Jesús Oropeza, peasant leader, was arrested by agents of the Civil Guard in the province of Puquio, department of Ayacucho. His detention was later denied by the authorities. This case is part of the human rights violations committed during the internal armed conflict, where social leaders were victims of arbitrary …
Two weeks after his arbitrary arrest on July 27, 1984, Jesús Oropeza was murdered by his Civil Guard captors. Seven members of the police were subsequently prosecuted by the judiciary. This case exemplifies state violence against social leaders during the internal armed conflict.
The Supreme Court dismissed a jurisdictional dispute raised by a police judge in the case of the murder of Jesús Oropeza. This decision allowed the case to continue to be heard by the common courts and not to be transferred to the military justice system, which was a common practice …
The Supreme Court confirmed the sentences imposed on the seven members of the police prosecuted for the murder of Jesús Oropeza. This confirmation represented one of the few cases where members of law enforcement were effectively sanctioned for human rights violations during the internal armed conflict.
