Juan Coaccza Chifana, leader of the Federation of Municipal Workers of Peru, died in May 1980 in Lima. According to complaints filed with the ILO (International Labor Organization), the alleged perpetrator of his death was the Civil Guard. This case is one of the violations of freedom of association documented …
During the national strike of March 10, 1983, four workers were murdered in Lima (Comas) by the Republican Guard. The victims were Sixto Pérez Sánchez, José Antonio Monayco, Liborio Alfonso Aguilar and Hermenegildo Julián Huatuco. This event was documented in complaints filed with the International Labor Organization (ILO) as part …
Demetrio Palomino, leader of the Agrarian Federation of Ayacucho, was assassinated in November 1989. His death was perpetrated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso (PCP-SL) as part of a systematic offensive against social and union leaders in the country. The case was registered in the complaints filed with the International Labor Organization …
Víctor Taipe Zúñiga, president of the National Federation of Mining, Metal and Steel Workers of Peru (FNTMMSP), was arrested on November 20, 1989. This arrest occurred in the context of the third national mining strike and the repressive measures implemented by the Peruvian State against the mining union movement. At …
Javier Antonio Alarcón Guzmán, leader of the FENDUP (National Federation of University Teachers of Peru), was kidnapped and disappeared in December 1989 in the department of Junín. This case is part of a series of disappearances and murders of union and social leaders that occurred during the internal armed conflict …
The National Federation of Miners, Metallurgists and Steelworkers of Peru (FNTMMSP) filed a complaint with the International Labor Organization on April 5, 1990, denouncing illegal detentions of workers at the Marcavalle barracks. The detained workers were Edgar Bujaico, Martín Mucha Aliaga, Edgar Julián Mauricio, Abdón Acuña Asto, Oscar Pariona Clemente, …