The first 450 Army reinforcements were sent to Ayacucho and the three battalions that had been barracked were deployed. On December 29, the entry of the Armed Forces in the fight against subversion was made official. The Marine Infantry also entered. With the establishment of the Political Military Command (CPM), …
On December 29, 1982, through Supreme Decree 068-82-IN, the Peruvian government instructed the Armed Forces to assume internal control in five Ayacucho provinces. This decision marked a turning point in the internal armed conflict, transferring the responsibility of public order control from the National Police to the Armed Forces. The …
On December 27, 1982, President Belaunde gave an ultimatum of 72 hours for the terrorists to surrender their weapons before the armed forces took control of the emergency zone. General Roberto Clemente Noel y Moral was appointed as Chief of the Political Military Command of the Emergency Zone and on …
In January 1983, the Armed Forces took control of the counter-subversive struggle in Ayacucho through the installation of the political-military command. The new head of the political-military command of Ayacucho, General Clemente Noel Moral, arrived in the region with the idea, shared by the "hard" sectors of the army, of …
In January 1983, the Marine Infantry took control of the province of Huanta as part of the intervention of the Armed Forces in Ayacucho. This military installation took place during the first weeks of January, after the government instructed the Armed Forces to assume internal control in five Ayacucho provinces …
In August 1983, the Infantería de Marina established a Civil Defense Committee in Ccarhuahurán, a historical center of the Iquichanos in Huanta, Peru. This was part of a broader effort to create 'multicommunal antisubversive bases' in response to the threat posed by the PCP-SL. By November 1983, families from ten …
On 21 January 1983, the Infantería de Marina established a military base at the Estadio Municipal de Huanta. This location was used as a detention center where individuals suspected of terrorism were held and tortured. Testimonies from former detainees and witnesses confirm the use of torture at this facility.
On January 21, 1983, the Marine Infantry established its headquarters in the Municipal Stadium of the city of Huanta, under the command of Lieutenant Commander AP Alvaro Artaza Adrianzén. This detachment was in charge of controlling the province of Huanta within the framework of the Political Military Command of Ayacucho. …
The Marines, called 'the navy' by the local population, took control of Huanta. One of the first measures the Navy applied in Huanta was to group the peasants into villages and organize them into Civil Defense Committees, in the style of the 'strategic villages' organized by the US Army in …
On January 21, 1983, the Marine Infantry, called 'the navy' by the local population, took control of the Huanta area under the leadership of Commander Vega Llona, who would later be assassinated by subversives in 1988 in La Paz, Bolivia. This entry marked the beginning of military control of the …
On January 21, 1983, less than a month after the intervention of the armed forces in the department of Ayacucho and the establishment of the Marine Infantry in the province of Huanta, seven members of the PCP-SL were killed in the communities of Huaychao and Macabamba. This event occurred in …
Julio Orozco Huamani, top leader of the Peasant Federation of the Apurimac River Valley (FECVRA), was assassinated at the Luisiana hacienda in August 1983. The Luisiana hacienda, which had belonged to former deputy Parodi of Acción Popular, had been converted into a main Marine Infantry base. This assassination occurred in …
In September 1983, Navy troops committed multiple assassinations in several towns and villages in the district of Sivia, including Boca Mantaro, La Unión, Pacífico, Canayre Alta, Canayre Baja, Villa Virgen and Portillo. This military repression had the opposite of the expected effects, generating greater support for the PCP-SL among the …
In September 1983, police and Navy troops extrajudicially executed 13 community members from San Pedro de Pampay, in the district of Luricocha, province of Huanta. This event occurred in the context of the entry of the Armed Forces into the region in January 1983 and the installation of the political-military …
In 1984, during the execution of Plan Operativo CAIMAN XIII by the Infantería de Marina in Huanta, Ayacucho, six residents of the communities of Callqui and Nisperosniyocc were arbitrarily executed. The operation, led by several military officers, violated the right to life and personal integrity of the villagers, as well …
In February 1984, members of the Marine Infantry raided the town of Carhuac, district of Santillana, province of Huanta. During this military operation, the villagers of the community were murdered. This event is part of the counter-subversive strategy implemented by the Armed Forces in the area, characterized by indiscriminate actions …
In February 1984, the Marines, known as 'los navales', withdrew from the community of Pampacancha after deeming it sufficiently well organized to defend itself. The navy had been training the community in the organization of Civil Defense Committees. After their withdrawal, they returned again in April 1984 to train another …
On March 1, 1984, Hugo Bustíos was kidnapped by a group of Navy infantrymen who violently entered his home and kept him arbitrarily detained in the barracks in Huanta for 34 days, where he was tortured. Due to the protest of national journalists and Amnesty International, he regained his freedom …
In July 1984, members of the Navy carried out the forced disappearance of eight residents of Macachacra, Iguain district, Huanta province. Among the victims were Ramón Vicaña, Sebastián de la Cruz and six other villagers. This event took place in the context of the indiscriminate repression exercised by the Marine …
On July 7, 1984, Rigoberto Tenorio Roca, 2nd non-commissioned officer of the Peruvian Army and pre-military instruction teacher at the Gonzales Vigil school in Huanta, was intervened by Marines when he was traveling from Huanta to Huamanga in a bus belonging to the Hidalgo company, at approximately 2:00 p.m. in …
On July 19, 1984, at approximately 3:30 in the afternoon, Navy personnel detained Yuri Agama Anaya, 17 years of age, as he was leaving Educational Center No. 38315 and was on his way home. According to witnesses, a red 4x4 vehicle returned to the scene and its occupants, one with …
On July 19, 1984, Santiago Felipe Loayza Cahuana, teacher and Director of Girls' Educational Center No. 38271 in the Huamanguilla district, was detained by members of the Peruvian Investigative Police (former PIP) and the Marine Infantry when he was on his way to the city of Huamanga with his son …
Marine infantrymen stationed in the Huanta stadium murdered 6 parishioners of the Callqui evangelical church. In this massacre, the victims were called by name to leave the Callqui evangelical church before being killed. This was a case of collective execution where there were victim selection procedures.
On August 1, 1984, six young men belonging to the Evangelical Presbyterian Church were murdered by members of the Marine Infantry in the place called "pago" of Callqui, in the province of Huanta. This event occurred in the context of the indiscriminate repression exercised by the armed forces in the …
On August 2, 1984, a contingent of Infantería de Marina detained several individuals, including Teófilo Munárriz Velásquez, during a celebration in Uyuvirca. The detainees were reportedly taken to the Municipal Stadium of Huanta. Witnesses described the military personnel as armed and wearing black caps, and noted that the detainees were …
On August 2, 1984, journalist Jaime Boris Ayala Sulca, 22 years old, correspondent of the newspaper La República and host of a program on Radio Huanta 2000, went to the Navy Base at the Huanta Stadium to complain about the raid on his mother's house that took place that morning. …
The kidnapping and disappearance of Jaime Ayala Sulca, a journalist from Huanta, correspondent of the newspaper 'La República', took place in the Marine Infantry base stationed in the Municipal Stadium of Huanta. This case adds to the serious human rights violations committed by the Marine Infantry in Huanta during 1984.
On August 10, 1984, 42 community members from Culluchaca were detained by members of the 'Montoneros' (Self-Defense Committees) from Patasucro, Cachas, Janes and members of the Marine Infantry. The Montoneros showed up heavily armed with sticks, knives, and rapiers, looted belongings, grain, clothing, kitchen utensils and animals, and took the …
On August 11, 1984, Victor Rivas Ventura was kidnapped by a group of people in civilian clothes while he was at his home. He was arrested in the presence of his mother and sister. The kidnappers were hooded men, wearing ponchos, tall in stature. A neighbor reported that his brother …
On August 23, 1984, 49 corpses were discovered buried in graves in Pucayacu, a few kilometers north of the city of Huanta, in territory belonging to the province of Acobamba, Huancavelica. All the victims were citizens who had been previously detained in the Huanta Stadium by the Marine Infantry. The …
On August 23, 49 corpses were discovered buried in graves in Pucayacu, a few kilometers north of the city of Huanta. All were citizens previously detained in the Huanta Stadium by the Marine Infantry, and then transferred in a sort of 'caravan of death' to territory belonging to the province …
On August 23, 1984, 49 corpses were discovered buried in graves in Pucayacu, a few kilometers north of the city of Huanta. All the victims were citizens who had been previously detained in the Huanta Stadium by the Marine Infantry. The detainees were transferred in a sort of "caravan of …
In October 1984, 22 community members from Callqui Alta, in the district of Iguain, province of Huanta, were kidnapped and disappeared. This event occurred in the context of intense military repression in the area, where the Marine Infantry had established its base of operations in the Municipal Stadium of Huanta. …
In July 1985, the Marine Corps withdrew from Ayacucho and was replaced by the Army, which applied a more selective repression and sought a certain rapprochement with the population. The Marines, known locally as 'the navy', had been under the command of Commander Vega Llona since January 1983 in Huanta. …
In July 1985, the Marine Corps withdraws from the Apurimac River Valley and is replaced by the Army. This withdrawal occurs after the DECAS (Defensa Civil Contrasubversiva) and the army were on the offensive until mid-1985, while the PCP-SL was in retreat. The change of forces occurred at the height …
The El Frontón Prison Massacre involved the extrajudicial execution of inmates following a prison uprising. On June 19, 1986, Peruvian military forces, including the Infantería de Marina, were implicated in the killing of surrendered inmates. The massacre was temporarily halted by the arrival of a helicopter carrying journalists, but executions …
On June 18, a military operation was initiated against the Pabellón Azul, a section of a prison, involving the Fuerza de Operaciones Especiales (FOES) of the Navy. The operation began with attempts to breach the facility using rockets, which were initially unsuccessful. The confrontation escalated with exchanges of gunfire and …
In the 1987 municipal elections, the United Left (IU) won in the province of Huamanga, while the APRA won in the provinces of Huanta and La Mar. These elections took place in a context of relative calm in Ayacucho, between 1986 and 1988, due to several factors: the decision of …
The Pabellón Azul prison riot involved a violent confrontation between inmates and the Infantería de Marina. The intervention resulted in significant casualties, including the deaths of several military personnel and inmates. The operation was criticized for its lack of planning and excessive use of force, leading to a high number …
