Operativo Paraíso - Murders in Cayumba Chico
Operation Paraíso resulted in extrajudicial killings and rapes in Cayumba Chico
Between March 29 and 31, 1994, during Operation Paraíso, a military patrol extrajudicially executed at least 6 people in Cayumba Chico. The operation was organized by Colonel EP José Orihuela Lavado of the Counter-Subversive Battalion No. 313. The patrol was commanded by Captain EP Roberto Villar Chamorro. The bodies were shot in the head in a similar position, evidence of extrajudicial execution. Two women showed signs of having been raped.
Actors
Coronel EP José Orihuela Lavado
perpetrator, organizer of Operativo Paraíso
Capitán EP Roberto Villar Chamorro
perpetrator, military commander of patrol
Teniente EP Enrique Guerra Velarde
perpetrator
Batallón Contrasubversivo Nº 313
perpetrator, military unit
Cayumba Chico
location of extrajudicial executions