2 documents in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
The maximum-security status of the Yanamayo prison, located in Puno at 4,200 meters above sea level, was called into question this week by the 38-minute interview that MRTA member Jaime …
People change. Sometimes radically. Any transformation, however, can never make the crime and horror of terrorism justifiable. Lori Berenson, the American woman sentenced by the Peruvian military justice system to …
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A witness recounted the mistreatment he suffered in the Yanamayo prison, located in Puno. This testimony is part of the denunciations of prison conditions in the maximum security prisons, which since 1992 have become spaces that have undermined everything that gives security to human beings. The testimony was collected in …
Prisoners in Yanamayo were subjected to severe isolation and deprivation of basic rights. Edwin Melitón Cárdenas, a prisoner, died due to medical neglect after being denied hospital transfer for security reasons. Many prisoners suffered from paralysis, bone deformities, and significant vision loss as a result of the harsh conditions.
In February 2000, inmates at the Yanamayo prison in Peru initiated a significant riot that led to the collapse of the prison's internal structures. This event was part of a broader pattern of prison unrest in Peru during this period, with similar incidents occurring in other facilities such as Castro …
In March 1994, President Alberto Fujimori visited the Yanamayo maximum security prison. During this visit, he was received by Osmán Morote, leader of the PCP-SL imprisoned in the prison. Morote, with a handshake, reiterated the president's request for a "peace agreement". This visit took place in the context of the …