Organization

El Comercio

Appears in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru

Timeline Events 6

Jan. 1, 1983
Statement by Gen. Clemente Noel on extermination of terrorist outbreaks

General EP Clemente Noel Moral declared on January 1 in El Comercio that the Peruvian Army will remain only two months in Ayacucho, time he has foreseen as 'necessary to exterminate the terrorist outbreaks'. This declaration marked the beginning of military operations in the emergency zone of Ayacucho, where the …

Ayacucho Informe CVR, página 71

#fuerzas-armadas #ayacucho #clemente-noel #estado-de-emergencia #contrasubversion #ejército-peruano
July 28, 1985
Manuel Ulloa's statement on amnesty

Manuel Ulloa Elías, representative of Acción Popular (AP), stated in El Comercio his opposition to a possible amnesty law for those accused of terrorist crimes. Ulloa stated that his party considered that it would be "absolutely irresponsible" to grant amnesty freeing the perpetrators of terrorist acts. He pointed out that …

Perú Informe CVR, página 106

#amnistía #terrorismo #accion-popular #manuel-ulloas #debate-político #alan-garcía
May 31, 1989
Murder of journalist Barbara D'Achille

On May 31, 1989, El Comercio journalist Bárbara D'Achille was murdered by hikers in a mountainous area. D'Achille was not covering the armed conflict; she was traveling as a reporter specializing in ecology. Her murder demonstrated that journalists were at risk even when they were not directly covering issues related …

Zona serrana, Perú Informe CVR, página 1167

#bárbara-dachille #periodistas #asesinatos #sendero-luminoso #el-comercio
May 31, 1989
Murder of Barbara D'Achille and Esteban Bohorquez

On May 31, 1989, 'El Comercio' journalist and environmentalist Barbara D'Achille, along with CORDE-Huancavelica official Esteban Bohorquez, were assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in Tinyacclla, Huancavelica. This double assassination was part of the PCP-SL's 'hit list' during the 1989-1990 Shining Path offensive, a period in which the subversive group claimed …

Tinyacclla, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 215

#asesinato-selectivo #huancavelica #sendero-luminoso #pcp-sl #periodistas #ecologista #funcionario-público #tinyacclla
May 31, 1989
Murder of journalist Bárbara D'Achille and engineer Esteban Bohórquez

Italian journalist Barbara D'Achille, Head of the Ecology Section of the newspaper El Comercio, and engineer Esteban Bohórquez Rondón, Director of Special Projects of CORDE-Huancavelica, were intercepted by an armed group of the PCP-SL at the 'Martha' mine while traveling to the South American Camelids Project. They were detained and …

Paraje Huarmicocha, distrito de Huando, provincia de Huancavelica, departamento de Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 3567-3571

#periodistas #asesinatos #sendero-luminoso #huancavelica #profesionales
May 31, 1989
Assassination of Bárbara D’Achille

Bárbara D'Achille, a journalist for El Comercio, was assassinated by members of the Shining Path on 31 May 1989. At the time of her death, she was not covering the conflict but was traveling as a reporter specializing in ecology. Her murder highlighted the dangers faced by journalists in Peru …

A remote mountain area in Peru

#journalism #Shining Path #Peru #terrorism #Bárbara D’Achille #1989