Appointment of the Uchuraccay Events Investigation Commission (Vargas Llosa Commission).
On February 2, 1983, the Peruvian government appointed the Uchuraccay Events Investigation Commission, presided by Mario Vargas Llosa, to investigate the massacre of eight journalists. The CVR report states that this appointment transgressed the Constitution by usurping the functions of the Congress and the Judiciary.
On February 2, 1983, the Peruvian government appointed the Uchuraccay Events Investigation Commission, chaired by writer Mario Vargas Llosa. This commission was created to investigate the massacre of eight journalists that occurred on January 26, 1983 in the community of Uchuraccay, province of Huanta, Ayacucho. According to the CVR report, the appointment of this commission transgressed the Constitution, since the power to appoint investigative commissions of this nature was the power of the Congress of the Republic. Furthermore, it violated the guarantee of administration of justice and the exclusivity of the jurisdictional function of the Judicial Power, since it was entrusted to investigate a criminal act. The Commission managed to reconstruct in general terms the events of January 26, but it offered an interpretation that reproduced the image of insurmountable remoteness and cultural difference of the Quechua peasants of Uchuraccay.