In 1991, the Peruvian military and political leadership established a specialized intelligence unit known as the 'Destacamento Colina'. This group, composed of members from the Army Intelligence Service (SIE), was tasked with carrying out operations to eliminate suspected subversives and their sympathizers. The group became notorious for its involvement in …
On June 1, 1991, several individuals were detained in Barrios Altos, Lima, Peru, under accusations of terrorism. This event was linked to the activities of a paramilitary death squad known as the 'Destacamento Colina,' which was reportedly connected to state intelligence services. Investigations into these activities were met with resistance …
In August 1991, an inauguration ceremony for the Colina detachment was held at the SIE maintenance shop. In attendance were General Julio Salazar Monroe (head of the SIN), Juan Rivero Lazo (director of Army intelligence), Lieutenant Colonel Fernando Rodriguez Zabalbeascoa, Captains Santiago Martin Rivas and Carlos Pichilingüe Guevara, and the …
In September 1991, the Destacamento Colina, an elite military group, was formed under the command of Teniente Coronel EP Fernando Rodríguez Zabalbeascoa. This group included sub-officials who had previously encountered issues with military justice. The formation was ordered by the command of the Peruvian Army, with the group initially operating …
On September 4, 1991, the second displacement of a large group of agents to the Colina detachment took place. Fourteen operational intelligence agents (AIO) were ordered to move, including Julio Chuqui Aguirre, Pablo Atuncar Cama, José Tena Jacinto and others. All personnel were to go to the SIE maintenance shed …
On November 3, 1991, the Colina detachment executed fifteen people in Barrios Altos, Lima. The operation was carried out by heavily armed Peruvian army personnel wearing ski masks. The victims were executed indiscriminately with firearms with silencers, regardless of sex or age. The indiscriminate fire killed 11 adult males, 3 …
On February 17, 1992, by means of reception act Nº 002/Desto.C, a commission composed of Major EP Santiago Martin Rivas (Chief of the Colina Detachment), Captain EP Carlos Pichilingüe Guevara and Technician Marco Flores Albán, received from the War Material Logistics Service armament that included TAURUS pistols, HONDA motorcycles, TOYOTA …
In the first minutes of the day, several individuals carrying military weapons, among them a woman, raided different homes in the human settlements. Approximately 18 members of the Colina Detachment, under the command of Major EP Santiago Martin Rivas, kidnapped nine peasants who were brutally beaten and forced to get …
On May 2, 1992, the Colina detachment kidnapped and murdered 9 peasants from Santa. The victims were detained and then executed or disappeared. The victims' relatives filed Habeas Corpus appeals that were declared inadmissible by the Judicial Power. The bodies were buried clandestinely using lime to make it difficult to …
On June 24, 1992, the Colina detachment assassinated journalist Pedro Yauri in Huacho. According to the testimony of a former member of the Colina detachment, Pedro Yauri was interrogated under torture but stood his ground before being executed. The case was reported to the PNP but the police and military …
Members of the Colina Detachment are responsible for the disappearance and subsequent execution of 9 students and a professor of the Enrique Guzmán y Valle University, known as La Cantuta. The victims were kidnapped at night on the university campus itself, which was guarded by a military detachment that had …
Between the last hours of July 17 and the early morning of July 18, 1992, members of the Colina Detachment in coordination with members of the military base located at La Cantuta University broke into the university housing. In the presence of fifty witnesses, they kidnapped nine students and one …
On May 24, 1993, constituents of former President Alberto Fujimori's political party Cambio 90 prevented members of the Colina detachment from being questioned by the Congressional Investigation Commission. This obstruction was part of a systematic strategy to cover up the Colina detachment's crimes, which included political intervention in various state …
On February 21, 1994, the War Chamber of the Supreme Council of Military Justice issued a sentence in joined cases 157-93 and 8841-93 against officers and subalterns of the Peruvian Army for the kidnapping, disappearance and execution of the nine students and the teacher from La Cantuta. Major Santiago Martin …
On June 15, 1995, Congress approved Law No. 26479 granting general amnesty to military personnel. This law expressly established that the facts or crimes covered by it, as well as the definitive acquittals and acquittals, would not be subject to investigation, and all judicial cases in process or in execution …
On March 14, 2001, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled against the Peruvian laws of 'Auto-amnistía' No. 26475 and No. 26492, which had previously allowed the release of members of the 'Destacamento Colina' involved in human rights violations. The court declared these laws incompatible with the American Convention on …
