In the early morning of April 20, 1989, joint army and police forces again entered the universities of San Marcos and La Cantuta, arresting more than 500 people. During the process that led to the military intervention (1991-2000), the government proceeded to produce a counter-subversive manual, in which San Marcos …
In January 1991, a local television station aired a video showing a cultural-political event at the Universidad Nacional de Educación (UNE) in Peru, where participants, including students and Shining Path leaders, displayed flags and sang hymns to Abimael Guzmán. This event led to increased surveillance of students by intelligence agents, …
On February 5, 1991, Benedicto Jiménez was appointed as the liaison officer between DIRCOTE and SIN by President Alberto Fujimori. This appointment marked the beginning of increased collaboration between intelligence services and DIRCOTE, with SIN analysts entering to assist in analyzing seized documentation. However, it was later revealed that some …
Captain José Pablo Colina Gaige, an elite military officer, devised a plan to be dishonorably discharged from the Peruvian army and moved to Paris. Disillusioned, he connected with members of the Sendero Luminoso and returned to Peru to join the armed struggle. His mission was to reach Abimael Guzmán, but …
On May 22, 1991, La Cantuta University was subjected to a military intervention following a visit by President Fujimori. Military troops stormed the campus at three in the morning, prompting most of the 300 residents to evacuate beforehand. Among those detained were students Armando Amaro Cóndor, Marcelino Rosales, and Felipe …
La Cantuta was militarily intervened at 3:00 a.m. on May 22, 1991, following a visit by then president Fujimori to the campus. Military troops stormed the university. By then, most of the 300 residents were aware of the situation and had managed to leave the premises beforehand. Among the students …
On June 25, 1991, President Alberto Fujimori issued a memorandum to the Minister of Defense, requesting appropriate rewards for a group of Peruvian military officers. These officers were recognized for their efficient services in national security and defense of democratic values, which were deemed highly useful for the National Intelligence …
On June 25, 1991, President Fujimori addressed a memorandum to the Minister of Defense ordering that a group of Peruvian army chiefs and officers be rewarded for having rendered efficient services in matters of National Security and defense of the high values of democracy. This document was one of the …
Luis Morales Ortega, a journalist, was assassinated in Ayacucho, Peru, on July 13, 1991. The operation was carried out by a group that included future members of the 'Grupo Colina', a notorious death squad. The assassination was meticulously planned, with surveillance starting in May 1991, and was executed by a …
In August 1991, Santiago Martin Rivas and Carlos Pichilingüe Guevara developed the Plan Cipango, ostensibly to guide the Army Intelligence's operations against subversive elements. However, it is believed to have served as a cover for the activities of the Grupo Colina death squad. The plan's operational areas coincided with locations …
In August 1991, Santiago Martin Rivas and Carlos Pichilingüe Guevara elaborated the Operations Plan called Cipango. The official objective was to regulate the participation of Army Intelligence in the identification, capture and handing over to the authorities of subversive criminals. However, this plan was conceived and approved at the time …
On November 3, 1991, the Colina Group murdered 16 people who were participating in a pollada in Barrios Altos, leaving four others seriously wounded. This was the first event for which the Colina Group became known to the public. The Colina Group was a death squad that operated as part …
In 1992, in the town of Caraqueño, Barranca province, a paramilitary group murdered six people. The victims were identified as Ernesto Arias Velásquez (teacher), César Rodríguez Esquivel (farmer), Felandro Castillo Manrique (farmer), John Calderón Ríos (student), Toribio Aponte Ortiz (farmer) and Pedro Agüero Rivera (driver). The report states that this …
In 1992, in the province of Barranca, six hooded men murdered Marco Antonio Martínez Morales. This murder occurred in the context of a series of crimes that the local population attributes to 'paramilitary groups' or the 'Colina Group'. The perpetrators of the crime have not been officially identified, although there …
On April 5, 1992, a coup d'état in Peru led to the establishment of a de facto regime that suspended democratic institutions. This regime, known as the 'Government of Emergency and National Reconstruction,' governed by decree and used state resources to organize covert operational groups. These groups were responsible for …
The coup d'état on April 5, 1992, in Peru was led by President Alberto Fujimori, with key figures like Vladimiro Montesinos and Nicolás Hermoza Ríos playing significant roles. This event marked the subordination of democratic processes to a counter-subversive strategy, leading to a dictatorial regime characterized by corruption and human …
The Colina group raids the Javier Heraud, San Carlos and La Huaca human settlements in Ancash. During the operation, they detain and execute nine residents who were linked to unions and trade unions. This action is part of the selective elimination operations carried out by this paramilitary group.
Disappearance of 9 peasants, leaders of the human settlements La Dacha, San Carlos and Javier Heraud de El Santa. The case has a high probability of involvement of the Colina Group as responsible for the human rights violations.
Disappearance of journalist Pedro Yauri in Huaura, Lima. The case is attributed to the Colina Group, although the perpetrator has not yet been clearly identified.
On June 24, 1992, agents from the Grupo Colina, a death squad associated with the Peruvian military, abducted Pedro Yauri Bustamante. The operation was led by Santiago Martín Rivas and involved several members of the group. Yauri's disappearance is part of a series of human rights violations committed during the …
The Colina Group carried out the kidnapping and disappearance of a professor and nine students from La Cantuta in July 1992. This event occurred in the context of the military polarization that followed the coup d'état of April 5, 1992 and was part of the selective assassinations carried out by …
On July 18, 1992, the Colina group perpetrated the disappearance of nine students and a professor from the Enrique Guzmán y Valle "La Cantuta" University. The victims were later murdered and their bodies dismembered. This case became one of the most brutal acts committed by the Colina group during 1992, …
Two days after the Tarata attack, the kidnapping and disappearance of the professor and 9 students of La Cantuta took place. Monsignor Jose Dammert, in his homily for national holidays, referred to the terrible wave of violence and proposed the implementation of sensible military measures that would not lead to …
On July 18, 1992, a military raid on the student residence of the Enrique Guzmán y Valle University (La Cantuta) ended with the kidnapping and disappearance of nine students and a professor of the university. This event occurred in the context of the state of emergency and the intensification of …
There was a military raid on the student residence of the Enrique Guzmán y Valle University that ended with the kidnapping and disappearance of nine students and a professor. This operation was carried out by a group of SIE agents not stationed in the area and directed from the SIN, …
In the early morning of July 18, 1992, nine students (Juan Gabriel Mariño, Bertila Lozano Torres, Dora Oyague Fierro, Robert Teodoro Espinoza, Marcelino Rosales Cárdenas, Felipe Flores Chipana, Luis Enrique Ortiz Perea, Armando Amaro Cóndor and Heráclides Pablo Meza) and professor Hugo Muñoz Sánchez, were kidnapped from the University Housing …
Murder of Pedro Huilca, secretary general of the CGTP. The case is attributed to the Colina Group but the perpetrator has not yet been clearly identified.
Pedro Huilca, a prominent labor leader in Peru, was assassinated on December 18, 1992. His death was initially attributed to the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso), a Maoist guerrilla group. However, there were allegations and suspicions that the assassination might have been orchestrated by the Grupo Colina, a death squad linked …
On May 6, 1993, General EP (r) Rodolfo Robles Espinoza, third in line in the Peruvian Army, in a public letter accused Army commanders and intelligence advisor Vladimiro Montesinos Torres of maintaining an operational command responsible for crimes against humanity, among them those of Barrios Altos and La Cantuta. In …
The discovery of the La Cantuta graves gave new impetus to the denunciations of human rights violations. Fujimori's government did not assume responsibility, opting instead for the disqualification of the legitimacy of the denouncers and their permanent harassment. The government will continue with a series of intentional changes in legislation …
On July 12, 1993, the magazine Sí, directed by Ricardo Uceda and with a team of Edmundo Cruz and José Arrieta, located the bodies of nine students and a professor from La Cantuta University in burial sites in Cieneguilla. This journalistic investigation solved the mystery of their disappearance and evidenced …
The La Cantuta massacre involved the murder of nine students and a professor from the Universidad La Cantuta, with their bodies discovered on 12 July 1993 in Cieneguilla, Lima. Investigations led by journalists like Ricardo Uceda faced significant challenges, including threats and lack of cooperation from authorities. The event highlighted …
Criminal Prosecutor Ana Magallanes filed a criminal complaint and the Sixteenth Criminal Court of Lima, headed by Judge Antonia Saquicuray, opened an investigation against General Julio Salazar Monroe, Major Santiago Martin Rivas, and non-commissioned officers Wilson Carvajal García, Juan Sosa Saavedra and Hugo Coral Goycochea for the extrajudicial executions in …
President Fujimori promulgated Law 26479, known as the General Amnesty Law, which had been approved by Congress the day before. This law granted general amnesty to military, police or civilian personnel denounced, investigated, prosecuted, tried or condemned for common and military crimes derived from the fight against terrorism from May …
After initiating the judicial process against members of the Colina Group for the Barrios Altos massacre, the military court filed a jurisdictional dispute. However, before this was resolved, Law 26479 was passed, which granted amnesty to the accused and led to the case being shelved. This law prevented the investigation …
On June 16, 1995, Judge Antonia Saquicuray of the Sixteenth Specialized Criminal Court in Lima requested the military to present four members of the 'Colina Group' to her court as detainees. This action followed the court's declaration of the inapplicability of Article 1 of Law 26479, which granted general amnesty …
By means of official letter N° 14-CI-CSJM, the War Council decided to declare that the request of the Judge of the 16th Criminal Court of Lima, who had asked that four members of the Colina Group prosecuted for the Barrios Altos massacre be placed at her court's disposition, had been …
The Eleventh Criminal Chamber of the Superior Court of Lima declared null the resolution that had declared inapplicable the amnesty law 26479 in the Barrios Altos case, and consequently declared it applicable to the process followed against members of the Colina Group. The Court argued that the power to grant …
Judge César Herrera Casina of the 25th Criminal Court of Lima took statements from Major EP Santiago Martín Rivas, member of the Colina Group, involved in the Cantuta case. In his statements, Rivas revealed his active links with military organizations, revealing the continuity of his relationship with the armed forces.
On October 17, 1996, there was a dynamite attack against the Global Televisión (channel 13) branch in Puno. According to a report by Mónica Vecco in La Clave, César Hildebrandt's program, the attack was perpetrated by SIN non-commissioned officers who confessed before a judge in Puno. One of the attackers, …
On October 17, 1996, intelligence agents, presumably from the Colina Group, attacked the Red Global affiliate in Puno and Radio Samoa. This attack took place in a context of pacification of the internal armed conflict, when violent actions had significantly decreased in the region. The attack was directed against local …
On November 26, 1996, retired General Rodolfo Robles was kidnapped and tried by the Supreme Council of Military Justice. Days before he had recognized Luis Sauñi as a member of the Colina Group on the program La Clave and made strong accusations against the secret operations of the SIN. His …
On March 23, 1997, Mariela Barreto, who was a SIE source for journalistic investigations on the Colina Group and SIN operations, was found decapitated. Her murder was part of the persecution of those who collaborated with journalists in investigations on human rights violations and death squads during the Fujimori government.
Former National Intelligence Service (SIN) agent Mesmer Carles Talledo made serious allegations in the media regarding the Colina Group and the Intelligence Service. Carles Talledo blamed the Colina Group for the murder of union leader Pedro Huilca. Fernando Olivera proposed an investigative commission but the majority disqualified the testimony and …
On April 15, 1997, Fernando Olivera proposed that the Peruvian Congress establish a commission to investigate allegations made by ex-SIN agent Mesmer Carles Talledo regarding the Colina Group and its connections to the National Intelligence Service. Despite the serious nature of the accusations, the majority in Congress dismissed the motion, …
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