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.
On September 25, 2002, at approximately 4:00 AM, the witness returned to the grave accompanied by other family members. During this visit, they dug a few centimeters into the place and human bones began to appear. They also found a sweater (garment) that a lady had knitted for her husband, …
The Special Prosecutor's Office for Forced Disappearances conducted an exhumation in Ccarpaccasa with the participation of international experts from the CVR and experts from the Forensic Investigation Unit. The remains of the 4 victims executed in 1983 were located. Studies were carried out in a morgue in Ayacucho between August …
A Quispillacta villager showed the prosecutor a grave containing human remains, including clothing characteristic of the Quispillacta people and a woven sweater that could be identified. Despite the fact that the CVR manual established that the prosecutor should take custody of the grave once notified, the prosecutor did not comply …
Prosecutor Carlos Escobar Pineda, accompanied by family members, arrived at the Pucutuccasa hill to exhume the bodies of missing persons. After excavating, he found three bodies, one of which was that of Jovita García Suárez. Due to time constraints, only Jovita's body was taken to the Cangallo Health Post for …
Juan Argumedo was one of the journalists murdered in the Uchuraccay massacre on January 26, 1983. His sister Juana Lidia Argumedo went to Uchuraccay with Judge Juan Flores Rojas on February 11, 1983 to perform the exhumation, but it could not be done because the body was not found. Some …
During the oral trial of the Uchuraccay trial that took place between May and December 1986, the body of Juan Argumedo was found. Juan Argumedo García had been captured on January 23, 1983, 5 kilometers from Uchuraccay, at the point called Yuracyacu, and taken to the community for interrogation. Argumedo …
On August 29, 1985, the exhumation and removal of corpses was carried out in Pucayacu, with the presence of the Instructing Judge of Huanta Félix Bautista Barzola, the Provincial Prosecutor Simón Palomino Vargas, members of the Peruvian Investigation Police and the denouncing relatives. A rectangular grave of three meters long …
On May 14, 1983 the corpse of Severino Huáscar Morales was exhumed from the Uchuraccay cemetery. The body was found in the corner of the north side of the cemetery, where several stones were piled up on top. The corpse was covered with a white balleta habit and presented perforations …
On February 11, 1983, Juan Argumedo's sister, Juana Lidia, went to Uchuraccay accompanied by Judge Juan Flores Rojas to perform the exhumation of her brother's body. However, the procedure could not be carried out because the body was not found in the expected place. Later, Juana Lidia learned that her …
On February 11, 1983, the second judicial proceeding was carried out in Uchuraccay, consisting of the exhumation of the body of Juan Argumedo García. This procedure took place on the same day that Mario Vargas Llosa was meeting with the peasants of Uchuraccay as part of the Investigation Commission's investigations. …
On January 30, 1983, the day of the exhumation of the bodies of the journalists murdered in Uchuraccay, a large group of journalists, parliamentarians and relatives of the victims arrived in Ayacucho. The group traveled in a plane chartered by the newspaper La República. That same day, the examining magistrate …
On January 30, 1983, the investigating judge of Huamanga, Dr. Hugo Molina, took cognizance of the case of the Uchuraccay massacre, even though Uchuraccay was not in his jurisdiction. That same day the bodies of the murdered journalists were exhumed. Judge Molina took cognizance of the case by order of …
On January 30, 1983, the judicial process for the Uchuraccay massacre formally began with the exhumation of the bodies of the eight journalists and other victims. The examining magistrate of Huamanga, Dr. Hugo Molina, took cognizance of the case even though Uchuraccay was not in his jurisdiction. The diligence was …
On Sunday, January 30, 1983, a large group of national and foreign reporters, parliamentarians, ecclesiastics and relatives of the murdered journalists arrived in Ayacucho in a plane chartered by the newspaper La Republica. That same day the bodies of the eight journalists murdered on January 26 in Uchuraccay were exhumed. …
On Sunday, January 30, 1983, a large group of national and foreign reporters, parliamentarians, church members and relatives of the murdered journalists arrived in Ayacucho in a plane chartered by the newspaper La República to exhume the bodies. The images of the lynched bodies were transmitted on television, causing a …
On January 28, 1983, the massacre of eight journalists that had occurred two days earlier in Uchuraccay was confirmed. The news was disseminated nationally and internationally, generating great commotion. On January 30, in a plane chartered by the newspaper La República, a large group of journalists, parliamentarians and relatives of …
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