In April 1991, Zenón Huamaní Chuchón, a teacher and secretary general of the SUTEP in the province of Víctor Fajardo, Ayacucho, along with other teachers and members of a leftist electoral list, were detained by a military patrol and subsequently disappeared. This event occurred amidst a period of political violence …
On April 19, 1991, around 10:30 p.m., a military patrol of 15 soldiers under the command of Sub Lieutenant José Luis Israel Chávez Velásquez arrested six people who had just registered their electoral list 'Izquierda Unida Socialista' for the municipal elections: Zenón Huamaní Chuchón, Julio Arotoma Cacñahuaray, Eleuterio Fernández Quispe, …
On April 23, 1991, seven civilians, including Zenón Huamaní Chuchón and Julio Arotoma Cacñahuaray, were detained by a military patrol in Huancapi, Peru. The patrol, led by Sub Lieutenant Chávez, was accused of using excessive force, including physical assault and firing shots into the air. The detentions were reportedly politically …