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. Finding of Juan Argumedo's corpse

    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 …

    Uchuraccay, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, p. 178
  2. Prosecution accusation against three detainees and fourteen community members of Uchuraccay

    In March 1984, the Public Prosecutor's Office charged three detained community members (Dionisio Morales Pérez, Mariano Ccasani Gonzáles and Simeón Auccatoma Quispe) and fourteen other community members from Uchuraccay for the massacre of journalists that took place on January 26, 1983. Subsequently, on August 14, 1984, the Public Prosecutor's Office …

    Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 161-162, 176-177
  3. Arrest of Mariano Ccasani Gonzáles

    Mariano Ccasani Gonzáles was one of the three Uchuraccay community members arrested in the judicial process for the massacre of journalists on January 26, 1983. He was captured in Tambo on July 5, 1983, together with Dionisio Morales Pérez (arrested on May 17) and Simeón Auccatoma Quispe (arrested on July …

    Tambo, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 162-163, 171, 176
  4. Arrest of Dionisio Morales Perez

    Dionisio Morales Pérez, president of the Uchuraccay community, was arrested on May 17, 1983 while he was hospitalized in Huamanga. He was one of only three community members detained in the judicial process for the Uchuraccay massacre of January 26, 1983, in which eight journalists and two other people died. …

    Huamanga, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 162, 171, 175, 176, 178
  5. Willy Retto's photographs found in Raccraccasa Hill

    On May 14, 1983, during a search patrol ordered by Judge Juan Flores Rojas, a briefcase was found hidden in a small cave in the Raccraccasa hill. The briefcase contained several rolls of film and the personal documents of Willy Retto, Amador Garcia and Pedro Sanchez. This discovery occurred almost …

    Cerro Raccraccasa, Uchuraccay, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 150 (nota al pie 120)
  6. Judge's meeting with Uchuraccay community members

    On March 3, 1983, ad-hoc judge Juan Flores Rojas conducted a judicial diligence in Uchuraccay. During this visit, he met with 18 men and 5 women from the community to collect their statements about the events of January 26, 1983, when eight journalists were murdered. Among the peasants who gave …

    Uchuraccay, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, p. 162-163
  7. Publication of all testimonials collected by Luis Morales

    El Diario de Marka published all of the testimonies collected by Ayacucho journalist Luis Morales in Uchuraccay. These testimonies had been recorded on January 30, 1983, when Morales collected the statements of community members such as Saturnino Ayala, Francisco Ñaupa, Olimpio Gavilán, Julia Aujatoma, Vicente Quispe Figueroa, Teodosio Soto, Alfonso …

    Lima, Perú Informe CVR, página 157
  8. Exhumation of the body of Juan Argumedo

    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. …

    Uchuraccay, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 162, 175

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