Recently uncovered documents reveal the involvement of both non-commissioned officers and high-ranking military officials in the death squad known as the Colina Group. These documents confirm that the group was an official part of the SIE, under the DINTE, rather than a paramilitary organization. The papers include payment records for …
In August 1991, a ceremony was held at the SIE maintenance workshop attended by high-ranking military officials, including generals and intelligence officers. During the ceremony, a new emblem was presented, symbolizing the intelligence and operational groups within the SIE. The Colina Detachment was formed in memory of Captain EP Colina …
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 …
On August 22, 1991, Director of Intelligence Juan Rivero Lazo ordered the SIE chief colonel to arrange for a group of operational intelligence agents to be present at the SIE maintenance shed to be placed under the command of Lieutenant Colonel EP Rodriguez Zabalbeascoa. This was the first official movement …
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 18, 1991, Lieutenant Colonel Rodriguez Zabalbeascoa presented a counter-subversive manual to the Army high command, as ordered by SIN chief Salazar Monroe. This presentation was the reason why the group was congratulated by the President of the Republic. The analysis group was composed of four members of the …
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 …
On March 22, members of the SIE kidnapped Mariela Barreto Riofano. Her dismembered body, showing signs of torture, was discovered on March 24 near kilometer 25 of the road to Canta in Lima. This event, along with the torture of her colleague Leonor La Rosa Bustamante, led to political repercussions …
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, …
Leonor La Rosa Bustamante, a former agent of the SIE, claimed to have witnessed military personnel altering electoral records during the 1995 elections in Peru. She also alleged that intelligence personnel participated in the recent general elections and confirmed the existence of a plan to assassinate certain journalists. These allegations …
On December 9, 1996, La República published an investigation by Edmundo Cruz that revealed the existence of Plan Narval 96, an operation carried out by the SIE under the guidance of the SIN to attack Global Televisión in Puno. The investigation also mentioned the existence of Plan Bermuda, an operation …
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.
On April 6, 1997, a report by Pamela Vértiz in the program Contrapunto denounced the torture of Leonor La Rosa, another SIE source for journalistic investigations. The case received dramatic media coverage due to the resulting serious disability. It was denounced as an attempt on her life perpetrated by the …
When put to a vote, the first five motions on the agenda to investigate the torture denounced by Leonor La Rosa and the murder of Mariela Barreto were rejected by 56 votes against and 11 in favor. The pro-government majority systematically prevented the investigation of human rights violations.
