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Blanca Nélida Colán

Timeline Events 6

  1. Paramilitaries start disappearances and executions

    At the end of 1989, unidentified "paramilitaries" began their actions in Junín, disappearing and extrajudicially executing a large number of university, high school and secondary school students, presumably linked to subversive groups. These actions took place in the context of an intense struggle between the PCP-SL and the MRTA at …

    Junín, Perú Informe CVR, pág. 149
  2. Prosecutor Blanca Nélida Colán investigates disappearances of students in Huancayo

    National Prosecutor Blanca Nélida Colán traveled to Huancayo in July 1993 to investigate the disappearances of 89 students, including 20 university students. These students were kidnapped by alleged paramilitaries in the context of the political violence affecting the region. The prosecutor's investigation took place at a time of intense repression …

    Huancayo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, pág. 154
  3. Operation Aries and Human Rights Investigations

    In April 1994, allegations of human rights violations by the armed forces during Operation Aries were investigated by Blanca Nélida Colán, the Attorney General. Initially dismissing the claims, Colán appointed a special prosecutor, Carlos González Ortiz, who conducted investigations in Moyuna and Moena. Ortiz discovered the remains of five individuals, …

    Moyuna and Moena, Peru Págs. 17, 407
  4. Visit of the Attorney General to Venenillo during Operation Aries

    The Prosecutor of the Nation, Blanca Nélida Colán, made an inspection visit to Venenillo and other towns in the area where Operation Aries was taking place, flying over the area by helicopter. During this visit, the Prosecutor stated that the allegations made by the National Human Rights Coordinator about alleged …

    Venenillo, Huánuco, Perú Informe CVR, página 407
  5. Prosecutor's second visit to Moyuna

    National Prosecutor Blanca Nélida Colán made a second visit to Moyuna on April 29, 1994, accompanied by a military patrol and two medical examiners. On this occasion, unlike her first visit where she stated that there were no dead, she performed the autopsy of five people (four men and one …

    Moyuna, Huánuco, Perú Informe CVR, página 407

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