Mass graves and investigative blunders. Remains found near the Callejón de Conchucos are old, but not as old as certain authorities would like to claim. In Ocros, skulls pierced by …
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Murders in Ocros
The testimony refers to murders that occurred in Ocros, province of Huamanga, department of Ayacucho. The declarants were women witnesses of these murders. The event is documented in the context of testimonies on somatic manifestations associated with traumatic memory, where the witnesses reported stomach pains when recalling the massacres. The …
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Testimony on murders in Ocros, Huamanga, Ayacucho
Testimony 203203 collected in Ayacucho in November 2002, where women witnesses narrate murders that occurred in Ocros, province of Huamanga, Ayacucho. The witnesses describe the physical and psychological after-effects of the trauma they experienced, including stomach pains associated with the memory of the massacres. The testimony is part of the …
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Testimony on husband's murder in Ocros
A woman testified before the CVR in October 2002 about the murder of her husband in Ocros, a district in the province of Huamanga in Ayacucho. The testimony is part of the documented cases of loss of family members during the internal armed conflict. The witness recounted the circumstances of …
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Creation of the province of Ocros
The province of Ocros was created in 1990 as a result of a fragmentation of the province of Bolognesi. According to the 1993 Census, the population of Ocros was 7,039 inhabitants. This provincial creation occurred in the midst of the internal armed conflict affecting the region. The new province was …
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Murder of Mayor Juan Pando Prado and Isaac Salvatierra in Ccaccamarca
In September 1989, the PCP-SL assassinated Mayor Juan Pando Prado and Isaac Salvatierra in Ccaccamarca, Ocros district. This was part of the Shining Path's strategy to eliminate local authorities in the Huamanga region. The assassination occurred in the same month in which the PCP-SL also executed the provincial mayor of …
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Murder of the mayor of Ocros
The mayor of Ocros was assassinated by the Shining Path PCP shortly after the murder of the provincial mayor of Huamanga, Fermín Asparrent, in September 1989. This crime was part of a systematic strategy of the PCP-SL to eliminate local authorities in the Ayacucho region. The assassination took place in …
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Murders in Rajan
In 1989, the PCP-SL assassinated several people in Raján, Ocros, including Rosario Rojas (Vice President of the Community), Abraham Castillo (Mayor), Martín Rojas, Samuray Rojas and Hitler Rojas. The latter three were apparently killed for asking for quotas on behalf of the PCP-SL. The violence continued in 1991 when Eva …
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Disappearances of Mamerta Patricio and Norma Higinio Requena
In the context of the police response to the Shining Path offensive in the region, police forces apprehended and disappeared Mamerta Patricio and Norma Higinio Requena in Raján, Ocros, at different times during 1989. These disappearances were part of a broader pattern of arbitrary detentions and forced disappearances carried out …
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Execution of Aider De la Cruz
Aider De la Cruz was executed by police forces in Raján, Ocros, accused of belonging to the ranks of the PCP-SL. This event occurred in the context of the police response against the Shining Path offensive that had spread between 1989 and 1990 to various localities. The execution was part …
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Murders due to immoral behavior in watersheds
In August 1987, the PCP-SL executed people accused of "immoral behavior" in the Nunumia, Cochas, Paca and Colpa basins, located in the provinces of Bolognesi and Ocros. The victims were identified as abigeos, womanizers and other behaviors considered immoral by the subversive organization. This action was part of the PCP-SL's …
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Murder of 15 peasants on road from Ocros to Huamanga
On June 12, 1984, on the road leading from Ocros to Huamanga in Ayacucho, 15 peasants traveling in a truck were murdered. The peasants were executed for refusing to collaborate with the PCP-SL (Shining Path). This event is part of the systematic violence exercised by the subversive group against the …
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Murder of 15 peasants in Mayocc
In January 1984, in the locality of Mayocc, district of Ocros, province of Cangallo, 15 peasants were killed by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The peasants were executed for refusing to join the ranks of the PCP-SL. This event was part of the Shining Path's strategy to "beat the countryside" and eliminate …
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Murder of 18 peasants in Juquisa
On April 20, 1983, in Juquisa, district of Ocros, province of Cangallo, 18 peasants were killed by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The victims were executed for refusing to follow PCP-SL slogans and for being registered on a Shining Path list as "government dogs". This event is part of the PCP-SL's strategy …
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Murder of peasants in Juquisa by PCP-SL
On April 20, 1983 in Ocros, subversive elements of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso murdered 18 peasants in the town of Juquisa for refusing to follow Shining Path slogans. This event occurred in the context of increasing violence in the province of Cangallo after the installation of the Totos military base.
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