Leonor La Rosa, a former agent of the Army Intelligence Service (SIE), provided classified information to the newspaper La República about the operation plan called 'Bermuda', revealed in notes published on December 9, 10 and 14, 1996. This contributed to aborting the SIE's ongoing plan to make an attempt on …
In 1997, two informants for the Peruvian Army Intelligence Service (SIE) were targeted in a series of violent acts. Mariela Barreto was found decapitated on March 23, 1997, and Leonor La Rosa was reportedly tortured, as revealed in a report by Pamela Vértiz on April 6, 1997. These events highlighted …
On March 22, members of the SIE kidnap SIE agent Mariela Barreto Riofano. On March 24, her dismembered body with signs of torture is found at kilometer 25 on the road to Canta (Lima). Her murder is linked to Leonor La Rosa's denunciations of irregular activities in the intelligence services.
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 …
The television program Contrapunto presented the testimony of former SIE agent Leonor La Rosa about torture she allegedly received by members of the SIE for having revealed information about the 'Bermuda', 'El Pino' and 'Narval' Plan. This testimony generated multiple motions in Congress to investigate the alleged facts.
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.
Five agenda motions were presented in Congress on the denunciation of the torture of Leonor La Rosa, to form investigative commissions and to invite the President of the Council of Ministers and the Minister of Defense. Congressmen from different parties asked to investigate the murder of Mariela Barreto and the …
