Murder of witnesses and whistleblowers in Socos
Execution of three witnesses and denouncers of the Socos massacre by police officers
Two days after the massacre, in retaliation for the denunciations, police officers executed teacher Victoria Cueto Janampa in her home, shooting her in the head. They also kidnapped and executed Vicente Quispe Flores, abandoning his body on the Huaytará bridge. They also murdered Javier Gutiérrez Gamboa, a young man who worked in the detachment and had witnessed the events, simulating a terrorist ambush.
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Actors
Victoria Cueto Janampa
victim, witness, denouncer
Vicente Quispe Flores
victim, witness, denouncer
Javier Gutiérrez Gamboa
victim, witness
Luis Alberto Dávila Reátegui
perpetrator, military officer
Jorge Adalberto Tejada Breñis
perpetrator, military officer
Gustavo Alfredo Cárdenas Riega
perpetrator, military officer
Socos
location of massacre
Huaytará
location where victim was abandoned