Departure of journalists from Ayacucho to Uchuraccay
On January 26, 1983, eight journalists left Ayacucho for Uchuraccay to investigate the events of Huaychao. They left at approximately 6:30 a.m. from the Hostal Santa Rosa in a hired cab, not knowing that they would not return.
At dawn on January 26, 1983, eight journalists left Ayacucho for Uchuraccay to investigate the events in Huaychao. Cab driver Salvador Luna picked them up from their lodging at the Hostal Santa Rosa at approximately 6:30 in the morning. The journalists left the city of Ayacucho after crossing the La Magdalena checkpoint without difficulty, without imagining that they would never return. The group was made up of Eduardo de la Piniella, Pedro Sánchez and Félix Gavilán of El Diario de Marka, Jorge Luis Mendívil and Willy Retto of El Observador, Jorge Sedano of La República, Amador García of the magazine Oiga and Octavio Infante of the newspaper Noticias de Ayacucho.