2 documents in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
Santillana came close to being wiped off the map by guerrilla attacks and repression by the army and paramilitary self-defense groups. Those who survived fear that the State will exclude …
The identity of individuals was also a target of Peru's armed conflict. In the place where the conflict erupted, what remains today are memories, mass graves with unidentified bones, or …
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In July 1987, five community members were murdered in Putis, a locality in the district of San José de Santillana in the province of Huanta. This event occurred in the context of the intensification of the internal armed conflict in the region, during a period of relative calm between 1985 …
According to testimony 200920 , the victims in both testimonies became pregnant as a result of rapes that occurred in 1987. The document mentions multiple cases in the district of Santillana, Province of Huanta, Department of Ayacucho during that year. In one of the cases detailed, a woman started a …
117 people - men, women, children - were killed in the community of Putis, presumably at the hands of the military. Most of the villages in the area had been forced by the PCP-SL since 1983 to 'retreat' to the hills. When the Military Base was installed in Putis, a …
On July 28, 1984, the mayor of the district of Santillana, Alberto la Rosa, was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. Along with him was executed Juan Contreras, who was a former mayor of the same district. This assassination was part of the Shining Path's strategy to eliminate local authorities and …
In July 1984, the PCP-SL murdered three people in a community in Marccaraccay, Santillana district, Huanta province. This event occurred in the context of an intense wave of violence in the area during 1984, a year that saw the highest number of civilian murders in the provinces of Huanta, Huamanga …
In February 1984, members of the Marine Infantry raided the town of Carhuac, district of Santillana, province of Huanta. During this military operation, the villagers of the community were murdered. This event is part of the counter-subversive strategy implemented by the Armed Forces in the area, characterized by indiscriminate actions …
In September 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated five community authorities in the town of Cayramayo, Santillana district, Huanta province. This was part of the Shining Path's strategy of eliminating traditional authorities and any form of organization existing in the peasant communities. The assassination of local authorities was part of the …
According to testimonies gathered by the CVR, on May 20, 1983, about 80 peasants were murdered in San José de Secce, in the district of Santillana. The victims had been previously kidnapped by members of the Peruvian Navy. The testimonies designate members of the Navy as responsible for these deaths. …
In December 1982, the PCP-SL assassinated twelve people in Ccarhuaurán, Santillana district, Huanta province. This event is part of the PCP-SL's strategy to liberate the countryside through threats, dismissals and assassinations of local authorities and civilian population. The rondas of Qarhuahurán (as also mentioned in the text) were among the …
In December 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso killed twelve villagers in Pumahuasi, also known as Rumichaca, in the district of Santillana, province of Huanta. This event is part of a series of murders perpetrated by Sendero Luminoso in the highland communities of Huanta during that period. The murders took place in …