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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  1. Murder of parishioners of the Callqui evangelical church

    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.

    Callqui, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 2702
  2. Kidnapping and torture of journalist Hugo Bustíos by the Marines

    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 …

    Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 1205-1206

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