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Jesús Manuel Oropeza Chonta

Timeline Events 8

  1. Conflict and Assassination of Jesús Manuel Oropeza Chonta

    Jesús Manuel Oropeza Chonta, a campesino leader and member of the Partido Socialista Revolucionario, was embroiled in a political and legal conflict with the Puza Silva family, local landowners in Utecc. The dispute centered around the control of community lands following the agrarian reform. Oropeza faced unfounded accusations of terrorism, …

    Utecc, Lucanas, Ayacucho, Peru 130
  2. Detention and disappearance of Jesús Manuel Oropeza Chonta

    On July 27, 1984, at approximately four o'clock in the afternoon, Jesús Manuel Oropeza Chonta, a 33-year-old peasant leader, Secretary of Peasant Communities of the National Agrarian Confederation and Vice-President of the Agrarian League 'María Parado de Bellido' of Lucanas, was in the main square of Puquio when two members …

    Plaza de armas de Puquio, Lucanas, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 3371-3373
  3. Extrajudicial execution of Jesús Manuel Oropeza Chonta

    On July 28, 1984, at four o'clock in the morning, Jesus Manuel Oropeza Chonta was taken in a green Pick Up truck from Puquio to the Andamarca Military Base by a Civil Guard patrol. The military chief refused to receive him and ordered his execution. On the way back, in …

    Paraje Canllapampa, entre Andamarca y Puquio, Lucanas, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 3373-3380
  4. Detention and disappearance of Jesús Manuel Oropeza Chonta

    In August 1984, Jesús Manuel Oropeza Chonta, a campesino leader, was reported missing after allegedly being detained by the police in Puquio, Peru. Despite initial denials by local police officials, a Habeas Corpus action was filed by Senator Enrique Bernales Ballesteros. Subsequent investigations led by a designated Fiscal Ad-Hoc revealed …

    Puquio, Peru
  5. Killing of Jesús Manuel Oropeza Chonta

    Jesús Manuel Oropeza Chonta was killed by a grenade thrown by Corporal GC Héctor Campos Yui after attempting to escape from custody. The incident occurred near Canyapampa, and the patrol left the scene upon spotting a group of unknown individuals approaching. An investigative commission recommended charges against the patrol members …

    Canyapampa, near Puquio, Peru página 135

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