Operation Aries
Operation Aries with bombings caused executions, tortures and rapes on the left bank of the Huallaga River
Since April 5, 1994, Operation Aries was implemented with aerial bombardments using helicopter gunships and rocket fighter planes. The Armed Forces prepared special companies trained with Israeli techniques. The operation caused indiscriminate death of villagers. In Puerto Moyuna, on April 8, the military tortured and executed Jesús Vera Virgilio and 8 other villagers, raped Amalia Tolentino Hipolo and a 13-year-old girl named Lourdes, who was murdered. President Fujimori visited the commandos before the operation.
Actors
Operativo Aries
military operation
Fuerzas Armadas
perpetrator
Huallaga
location of operations
Puerto Moyuna
location of torture and executions
Jesús Vera Virgilio
victim
Amalia Tolentino Hipolo
victim
Lourdes
victim
Fujimori
president
Alberto Rodríguez Riveros
perpetrator
Emilio Murgueytío Yánez
perpetrator
José Orihuela Lavado
perpetrator
Roberto Villar Chamorro
perpetrator
Mario Walter Chala Mena
perpetrator
César Doria Sato
perpetrator
Hugo Pablo Vásquez Guía
perpetrator
William Omar Lozano Flores
perpetrator