Detention of municipal candidates in Huancapi
Military patrol detained six municipal candidates and a pregnant woman in Huancapi; they are missing
On April 19, 1991, around 10:30 p.m., a military patrol of 15 soldiers under the command of Sub Lieutenant José Luis Israel Chávez Velásquez arrested six people who had just registered their electoral list 'Izquierda Unida Socialista' for the municipal elections: Zenón Huamaní Chuchón, Julio Arotoma Cacñahuaray, Eleuterio Fernández Quispe, Luis Amaru Quispe, Napoleón Quispe Ortega and Onofredo Huamaní Quispe. They also detained Honorata Oré de Arotoma, wife of one of the candidates and 8 months pregnant. The military beat them and transferred them to the Huancapi Military Base. They have been missing since then.
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José Luis Israel Chávez Velásquez
military officer, perpetrator
Zenón Huamaní Chuchón
municipal candidate, victim
Julio Arotoma Cacñahuaray
municipal candidate, victim
Eleuterio Fernández Quispe
municipal candidate, victim
Napoleón Quispe Ortega
municipal candidate, victim
Onofredo Huamaní Quispe
municipal candidate, victim
Honorata Oré de Arotoma
victim
Julio César Torres Ortiz
military officer, perpetrator
Juan Díaz Peña
military officer, perpetrator
Juan Carlos Gutiérrez Huamaní
military officer, perpetrator
Javier Quispe Díaz
military officer, perpetrator
Izquierda Unida Socialista
political party
Ejército peruano
perpetrator
Huancapi
location of detention
Luis Amaru Quispe
municipal candidate, victim