MRTA kidnaps businessman Raul Hiraoka Torres
MRTA members kidnap businessman Raul Hiraoka Torres. This kidnapping is part of the MRTA's strategy to obtain resources by kidnapping businessmen.
Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
Complete database of events related to the internal armed conflict in Peru, extracted from the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR). 5,159 events documented from 1817 to 2003.
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Kidnapping of businessman Raul Hiraoka Torres by MRTA
Raúl Hiraoka Torres, son of the owner of the Hiraoka chain of stores, was kidnapped around 8:30 p.m. when he was driving a pickup truck in the Córpac neighborhood, San Isidro. His vehicle was hit by a pickup truck, and people got out and shot him with short-range weapons. The …
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Murder of businessman David Ballón Vera by MRTA
Members of the MRTA assassinated mining businessman David Ballón Vera. Ballón Vera had been kidnapped in the middle of the street in the district of San Miguel, Lima, on September 11, 1992. When they did not reach an agreement on the amount to be paid for the ransom, they murdered …
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Abduction of David Vera Ballón
On January 24, 1993, members of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) kidnapped mining businessman David Vera Ballón. This kidnapping took place in a context of intense subversive activity in Metropolitan Lima, although already after the capture of Abimael Guzmán in September 1992. The kidnapping of the mining businessman was …
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Kidnapping of businessman Julio Enrique Uribe Tasayco by MRTA
Businessman Julio Enrique Uribe Tasayco was kidnapped at 8:30 a.m. at a commercial establishment on Circunvalación Avenue, San Luis. Two MRTA members wearing police uniforms and medical aprons entered the establishment and took him to a vehicle. During the captivity he remained in a completely closed wooden box approximately two …
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Kidnapping and murder of businessman David Ballón Vera by MRTA
David Ballón Vera, owner of the Santander de Canta mine, was kidnapped while driving his vehicle on the fifth block of Tomás Marsano Avenue, Surquillo. MRTA members wearing police uniforms and medical aprons, with two fake patrolmen and a stolen ambulance, intercepted his vehicle. They shot at the armored windows, …
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Illegal Detention of Samuel Dyer Ampudia
On the night of July 27, 1992, businessman Samuel Dyer Ampudia was illegally detained at Jorge Chávez Airport by Major PNP Migdonio Torres Aliaga by order of Colonel PNP Víctor Arcila Dupp. He was handed over to PNP Colonel Carlos Domínguez Solís of the SIN, who transferred him to the …
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Abduction of Raul Hiraoka Torres
Businessman Raul Hiraoka Torres was kidnapped by members of the MRTA on July 9, 1992 as he was leaving his home in San Isidro. He was held captive in three different properties in Lima (Santa Anita, Urbanización Aurora in Surquillo, and Calle Vesalio in San Borja) for more than a …
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Kidnapping of Pedro Antonio Miyasato
On April 22, 1992, members of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) kidnapped businessman Pedro Antonio Miyasato. This kidnapping occurred in a context of intense subversive activity, just days after the April 5, 1992 coup d'état carried out by President Alberto Fujimori. The event occurred in the midst of a …
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Businessman Hory Chlimper Halfin abducted by MRTA
Hory Chlimper Halfin, main shareholder of the Farmaindustria and Droguerías Kahan laboratories, was kidnapped at 9:00 a.m. when he arrived at his office in Lince. Three MRTA cars participated in the operation. They grabbed him from behind, beat him over the head, tied him up and threw him in the …
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Kidnapping of businessman Victor De La Torre Romero by MRTA
The Executive President of Cementos Lima S.A., Víctor De La Torre Romero, was kidnapped around noon on his way to his workplace in San Isidro. A car without license plates blocked the way to his truck and several armed members of the MRTA descended from another truck, brutally beat the …
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Kidnapping of Víctor Macedonio de la Torre Romero
On September 11, 1990, Victor Macedonio de la Torre Romero, manager of Cementos Lima, was kidnapped. The Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) was identified as responsible for the act. The kidnapping was later confirmed on September 22. This event occurred in a context of intense political violence …
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Assassination of Edmundo Aguilar, owner of Confecciones Eagle
On August 20, 1990, Edmundo Aguilar, owner of the small business Confecciones Eagle, was killed by the PCP-SL for not paying quotas (extortion). This case shows how the PCP-SL also extorted small businessmen.
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Assassination of Antonio Rosales, president of Lima Caucho
On July 20, 1990, Antonio Rosales, executive president of Lima Caucho S.A., was assassinated by the PCP-SL as part of its campaign against officials and business owners.
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Kidnapping of businessman Héctor Delgado Parker by MRTA
Héctor Delgado Parker, former advisor to President Alan García and owner of Producciones Panamericana, was kidnapped around 10:30 a.m. at the intersection of Torres Paz and Enrique Villar, Santa Beatriz. His vehicle was intercepted by a yellow Datsun and a cherry pickup truck. The kidnappers fired machine guns, smashed the …
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Kidnapping of businessman Carlos Ferreyros Aspíllaga by MRTA
Businessman Carlos Ferreyros Aspíllaga was kidnapped as he was leaving his home in La Molina. The MRTA identified him as a member of the Twelve Apostles, the third largest power group in the country. In exchange for his release, the MRTA asked for an advertisement in a well-known newspaper and …
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Kidnapping of Carlos Ferreyros Aspíllaga
On December 4, 1988, the MRTA kidnapped Carlos Ferreyros Aspíllaga, described as one of the most powerful businessmen in the country. This kidnapping was part of the actions of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement during a period of intense subversive activity in Peru. The event occurred in the context of …
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Kidnapping of General Héctor Jeri García
On July 7, 1988, eight seditious members of the MRTA kidnapped businessman General FAP (r) Héctor Jeri García at the main gate of the CAPSA battery factory, located in La Victoria, Lima. The kidnapping was perpetrated by a commando of eight members of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement. The victim …
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Kidnapping of businessman Héctor Jerí García by MRTA
Retired FAP General and general manager of Capsa, Héctor Jerí García, was kidnapped around 8:00 a.m. when he arrived at the factory on República de Panamá Avenue, Balconcillo. Several MRTA members armed with revolvers, machine guns and grenades got out of two vehicles, broke the window of his car and …
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Senate Pacification Commission meeting on subversive situation in companies
Meeting convened by the Pacification Commission of the Senate of the Republic where Luis Rodríguez-Mariátegui, representative of CONFIEP, spoke about the situation of subversion in the enterprises. He used the case of COPE as an illustrative example, describing how the factory takeover had been previously announced at a plenary meeting …
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Murder of businessman Brancko Pejnovil Baigm
On April 11, 1988, businessman Brancko Pejnovil Baigm, owner of the Hilados S.A. textile factory, was assassinated in Lima. This assassination was part of the selective annihilation strategy implemented by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso during the transition period towards the "encirclement of the city". The attack is part of the context …
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First MRTA kidnapping - Julio Ikeda Masukawa
The first MRTA kidnapping took place and the victim was Julio Ikeda Masukawa, manager of Avícola San Fernando. The kidnappers exchanged the freedom of their hostages in exchange for large sums of money. During their captivity, the businessmen remained hidden in the so-called people's prisons.
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CADE 1987 - Annual Executives Conference
The 1987 Annual Conference of Executives (CADE) devoted half of one of its four days to the issue of politically motivated violence, the only edition of CADE in the 1980s to address this topic in such depth. The event began with a lecture on violence by Fernando de Trazegnies, although …
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Creation of the National Investment Council
The APRA government created the National Investment Council as part of its strategy to broaden business sympathies and restrict the representativeness of the unions. This body included representatives of the government and of the twelve apostles (a privileged business group), as well as representatives of the CONFIEP and delegates from …
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