Prosecutor's accusation against Uchuraccay community members
The Provincial Prosecutor's Office of Huamanga denounced three community members of Uchuraccay (Fortunato Gavilán, Silvio Chávez Soto and Santiago Ccente) for the death of the eight journalists, ordering their arrest. This denunciation marked the formal beginning of the accusations that would later be extended to seventeen community members.
On February 7, 1983, based on police reports, the Huamanga Provincial Prosecutor's Office formally denounced three Uchuraccay community members: Fortunato Gavilán, Silvio Chávez Soto and Santiago Ccente, ordering their arrest. This denunciation took place within the framework of the judicial process initiated after the massacre of eight journalists on January 26, 1983 in Uchuraccay. Due to these accusations made by the Public Prosecutor's Office, the ad-hoc judge extended the preliminary investigation order and proceeded to take the legal instructions. As the process went on, the list of defendants grew and a total of seventeen community members, including two women, were identified.