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2 documents in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
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BREAKING THE DIKE OF THE AMNESTY LAW
The murdered victims of La Cantuta return, the disappeared from Santa, from Ucayali, from Huancayo, from Lima, from Huancavelica, from Huánuco, from Ayacucho. The ghosts return to haunt — four …
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Kidnapping and murder of 9 peasants in the Santa region
On May 2, 1992, the Colina detachment kidnapped and murdered 9 peasants from Santa. The victims were detained and then executed or disappeared. The victims' relatives filed Habeas Corpus appeals that were declared inadmissible by the Judicial Power. The bodies were buried clandestinely using lime to make it difficult to …
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Human Rights Violations by the Colina Group in Santa
On May 2, 1992, the Colina Group, a death squad, committed severe human rights violations against nine individuals in the district of Santa, near Chimbote, Peru. These violations included infringements on their rights to freedom and life. The region was strategically important due to conflicts between the Shining Path and …
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Murder of Fr. Alessandro Dordi
Fr. Alessandro Dordi, an Italian missionary, was murdered in Santa. This murder occurred just two weeks after the murder of the two Polish Franciscans, as part of the escalation of violence by the Shining Path against foreign pastoral agents. The priest was working on pastoral projects with local communities.
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Murder of Italian priest in Santa Maria
An Italian priest was murdered in the town of Santa, province of Santa, department of Ancash. This crime occurred in the context of a series of attacks against religious in the region during August 1991. Days earlier, on August 9, a group of subversives had assassinated the mayor of Pariacoto …