The publication of a book about what happened at the Los Cabitos barracks in Ayacucho in 1983 invites reflection on a tragedy that some wish to silence (Cuartel Los Cabitos. …
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7 documents in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
In the Los Cabitos barracks in Ayacucho, 59 complete skeletons were found, along with bones corresponding to more than one hundred bodies out of a much larger total number of …
Most complaints of disappearance and torture in the department of Ayacucho date from 1983 and 1984; however, only those concerning the first of those years have advanced far enough to …
Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza has become the public face of the families of the disappeared in Peru. She has never tired of crying out for them. Doña Angélica is an …
Retired general Carlos Briceño Zevallos does not remember anything that happened in 1983. At least that is the argument of his defense attorney, César Nakasaki, to support his claim that …
After a series of threats to invade the sector known as "La Hoyada," a training ground of the Peruvian Army, Cuartel Los Cabitos BIM 51 in Ayacucho, which had been …
Breathless, senseless: the Uchuraccay massacre and its subsequent politicization have been the worst tragedies in national journalism, without mercy. Every year, Javier Ascue, a representative journalist at El Comercio to …
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Human Rights Violations at Cuartel Los Cabitos
In 1985, a clandestine oven was constructed at Cuartel Los Cabitos in Ayacucho, Peru. This oven was used to burn human remains that were previously buried in the area. The construction process uncovered several bodies, highlighting the severe human rights abuses committed at the site.
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Event at Cuartel 'Los cabitos'
In October 1983, an event occurred at the Cuartel 'Los cabitos' in the province of Huamanga, Ayacucho, Peru. This event is part of a series of incidents involving military bases in the region during a period of significant unrest and conflict. The details of the event are documented in the …