Military bombard the communities of Moyuna, Cayumba and El Salvador, José Crespo y Castillo district, in Leoncio Prado, Huánuco. They describe the actions as part of a confrontation called Operation Aries. According to testimonies from locals, some military patrols committed killings of unarmed civilians.
The third stage of the counter-subversive military battle in Alto Huallaga took place from August 1, 1992 to 1994, focused on clearing operations against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This stage followed the capture of Abimael Guzmán in September 1992 and was characterized by intensive military operations to regain territorial control. In …
In 1994, the government of Alberto Fujimori launched a large-scale military operation called Operation Aries to combat the PCP-SL (Shining Path) in the Alto Huallaga region. This operation aimed to impose peace in the area following the capture of Abimael Guzmán and the implementation of a repentance law for PCP-SL …
Beginning in 1994, the armed forces assumed definitive control of the Upper Huallaga area after years of PCP-Sendero Luminoso domination. This control was consolidated after the PCP-SL began to retreat to the left bank of the Huallaga River in 1992, losing control of the villages on the right bank due …
In February 1994, the Armed Forces took definitive control of the left bank of the Huallaga River, putting an end to the constant incursions by both the Army and the PCP-SL that had affected the populations settled in that area. From approximately 1990 until the first two months of 1994, …
Between February 27 and April 4, 1994, in little more than a month, more than two thousand repentants presented themselves at the Tingo Maria barracks. This massive phenomenon of repentance occurred in the context of the counter-subversive offensive in Alto Huallaga, after the capture of important Shining Path leaders such …
Between February 27 and April 4, 1994, in little more than a month, more than two thousand repentants presented themselves before the Tingo Maria barracks. This process was part of the counter-subversive strategy implemented by the armed forces in Alto Huallaga, which included the law of repentance for PCP-SL commanders. …
Carlos Blanco Oropeza, president of the Human Rights Commission of the Democratic Constituent Congress (CCD), was in Huánuco since April 11, 1994. His early presence in the area was to investigate the events of human rights violations committed by the Peruvian Army in Cayumba Chico. Subsequently, as part of the …
On April 19, 1994, the National Human Rights Coordinating Committee (CNDDHH) issued its first public communiqué entitled 'Que no vuelva el horror' (Let the horror not return) on Operation Aries. In this communiqué, the CNDDHH expressed its concern that the military operation continued without taking into account the reports of …
On April 21, 1994, the weekly Caretas published an article describing the discovery of the body of a young woman and five unrecognizable bodies in Moyuna. Journalists Cecilia Valenzuela, Oscar Medrano of Caretas, along with Gilberto Hume and Josefina Townsend of CNN and Channel 9, were in the area of …
On April 21, 1994, Colonel Jano, Chief of the Operational Staff of the Huallaga Front, made public statements in response to reports of bombing of civilians during Operation Aries. Colonel Jano denied that the armed forces had carried out bombings, clarifying that they were actually rocket attacks, arguing that this …
The delegation of the Human Rights Commission of the Democratic Constituent Congress (CCD) traveled to Tingo Maria on April 23, 1994 to investigate allegations of human rights violations during Operation Aries. For three days (April 23, 24 and 25) the Commission received testimonies from affected people in Tingo Maria, Aucayacu …
On April 23, 1994, the Commander General of the Armed Forces, Nicolás de Bari Hermosa Ríos, invited representatives of the International Red Cross to inspect the conflict zone where Operation Aries was being carried out. The invitation established that the inspection was to be carried out accompanied by a commando …
The delegation of the Human Rights Commission of the Democratic Constituent Congress (CCD) traveled to Tingo Maria on April 23, 1994 to investigate allegations of human rights violations during Operation Aries. For three days (April 23, 24 and 25) the Commission received testimonies from affected persons in Tingo Maria, Aucayacu …
The Prosecutor of the Nation, Blanca Nélida Colán, made an inspection visit to Venenillo and other towns in the area where Operation Aries was taking place, flying over the area by helicopter. During this visit, the Prosecutor stated that the allegations made by the National Human Rights Coordinator about alleged …
General Alfredo Rodriguez, Military Chief of the Huallaga Front, made a public statement on the progress of Operation Aries on the left bank of the Huallaga River. He highlighted that the operation was a success because 60% progress had been made in the fight against the last bastions of the …
On April 27, 1994, George Comninos, representative of the Red Cross in Peru, responded to the invitation made by the Commander General of the Armed Forces, Nicolás de Bari Hermosa, to inspect the conflict zone of Operation Aries. The invitation, made on April 23, proposed that the Red Cross representatives …
Carlos Blanco Oropeza, president of the Human Rights Commission of the Democratic Constituent Congress (CCD) and a pro-Fujimori congressman, made public statements after investigating allegations of human rights violations during Operation Aries. Blanco Oropeza had been in Huanuco since April 11 investigating events in Cayumba Chico, and subsequently led the …
National Prosecutor Blanca Nélida Colán made a second visit to Moyuna on April 29, 1994, accompanied by a military patrol and two medical examiners. On this occasion, unlike her first visit where she stated that there were no dead, she performed the autopsy of five people (four men and one …
The pro-Fujimori congressman Oswaldo Sandoval presented a motion of condemnation against the National Human Rights Coordinator (CNDDHH) for having disseminated, according to him, "without objective and real evidence", the accusations against the armed forces during Operation Aries. The motion was approved by the government majority of the Democratic Constituent Congress …
The first phase of Operation Aries ended on May 26, 1994, after fifty days of operations which began on April 5. The operation had to be stopped definitively due to serious allegations of human rights violations received by the National Human Rights Coordinator (CNDDHH) and the Human Rights Commission of …
Operation Aries had to be stopped definitively on May 26, 1994 due to serious allegations of human rights violations received by the National Human Rights Coordinator (CNDDHH) and the Human Rights Commission of the Democratic Constituent Congress (CCD). After fifty days of encircling operations and captures that began on April …
The second phase of Operation Aries took place from mid-June to July 1994 on the left bank of the Huallaga River. Unlike the first phase, which used only information from repentants, in this second phase the commandos were directly accompanied by repentants, who pointed out the location of the committees, …
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