Finishing off wounded terrorists with a coup de grâce to the head and killing any survivors was the order issued by Alberto Fujimori, according to the final report on which …
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8 documents in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
One of the decisive aspects put into play from the very beginning by the hostage crisis is that relating to the images, interpretations, and opinions that the population has or …
A couple of weeks ago, the beginning of a dialogue seemed to be taking shape from the proposal—somewhat confused, it is true, but which constituted a first step—of forming a …
It has been, among other things, also a crisis of language. Words more than once broke the relative fidelity they should maintain with the facts. Néstor Cerpa speaking of "the …
The delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was one of the 600 guests of the Japanese ambassador in Lima on that December 17, 1996. When the …
The takeover of the Japanese Ambassador's residence in Peru by a group of guerrillas from the Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru (MRTA) struck at one of the main achievements that President …
It appears that as early as mid-January, the military assault on the Japanese Ambassador's residence was the main alternative being considered by President Fujimori and the military high command. Although …
Faced with threats by the Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru (MRTA) to execute the 490 hostages it holds at the Japanese embassy, the Peruvian government is torn between negotiation and an …
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