984, members of the Navy, who were stationed in the Municipal Stadium of Huanta, transferred fifty people who were detained there to the town of Pucayacu. On August 22 a mass grave was found in Pucayacu with fifty unrecognizable corpses, as they had apparently been burned with …
On August 22, 1984, a mass grave was found in Pucayacu with fifty unrecognizable corpses, as they had apparently been burned with acid. Around August 16, members of the Navy, stationed in the Municipal Stadium of Huanta, had taken fifty people who had been detained there to the town of …
On August 24, 1984, the Joint Command of the Armed Forces issued an official communiqué about the discovery of a mass grave in Pucayacu. The communiqué suggested that the bodies found in the grave were those of members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso killed in confrontations with the Armed Forces. Two …
In October 1984, 22 community members from Callqui Alta, in the district of Iguain, province of Huanta, were kidnapped and disappeared. This event occurred in the context of intense military repression in the area, where the Marine Infantry had established its base of operations in the Municipal Stadium of Huanta. …
On July 7, 1985, mass graves were found in the community of Pucayacu, province of Huanta, Ayacucho. Around August 16, 1984, members of the Navy, stationed in the Municipal Stadium of Huanta, had taken fifty people who had been detained there to the town of Pucayacu. On August 22, 1984, …
On August 4, 1985, the military murdered and buried seven civilians in mass graves in Pucayacu, province of Huanta, Ayacucho. These people had previously been detained in the Municipal Stadium of Huanta, where members of the Navy were stationed. Around August 16, approximately fifty people detained in that place were …
