Detention and disappearance of Jesús Manuel Oropeza Chonta

In August 1984, Jesús Manuel Oropeza Chonta, a campesino leader, was reported missing after allegedly being detained by the police in Puquio, Peru. Despite initial denials by local police officials, a Habeas Corpus action was filed by Senator Enrique Bernales Ballesteros. Subsequent investigations led by a designated Fiscal Ad-Hoc revealed that Oropeza Chonta's body was found in the morgue of the Hospital of Puquio, having been brought there by members of the Guardia Civil.

Location: Puquio, Peru

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Jesús Manuel Oropeza Chonta victim Enrique Bernales Ballesteros legal advocate Guardia Civil perpetrator Puquio location of detention and discovery Peru jurisdiction Hospital of Puquio location where body was found Fiscal Ad-Hoc investigator

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