The Penales Genocide is remembered, which took place between June 18th and 19th, 1986. Those responsible for this horrendous act, which left around 300 dead in its wake, always argued …
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20 documents in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
After 26 years and 6 months since the El Frontón massacre, the Public Ministry files a criminal indictment and proposes an oral trial in this case at the level of …
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 …
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, …
25 years ago, La República published on its front page the discovery of a clandestine grave in Pucayacu — on the border between Ayacucho and Huancavelica — containing 50 victims …
Between March 9 and 25, 2009, the human remains of 37 of 50 people executed by agents of the Navy and found at the Pucayacu site in August 1984 were …
On June 19, 1986, the most sinister extermination operation took place in the prisons of El Frontón, Lurigancho, and Santa Bárbara. 254 inmates were extrajudicially executed. The rioters denounced an …
On March 12 of this year, the Prosecutor of the Third Supraprovincial Prosecutor's Office of Lima, Dr. José Luis Azañero, filed criminal charges against 24 members of the Navy as …
On April 2, 1995, an operational group of Navy personnel intervened in the town of San Alejandro in Ucayali, killing the minor Indalecio Pomatanta. After brutally beating him, they doused …
Former presidents Alan García, Valentín Paniagua, Alberto Fujimori, and Army General Víctor Bustamante will be protagonists of the hearings involving political and military actors. Fujimori will, however, be the absent …
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission continues to fulfill with clarity and rigor the difficult task entrusted to it. To that end, it has addressed the Public Prosecutor's Office recommending that …
Martin Javier Roca Casas, 27 years old, was a student in the Faculty of Economics at the Universidad Nacional del Callao. It was five in the afternoon on October 5, …
Political counselor Felder made his farewell visit to President García late on the night of June 30. During the meeting, García only wanted to talk about the internal political crisis …
This document describes the situation following the prison riots and killings, including the likely resignation of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior. Police detained during the …
This document analyzes the recent Supreme Court decision ordering Lieutenant Commander Artaza to stand trial in a civilian court for the 1984 disappearance of journalist Jaime Ayala. The document covers …
The U.S. Embassy describes the criminal charges filed against Commander Alvaro Artaza Adrianzén (better known by his war name "Comandante Camión"), former head of the Navy garrison in Huanta. The …
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