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. Disclosure of the Octavio Plan for surveillance of journalists

    On April 30, 1999, Baruch Ivcher revealed in a telephone communication with CCN the existence of the Octavio Plan, documented by La República on May 10, 1999. Conceived in June 1996, the plan contemplated the surveillance and persecution of 20 journalists and media businessmen including Ivcher, Hildebrandt, Miró Quesada Cisneros …

    Lima, Perú Informe CVR, página 1163
    #periodistas #vigilancia #montesinos #sin #plan-octavio #baruch-ivcher
    1 media 2 docs

  2. I Encounter for Peace and National Reconciliation

    On January 26, 1998, the 'I Encounter for Peace and National Reconciliation' was held in the community of Uchuraccay. This event was held in commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the death of the eight journalists murdered on January 26, 1983. The meeting was part of the national reconciliation efforts …

    Uchuraccay, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 178
    #periodistas #uchuraccay #ayacucho #paz #reconciliación #conmemoración
    1 docs

  3. I Meeting for peace and national reconciliation

    On January 26, 1998, in commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the death of the eight journalists murdered in Uchuraccay, the first peace and national reconciliation meeting was held. This event was promoted by a group of journalists from Ayacucho and the authorities of the Tambo district, who contacted the …

    Uchuraccay, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 147
    #memoria #periodistas #uchuraccay #ayacucho #paz #reconciliación #conmemoración
    7 docs

  7. Kidnapping and disappearance of journalist Pedro Yauri Bustamante

    In 1992, journalist Pedro Yauri Bustamante was kidnapped and disappeared in Huacho. The crime occurred in the context of selective murders that took place in the coastal provinces since 1992, the year of Abimael Guzman's capture. The crime is presumed to have been committed by the paramilitary group "Colina". This …

    Huacho, Perú Informe CVR, página 477
    #lima #periodistas #paramilitares #desaparición-forzada #huacho #grupo-colina

  8. Murder of journalist Gustavo Zúñiga

    On August 30, 1991, journalist and Cambio 90 leader Gustavo Zuñiga was shot and killed by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the city of Juliaca. This assassination took place in the context of an upsurge of subversive violence in Puno during 1991, especially of urban annihilation commandos. The crime was part …

    Juliaca, Puno, Perú Informe CVR
    #asesinatos #periodistas #puno #juliaca #sendero-luminoso #pcp-sl #violencia-urbana #asesinato-selectivo #cambio-90

  9. Arbitrary execution of journalist Luis Morales Ortega

    On July 13, 1991, at approximately 8:45 a.m., journalist Luis Antonio Morales Ortega was intercepted and killed by two men as he was walking along the fifth block of San Martin Street in Huamanga. He was shot five times with a .38 caliber revolver. Morales Ortega was known for denouncing …

    Jr. San Martín cuadra 5, Huamanga, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 4053-4057
    #periodistas #derechos-humanos #ayacucho #huamanga #ejecución-arbitraria #luis-morales-ortega #agente-carrión

  10. Murder of journalist Antonio Morales

    Antonio Morales, a journalist known for his involvement in the Uchuraccay case and correspondent of El diario de Marka in Huamanga, Ayacucho, was murdered on July 13, 1991. Before his death, he had received death threats from the self-styled Comando de Liberación Antiterrorista (Anti-Terrorist Liberation Command). This murder took place …

    Huamanga, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 200
    #asesinatos #periodistas #uchuraccay #ayacucho #huamanga #prensa #comando-liberacion-antiterrorista
    1 docs

  11. Murder of journalist Luis Morales Ortega

    Luis Morales Ortega, journalist, was murdered in July 1991 in the city of Huamanga. The crime was perpetrated by paramilitary groups in a context of intense urban violence in Ayacucho. This murder occurred during a period of high paramilitary activity against various sectors of the population, including university professors, students, …

    Huamanga, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR
    #asesinatos #periodistas #1991 #ayacucho #huamanga #paramilitares #violencia-urbana

  12. Opening of criminal proceedings against officers for the murder of Hugo Bustíos

    As a consequence of the murder of journalist Hugo Bustíos Saavedra, in May 1991 Army officers Víctor La Vera Hernández and Amador Vidal Sambenito were charged with the crime of homicide. Simultaneously, the Military Justice opened a judicial investigation the same month, initiating a dispute of competence that would eventually …

    Perú Informe CVR, página 3052
    #homicidio #periodistas #ejército #contienda-de-competencia #caso-bustíos

  14. 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
    #periodistas #sendero-luminoso #pcp-sl #huancavelica #asesinato-selectivo #funcionario-público #ecologista #tinyacclla

  16. 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
    #asesinatos #periodistas #sendero-luminoso #huancavelica #profesionales
    2 docs

  18. Murder of journalist Hugo Bustíos Saavedra and attack on Eduardo Rojas Arce

    On November 24, 1988, journalists Hugo Bustíos Saavedra and Eduardo Yeny Rojas went to Erapata to investigate the murder of Primitiva Jorge Ayala and her son Guillermo Sulca Jorge by the Shining Path. They were ambushed by individuals in civilian clothes with white polo shirts who shot at them. Bustíos …

    Erapata, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 1204-1213
    #asesinatos #periodistas #emboscada #ejército #huanta #hugo-bustíos #erapata #eduardo-rojas
    1 media 1 docs

  19. Murder of journalist Hugo Bustíos Saavedra

    On November 24, 1988, in the hamlet of Erapata, province of Huanta, Ayacucho, Hugo Bustíos Saavedra, a journalist for the magazine Caretas, was murdered. This crime occurred in a context of intense political violence in the Ayacucho region, where both law enforcement and subversive groups were active. The murder of …

    Caserío de Erapata, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 152
    #asesinatos #1988 #periodistas #ayacucho #huanta #violencia-política #prensa #hugo-bustíos

  20. Death of Hugo Bustios Saavedra

    Hugo Bustios Saavedra was violently murdered in Huanta in November 1988. His death occurred at the hands of the Peruvian Navy. This case is mentioned in the context of the selective assassinations that characterized the period, in contrast to the massive attacks on civilian populations of the previous period. The …

    Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR
    #periodistas #ayacucho #violencia-estatal #huanta #fuerzas-del-orden #asesinato-selectivo #marina-de-guerra

  21. Murder of journalist Hugo Bustios Saavedra

    Journalist Hugo Bustios Saavedra was murdered in Huanta by members of the Peruvian Army in November 1988. This murder occurred in a context of intensifying internal armed conflict in the region, during which multiple operations by groups linked to the intelligence services were carried out against journalists, teachers and other …

    Huanta, Ayacucho Informe CVR, página 84
    #asesinatos #1988 #periodistas #ayacucho #ejército-peruano #huanta #fuerzas-armadas #violaciones-ddhh

  22. Complaint of threats from Comando Rodrigo Franco against journalist Morales

    On August 8, 1988, journalist Luis Morales Ortega filed a complaint with the Superior Prosecutor's Office of Ayacucho for being a victim of threats by the paramilitary group 'Comando Democrático Rodrigo Franco' and a self-styled Anti-Terrorist Liberation Command. In his complaint, Morales indicated that he had been followed and that …

    Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 4053
    #periodistas #ayacucho #paramilitares #amenazas #luis-morales-ortega #comando-rodrigo-franco

  23. Final judgment in the second instance of the Uchuraccay case

    The Supreme Court of Justice issued its final judgment in the second instance of the Uchuraccay case, increasing to 15 years the prison sentence of defendants Dionisio Morales Pérez and Mariano Ccasani Gonzáles for the crime of simple homicide, confirming the rest of the sentence of the Special Court. The …

    Lima, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 161-170
    #lima #homicidio #periodistas #uchuraccay #proceso-judicial #corte-suprema #sentencia-judicial
    2 docs

  24. Judgment of the Special Court on the Uchuraccay Case

    The Special Court sentenced three peasants from Uchuraccay for the murder of eight journalists on January 26, 1983. Dionisio Morales Pérez was sentenced to 10 years in prison, Mariano Ccasani Gonzáles to 8 years and Simeón Auccatoma Quispe to 6 years, all for the crime of simple homicide. Although the …

    Lima, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 165-166
    #lima #homicidio #periodistas #campesinos #uchuraccay #proceso-judicial #tribunal-especial #sentencia-judicial
    3 media 3 docs

  26. Condemnation of peasants for Uchuraccay massacre

    Four years after the 1983 Uchuraccay massacre, the Correctional Court in charge of the case issued its conviction. The court convicted three peasants from the Ayacucho hamlet of Uchuraccay accused of the crime. This sentence came in March 1987, four years after the events that took the lives of eight …

    Uchuraccay, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 130
    #periodistas #campesinos #masacre #uchuraccay #ayacucho #condena-judicial #tribunal-correccional
    1 media 2 docs

  28. Oral trial with statements of mixed patrol in the Uchuraccay case

    During the oral trial of the Uchuraccay case transferred to Lima, hearings were held between May and December 1986 in which members of the mixed patrol that arrived in Uchuraccay after the murder of the journalists on January 26, 1983 testified. The trial took place before the Special Tribunal that …

    Lima, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 177-178
    #lima #periodistas #uchuraccay #proceso-judicial #juicio-oral #patrulla-mixta

  29. Constitution of Special Tribunal for the Uchuraccay case

    In mid-April 1986, the Eighth Correctional Court of Lima became a Special Court dedicated exclusively to the Uchuraccay case. This tribunal was presided over by a doctor whose name is not fully specified in the excerpt. The Special Tribunal was constituted after the trial was transferred from Ayacucho to Lima …

    Lima, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 165, 176-177
    #lima #periodistas #uchuraccay #poder-judicial #proceso-judicial #tribunal-especial

  30. Report on disappearance of journalist Jaime Ayala Sulca

    On March 4, 1986, Lieutenant Commander AP Alvaro Artaza Adrianzén disappeared just before the trial against him for the Ayala case began. He was to be the first officer to be tried for the disappearance of journalist Jaime Ayala Sulca. The report mentions sub-officer Lince (second warrant officer AP Román …

    Perú Informe CVR, página 116
    #impunidad #periodistas #fuerzas-policiales #desaparición-forzada #jaime-ayala-sulca

  31. Shining Path threat against journalist Luis Morales

    In 1986, journalist Luis Morales Ortega received a death threat from the PCP-Sendero Luminoso urging him to disseminate a communiqué announcing upcoming 'executions' against six people considered 'undesirable'. The letter ended by threatening him: 'if you don't listen, you will be number 6'. The communiqué was signed by the 'SL …

    Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 4053
    #periodistas #ayacucho #sendero-luminoso #amenazas #luis-morales-ortega
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  32. Eighth Correctional Court takes over the Uchuraccay trial

    On November 25, 1985, the Eighth Correctional Court of Lima was designated to take over the continuation of the judicial process for the Uchuraccay massacre. This transfer took place after the request of the journalists' relatives to transfer the trial from Ayacucho to Lima was declared well-founded on September 12, …

    Lima, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 165, 177
    #lima #periodistas #uchuraccay #poder-judicial #proceso-judicial #transferencia-judicial

  33. Declaration of transfer of the process to Lima

    On September 12, 1985, the request of the relatives of the journalists murdered in Uchuraccay to transfer the judicial process to Lima was declared well-founded. This decision was made after the relatives requested the transfer of jurisdiction on July 18, 1985 and challenged all the members of the chamber of …

    Perú Informe CVR, página 165
    #lima #periodistas #uchuraccay #ayacucho #poder-judicial #proceso-judicial #transferencia-competencia

  34. Recusation of members of the Superior Court of Ayacucho

    The relatives of the journalists murdered in Uchuraccay recused all the members of the chamber of the Superior Court of Ayacucho during the judicial process. This recusal occurred after the last hearing of the oral trial held on July 24, 1985. The recusal was part of the multiple irregularities and …

    Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 162-177
    #periodistas #uchuraccay #ayacucho #poder-judicial #proceso-judicial #recusación

  35. Last hearing of the Uchuraccay massacre trial

    On July 24, 1985, the last hearing of the oral trial against three peasants accused of the massacre of eight journalists in Uchuraccay was held. The oral trial had begun on September 28, 1984 and lasted ten months. The defendants present were Dionisio Morales Pérez, Mariano Ccasani Gonzáles and Simeón …

    Sala de Audiencias de la Corte Superior de Ayacucho, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 163-165
    #periodistas #campesinos #uchuraccay #ayacucho #poder-judicial #quechuahablantes #proceso-judicial #juicio-oral
    1 media 1 docs

  36. Request for transfer of the trial to Lima

    On July 18, 1985, the relatives of the journalists murdered in Uchuraccay formally requested the transfer of jurisdiction of the trial from the Superior Court of Ayacucho to the city of Lima. This request came in the context of an extremely eventful and complex judicial process that had dragged on …

    Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 162-165, 176-177
    #lima #periodistas #uchuraccay #ayacucho #poder-judicial #proceso-judicial #transferencia-juicio

  37. Prosecutor requests withdrawal of indictment in Uchuraccay case

    During the hearing on March 26, 1985 in the oral trial for the Uchuraccay massacre, prosecutor Oscar Guerrero, to the astonishment of the audience, requested the withdrawal of the accusation against the three accused peasants (Dionisio Morales Perez, Mariano Ccasani Gonzales and Simeon Auccatoma Quispe) and their immediate release. The …

    Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 163-164
    #periodistas #uchuraccay #ayacucho #proceso-judicial #irregularidades-procesales #retiro-acusación #fiscales

  38. Kidnapping of Virginia Pelaez Ocampo and Percy Raborg Pfenning by the MRTA

    Members of the MRTA kidnapped reporter Virginia Pelaez Ocampo and cameraman Percy Raborg Pfenning of Channel 2 as they were leaving their workplace in Miraflores. The kidnappers forced them to record and broadcast a message denouncing alleged mistreatment and torture of MRTA comrades detained in Cusco. They were released the …

    Miraflores, Lima, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 3104-3105
    #lima #mrta #periodistas #propaganda #secuestros #miraflores
    2 docs

  40. Kidnapping of journalists by MRTA

    On December 8, 1984, members of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) kidnapped two journalists from Channel 2: Vicky Pelaez and her cameraman. During the kidnapping, the journalists were forced to do a report in which MRTA members explained their differences with the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The kidnappers also took advantage …

    Lima, Perú Informe CVR
    #lima #terrorismo #mrta #periodistas #secuestros #canal-2
    1 docs

  41. Prosecution accusation against seventeen farmers of Uchuraccay

    On August 14, 1984, the Public Prosecutor's Office filed the indictment against seventeen peasants from Uchuraccay accused of the massacre of journalists that occurred on January 26, 1983. The prosecution requested a minimum prison sentence of 25 years for the crime of multiple homicide. Of the seventeen defendants, only three …

    Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 161-162, 176-177
    #periodistas #campesinos #uchuraccay #ayacucho #proceso-judicial #acusación-fiscal #homicidio-múltiple
    2 media 1 docs

  42. Forced disappearance of journalist Jaime Ayala Sulca

    On August 2, 1984, journalist Jaime Boris Ayala Sulca, 22 years old, correspondent of the newspaper La República and host of a program on Radio Huanta 2000, went to the Navy Base at the Huanta Stadium to complain about the raid on his mother's house that took place that morning. …

    Estadio Municipal de Huanta, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 3362-3367
    #periodistas #ayacucho #huanta #torturas #desaparición-forzada #ejecución-extrajudicial #marina-de-guerra
    2 media 9 docs

  43. Disappearance of journalist Jaime Ayala Sulca

    The kidnapping and disappearance of Jaime Ayala Sulca, a journalist from Huanta, correspondent of the newspaper 'La República', took place in the Marine Infantry base stationed in the Municipal Stadium of Huanta. This case adds to the serious human rights violations committed by the Marine Infantry in Huanta during 1984.

    Estadio Municipal de Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 270
    #periodistas #ayacucho #huanta #desaparición-forzada #infantería-de-marina #jaime-ayala-sulca
    2 media 9 docs

  44. Arrest and disappearance of journalist Jaime Ayala Sulca

    Jaime Ayala Sulca, correspondent of the newspaper La República, disappeared after being detained at the Peruvian Navy in Huanta, Ayacucho. This case became emblematic of the repression against journalists during the internal armed conflict. The detention was carried out by members of the Navy and his disappearance was later denied …

    Huanta, departamento de Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 3051
    #periodistas #ayacucho #huanta #desaparición-forzada #marina-de-guerra
    1 media 6 docs

  45. Raid of Jaime Ayala Sulca's mother's home

    On August 2, 1984, members of the police forces raided the home of journalist Jaime Ayala Sulca's mother in Huanta. Jaime Ayala Sulca was a correspondent for the newspaper La República. This raid occurred in the context of the journalist's disappearance, which caused a commotion in political circles along with …

    Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 93
    #periodistas #1984 #ayacucho #huanta #fuerzas-policiales #desaparición-forzada #zona-emergencia #violación-derechos-humanos

  46. 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
    #periodistas #huanta #torturas #detención-arbitraria #hugo-bustíos #infantería-marina
    1 docs

  47. Completion of judicial investigation of the Uchuraccay case

    The investigation carried out by the ad hoc Court of Instruction ended on February 17, 1984, one year and one month after the events of the Uchuraccay massacre. The case file was transferred to the Superior Court of Justice of Ayacucho. Subsequently, on August 14, 1984, the Public Prosecutor's Office …

    Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 162-163
    #periodistas #investigación #uchuraccay #ayacucho #poder-judicial #proceso-judicial

  48. Reconstruction of the events in Uchuraccay

    On January 31, 1984, the judicial reconstruction of the events that occurred in the community of Uchuraccay took place. This judicial proceeding was part of the criminal process initiated after the massacre of eight journalists, a guide and a community member on January 26, 1983. The reconstruction was carried out …

    Uchuraccay, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 176-177
    #periodistas #1984 #masacre #uchuraccay #ayacucho #huanta #reconstrucción-judicial #proceso-penal

  49. Judicial reconstruction of facts in Uchuraccay

    On January 31, 1984, a judicial reconstruction of facts was carried out in Uchuraccay, related to the judicial process for the murder of the eight journalists that occurred on January 26, 1983. During this proceeding, the path taken by the journalists from their arrival in the area to the place …

    Uchuraccay, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, p. 133
    #periodistas #uchuraccay #ayacucho #huanta #proceso-judicial #diligencia-judicial #reconstrucción-de-hechos

  50. Request for annulment of the proceeding by relatives of journalists

    The relatives of the journalists murdered in Uchuraccay requested the nullity of the judicial process due to procedural flaws and serious irregularities committed during the beginning of the process. This request was filed in the context of an extremely eventful and complex judicial process that lasted for five long years. …

    Perú Informe CVR, página 175
    #periodistas #uchuraccay #sistema-judicial #proceso-judicial #irregularidades-procesales #familiares-víctimas

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They Live in the Hearts of Those Who Loved Them

TORRES VARILLAS, Nilton

La Republica · 2013

On January 26, 1983, eight journalists were killed in a frigid community on the Ayacuchan highlands. The whirlwind of violence then spreading across Peru suddenly engulfed those who had traveled …

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Uchuraccay, 30 Years Later: The Same Shadows

MONTOYA ROJAS, Rodrigo

Revista iedele · 2013

Thirty years ago (January 26, 1983), eight journalists went to Uchuraccay to try to find out what had happened a week earlier in Huaychau, and to determine whether the official …

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Uchuraccay or the Silence of the Killers

PITA, Alfredo

La Primera · 2013

The writer and journalist Alfredo Pita recalls that fateful day when he arrived in Uchuraccay immediately after the massacre, about which clear answers are still lacking due to what has …

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Uchuraccay, Vargas Llosa's Nightmare

GARGUREVICH, Juan

La Primera · 2013

It has been a long time since Mario Vargas Llosa has referred to Uchuraccay, that horrific episode in the history of Peru that, on January 26, 1983, cost the lives …

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Mario Vargas Llosa: The Coverup Artist of the Uchuraccay Massacre

ADRIÁN¸ Gabriel

El Diario Internacional · 2013

On January 26, 1983, eight journalists and an Andean guide were brutally massacred by peasants from the community of Uchuraccay (Ayacucho) who had been trained and directed by the Peruvian …

periodistas sendero luminoso marina de guerra mario vargas llosa informe uchuraccay
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What Did Vargas Llosa Write About Uchuraccay?

GARGUREVIC, Juan

http://tiojuan.wordpress.com · 2013

Vargas Llosa bade farewell to Uchuraccay forever and never referred to the subject again, not even, as we recall, in his memoirs titled "El Pez en el Agua," perhaps because, …

periodistas comuneros sendero luminoso mario vargas llosa informe uchuraccay
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The Press and Journalists in Prison in the Period 1990-2000

Orós García, Sara Inés

UNMSM · 2008

The report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission shows us the twenty years of violence (1980–2000) that Peru lived through, during which the human rights of nearly seventy thousand Peruvians …

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Where Are the Killers of Jaime Ayala?

Crónica Viva

Crónica Viva · 2006

After twenty-two long years of legal maneuvering and even the alleged kidnapping of the main defendant, Army Captain Álvaro Artaza Adrianzén, alias "Comandante Camión," the forced disappearance of journalist Jaime …

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Never So Close Did the Distant Strike. Memory and Political Violence in Peru

Degregori, Carlos Iván; Jelin, Elizabeth

Lima. IEP, 2003, 222 pp · 2003

This work explores the scenario of violence and the ways in which the memory of Uchuraccay operates — a community that, after the massacre, became an emblematic reference point for …

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Uchuraccay: The Politics of Death in Peru

Theidon, Kimberley; Quinteros, Énver

IDEELE - Revista del Instituto de Defensa Legal. Número 152 · 2003

The events of Uchuraccay — which include the deaths of 135 peasants — allow us to approach the divides that continue to distort Peruvian society. We suggest that the quasi-sacred …

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Uchuraccay or The Face of Barbarism. First Edition

Cristóbal, Juan

Lima: San Marcos, 406 pp. · 2003

The author states in this work: In 1989 I submitted this book (when it was 1,000 pages, 2 volumes) to CONCYTEC, which did not approve it, as that honor had …

terrorismo periodistas fuerzas armadas uchuraccay ayacucho
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Postcolonial Memory. Time, Space, and Discourse on the Events of Uchuraccay

Hosoya, Hiromi

Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP). Documento de trabajo No. 134 · 2003

Today we are at the moment of historicizing the era of violence in Peru. But this does not mean placing events and memories in the past in order to forget …

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Another Clue to Understanding What Happened in Uchuraccay

MONTOYA ROJAS, Rodrigo

ALAI, América Latina en Movimiento · 2001

On January 23, 1983, General Noel, then the political-military commander of the Ayacucho zone, announced to the press that the villagers of Huaychao had killed seven Senderistas. To find out …

periodistas uchuraccay ayacucho huancavelica sendero luminoso
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Vargas Llosa Exploited Our Pain

QUINTERO LUENGO, Edgar

Revista Gente · 2000

17 years later, the wounds of Uchuraccay are still open. Widows and mothers of the journalists murdered in Ayacucho are outraged when they recall the injustice that the writer covered …

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Return of Colina - Opinion Column

Rospigliosi, Fernando

Revista Caretas · 1996

The dynamite attack against the local affiliate of channel 13 in Puno has been presented as a local dispute among regional power groups. But it seems more likely to be …

periodistas represión puno grupo colina césar hildebrandt
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Uchuraccay. Testimony of a Massacre

Thorndike, Guillermo

Lima. Labrusa, 96 pp · 1983

Before January 26, 1983, no one knew where Uchuraccay was — a locality in the province of Huanta, department of Ayacucho. After that date, it was discovered that it "existed," …

terrorismo periodistas fuerzas armadas uchuraccay víctimas
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Death of Eight Journalists in Uchuraccay Confirmed

El Comercio

El Comercio · 1983

Front page of El Comercio. Monday, January 31, 1983. Other headlines: Due to a misunderstanding, comuneros confused them with terrorists.

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Journalists' Remains Were Buried in Separate Ceremonies

El Comercio

El Comercio · 1983

Wednesday, February 2, 1983. Other headlines: Relatives did not allow the coffins to be used for political ends. Cardinal calls for an investigation into the Uchuraccai massacre. Condolence messages continue …

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Vargas Llosa Defends His Report on the Murder of Eight Journalists in Ayacucho

Yuste, Juan Gonzalo

El País · 1983

Mario Vargas Llosa, president of the independent commission that investigated the murders of eight journalists in Ayacucho, believes that the recently discovered photographs confirm the commission's conclusions that the reporters …

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Report on Uchuraccay

GUZMÁN FIGUEROA, Abraham/ VARGAS LLOSA, Mario /CASTRO ARENAS, Mario

Revista Oiga · 1983

In the following pages OIGA offers its readers the complete report of the Investigative Commission on the Uchuraccay massacre. Aware of the historical value of this document, we have not …

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Report of the Investigative Commission on the Events of Uchuraccay

Guzmán, Abraham; Vargas Llosa, Mario; Castro, Mario

Lima. Editora Perú, 152 pp. · 1983

During the following months, Uchuraccay continued to be the scene of violence, death, and desolation: one hundred and thirty-five community members were killed as a result of attacks by the …

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Perpetrators of the Massacre Were Transferred to Ayacucho

El Comercio

El Comercio · 1983

Front page of El Comercio. February 2, 1983. Other headlines: Among them the Lieutenant Governor and several women. Lima gives a massive farewell to the murdered journalists. Relatives, upset at …

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