In March 1994, President Alberto Fujimori visited the Yanamayo maximum security prison. During this visit, he was received by Osmán Morote, leader of the PCP-SL imprisoned in the prison. Morote, with a handshake, reiterated the president's request for a "peace agreement". This visit took place in the context of the …
In October 1998, witness No. 700237 was transferred to Yanamayo prison at 1:00 a.m. along with other inmates. They were taken to the airport where several soldiers were waiting for them. They were taken to the airport where several soldiers were waiting for them. When they arrived in Juliaca, they …
In October 1998, inmates were transferred to the Yanamayo prison under harsh conditions, including being shackled and deprived of their belongings. The prison regime severely restricted visits, allowing only brief, monitored interactions with immediate family members. Additionally, those accused of treason were held in military bases under degrading conditions, such …
In February 2000, inmates at the Yanamayo prison in Peru initiated a significant riot that led to the collapse of the prison's internal structures. This event was part of a broader pattern of prison unrest in Peru during this period, with similar incidents occurring in other facilities such as Castro …
A witness recounted the mistreatment he suffered in the Yanamayo prison, located in Puno. This testimony is part of the denunciations of prison conditions in the maximum security prisons, which since 1992 have become spaces that have undermined everything that gives security to human beings. The testimony was collected in …
Testimony collected in Sicuani in October 2002 documenting the mistreatment and torture suffered by a detainee in Yanamayo prison, located in Puno. The declarant narrates the conditions of humiliation and physical and psychological mistreatment he experienced during his imprisonment in this maximum security penitentiary. This testimony is part of the …
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