For 10 days, La República accompanied a team of archaeologists and forensic experts from the Ministerio Público on their journey through the remote areas of the region known as Oreja …
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At the invitation of the President of the Congressional Committee on Justice and Human Rights, Dr. Alberto Beingolea Delgado, Dr. Gisella Vignolo, Deputy Ombudsman for Human Rights and Persons with …
In an interview with Terra magazine, the Director of the Equipo Peruano de Antropología Forense (EPAF), José Pablo Baraybar, noted that following the initial burial of the victims of the …
The Defensoría del Pueblo has persevered in keeping on the National agenda various obligations to which the State must provide an effective response. One of these is addressing the consequences …
In Ayacucho, the Specialized Human Rights Criminal Prosecutor's Office is investigating the human rights violations that occurred in the province of Huanta between July and August 1984. Toward that end, …
Joy at what has been achieved, but awareness of the challenges ahead, characterize the assessment of the CVR. The pending agenda has been drawn up based on conversations with Sofía …
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Return of the witness to the pit
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, …
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Exhumation of grave in Ccarpaccasa
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 …
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Teaching from the pit to the prosecutor
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 …
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Exhumation of Jovita Garcia's body and subsequent disappearance
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 …
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Exhumation of Juan Argumedo's body
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 …
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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 …
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Exhumation of corpses in Pucayacu
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 …
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Exhumation of the body of Severino Huáscar Morales
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 …
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Diligence of exhumation of Juan Argumedo
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 …
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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. …
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Arrival of journalists and family members in Ayacucho
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 …
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Judge Hugo Molina takes cognizance of Uchuraccay case
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 …
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Beginning of the judicial process - exhumation of corpses in Uchuraccay
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 …
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Exhumation of journalists bodies in Uchuraccay
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. …
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Exhumation of the corpses of the eight journalists murdered in Uchuraccay
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 …
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Confirmation of the massacre of journalists in Uchuraccay
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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