Arrest of Víctor Taipe Zúñiga
Víctor Taipe Zúñiga, president of the FNTMMSP, was arrested on November 20, 1989 as part of the State's counter-subversive policy. As of April 1990, he was being held with signs of mistreatment, according to a complaint filed with the ILO.
Víctor Taipe Zúñiga, president of the National Federation of Mining, Metal and Steel Workers of Peru (FNTMMSP), was arrested on November 20, 1989. This arrest occurred in the context of the third national mining strike and the repressive measures implemented by the Peruvian State against the mining union movement. At the time of the complaint filed with the ILO on April 5, 1990, Taipe Zúñiga was being held in detention and showed signs of having been mistreated. The arrest was carried out as part of the State's counter-subversive policy and was part of a complaint filed by the FNTMMSP with the International Labor Organization denouncing actions against freedom of association.