Detention of leaders in La Oroya
In November 1991, during a mining workers' demonstration in La Oroya, the military arrested all the participating leaders. This action was part of the military's strategy of repression against the mining union movement in the central region.
During a demonstration by mine workers in La Oroya in November 1991, the military arrested all the leaders participating in the mobilization. This repressive action was part of the military's strategy to control the mining union movement in the central region. The arrests were part of a systematic pattern of repression against union leaders that had intensified since 1989, when the military began to carry out violent raids on workers' homes in order to capture suspects. Beginning in 1991, the military implemented a new detention strategy called 'la leva', which consisted of arresting in squares and streets all undocumented persons and transferring them to military bases.