8 documents in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
Army Colonel (ret.) Alberto Pinto, close friend of Fujimori and Montesinos, will be released following an acquittal by the supreme chamber presided over by Villa Stein. Between January and October …
Alberto Fujimori has begun his substantive defense in the trial against him for serious human rights violations in the Barrios Altos and La Cantuta cases. During this first appearance he …
The Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CorteIDH) of the OEA found the Peruvian State guilty of the forced disappearance of university student Kenneth Ney Anzualdo Castro, which occurred in 1993 …
The Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos condemned the Peruvian State for the forced disappearance of Kenneth Anzualdo, the student from the Universidad del Callao who was tortured by Army agents …
Luisa Zanata, a former SIE agent, explains how communications espionage works. As will be recalled, she left the country and sought refuge in the United States after her superiors discovered …
A former SIE agent reveals dark details about the Grupo Colina, the torture of Leonor la Rosa, the murder of Mariela Barreto, the infiltration of intelligence services into the electoral …
At 7:15 in the evening last Thursday the 3rd, the offices of the National Intelligence Service and the Army Intelligence Directorate — DINTE — were requesting information on the situation …
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When put to a vote, the first five motions on the agenda to investigate the torture denounced by Leonor La Rosa and the murder of Mariela Barreto were rejected by 56 votes against and 11 in favor. The pro-government majority systematically prevented the investigation of human rights violations.
Five agenda motions were presented in Congress on the denunciation of the torture of Leonor La Rosa, to form investigative commissions and to invite the President of the Council of Ministers and the Minister of Defense. Congressmen from different parties asked to investigate the murder of Mariela Barreto and the …
On April 6, 1997, a report by Pamela Vértiz in the program Contrapunto denounced the torture of Leonor La Rosa, another SIE source for journalistic investigations. The case received dramatic media coverage due to the resulting serious disability. It was denounced as an attempt on her life perpetrated by the …
The television program Contrapunto presented the testimony of former SIE agent Leonor La Rosa about torture she allegedly received by members of the SIE for having revealed information about the 'Bermuda', 'El Pino' and 'Narval' Plan. This testimony generated multiple motions in Congress to investigate the alleged facts.
On March 23, 1997, Mariela Barreto, who was a SIE source for journalistic investigations on the Colina Group and SIN operations, was found decapitated. Her murder was part of the persecution of those who collaborated with journalists in investigations on human rights violations and death squads during the Fujimori government.
On March 22, members of the SIE kidnap SIE agent Mariela Barreto Riofano. On March 24, her dismembered body with signs of torture is found at kilometer 25 on the road to Canta (Lima). Her murder is linked to Leonor La Rosa's denunciations of irregular activities in the intelligence services.
In 1997, two informants for the Peruvian Army Intelligence Service (SIE) were targeted in a series of violent acts. Mariela Barreto was found decapitated on March 23, 1997, and Leonor La Rosa was reportedly tortured, as revealed in a report by Pamela Vértiz on April 6, 1997. These events highlighted …
Congressmen Alejandro Santa María, Jorge Del Castillo and Edgard Núñez proposed that Congress appoint an investigative commission on the alleged illegal activities of the Intelligence Services linked to the so-called 'Narval' and 'Bermuda' plans with the purpose of terrorizing national journalism. The motion was rejected by 57 votes against and …
Leonor La Rosa, a former agent of the Army Intelligence Service (SIE), provided classified information to the newspaper La República about the operation plan called 'Bermuda', revealed in notes published on December 9, 10 and 14, 1996. This contributed to aborting the SIE's ongoing plan to make an attempt on …
On December 9, 1996, La República published an investigation by Edmundo Cruz that revealed the existence of Plan Narval 96, an operation carried out by the SIE under the guidance of the SIN to attack Global Televisión in Puno. The investigation also mentioned the existence of Plan Bermuda, an operation …
Accused of infidelity when she was a member of the SIE, Leonor La Rosa Bustamante is tortured. This causes her a series of physical disorders. La Rosa had denounced the death of SIN agent Mariella Barreto Riofano. Her case became emblematic of the human rights violations committed by the intelligence …
In 1993, under the Plan of Operations 'Tentáculo', eight intelligence posts were established in the Huallaga region of Peru to monitor narcotics trafficking. These posts were managed by the Army Intelligence Service (SIE) and included locations such as Tarapoto, Juanjuí-Yurimaguas, and Tocache-Juanjuí. The National Intelligence Service (SIN) played a significant …
On the night of July 27, 1992, businessman Samuel Dyer Ampudia was illegally detained at Jorge Chávez Airport by Major PNP Migdonio Torres Aliaga by order of Colonel PNP Víctor Arcila Dupp. He was handed over to PNP Colonel Carlos Domínguez Solís of the SIN, who transferred him to the …
Nine students and a professor of La Cantuta University were arrested in a military intervention carried out at night on the campus of that university. After the arrest, all the victims disappeared. The intervention was carried out by military personnel and the whereabouts of the detainees were not subsequently known, …
In the early morning of July 18, 1992, nine students (Juan Gabriel Mariño, Bertila Lozano Torres, Dora Oyague Fierro, Robert Teodoro Espinoza, Marcelino Rosales Cárdenas, Felipe Flores Chipana, Luis Enrique Ortiz Perea, Armando Amaro Cóndor and Heráclides Pablo Meza) and professor Hugo Muñoz Sánchez, were kidnapped from the University Housing …
On March 22, members of the SIE kidnapped Mariela Barreto Riofano. Her dismembered body, showing signs of torture, was discovered on March 24 near kilometer 25 of the road to Canta in Lima. This event, along with the torture of her colleague Leonor La Rosa Bustamante, led to political repercussions …
On February 17, 1992, by means of reception act Nº 002/Desto.C, a commission composed of Major EP Santiago Martin Rivas (Chief of the Colina Detachment), Captain EP Carlos Pichilingüe Guevara and Technician Marco Flores Albán, received from the War Material Logistics Service armament that included TAURUS pistols, HONDA motorcycles, TOYOTA …
On September 4, 1991, the second displacement of a large group of agents to the Colina detachment took place. Fourteen operational intelligence agents (AIO) were ordered to move, including Julio Chuqui Aguirre, Pablo Atuncar Cama, José Tena Jacinto and others. All personnel were to go to the SIE maintenance shed …
On August 22, 1991, Director of Intelligence Juan Rivero Lazo ordered the SIE chief colonel to arrange for a group of operational intelligence agents to be present at the SIE maintenance shed to be placed under the command of Lieutenant Colonel EP Rodriguez Zabalbeascoa. This was the first official movement …
In August 1991, a ceremony was held at the SIE maintenance workshop attended by high-ranking military officials, including generals and intelligence officers. During the ceremony, a new emblem was presented, symbolizing the intelligence and operational groups within the SIE. The Colina Detachment was formed in memory of Captain EP Colina …
In August 1991, an inauguration ceremony for the Colina detachment was held at the SIE maintenance shop. In attendance were General Julio Salazar Monroe (head of the SIN), Juan Rivero Lazo (director of Army intelligence), Lieutenant Colonel Fernando Rodriguez Zabalbeascoa, Captains Santiago Martin Rivas and Carlos Pichilingüe Guevara, and the …
On October 1, 1990, members of the Army Intelligence Service (SIE) arrested Constantino Saavedra Muñoz, former deputy mayor of Acción Popular (AP) in the district of Quinua, province of Huamanga. The arrest occurred when Saavedra Muñoz was leaving a meeting of the Huamanga City Development Corporation (CORFA). This event took …