In January 1988, several individuals, including Armando Huamantingo Villanueva and members of the Niño de Guzmán family, were arbitrarily detained by the military in Apurímac, Peru. The detentions were followed by torture and forced disappearances, with some bodies later found in mass graves. Military authorities issued false communiqués about clashes …
Armando Huamantingo Villanueva (40 years old), a resident of the community of Amoca, was detained at the Santa Rosa Military Base. He presented himself voluntarily when he found out that his name was on a list of alleged subversives that the military was looking for. His wife Matiasa Huashua Huamaní …
EP Colonel Victor Ernesto Marquez Torres, Political Military Chief of Apurimac, issued a communiqué stating that on January 14, 1988 there had been a confrontation between Army personnel and subversives, resulting in the death of Armando Huamantingo Villanueva, Juan Pablo Carbajal, Manuel Niño de Guzman Ayvar, Leandro Pareja Tapia, Simona …
