Disappearance of Oswaldo Castañeda Filón
Oswaldo Castañeda Filón, a leader of SUTEP, was kidnapped and disappeared on March 23, 1983 in Ayacucho. His case was documented in complaints to the ILO as part of the violations of freedom of association during the internal armed conflict.
Oswaldo Castañeda Filón, leader of SUTEP (Sindicato Único de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú), was kidnapped and disappeared on March 23, 1983 in Ayacucho. This event occurred in the context of the national strike of March 10, 1983 and is part of a series of disappearances and deaths of union leaders during that period. The case was documented in complaints filed with the ILO (International Labor Organization). Castañeda Filón's disappearance occurred on the same day that another SUTEP leader, Heraclio Palomino Ayala, was assassinated by the Civil Guard in Paras, Ayacucho.