Arrest and disappearance of 4 residents of San Antonio de Pichihuillca
Four villagers from San Antonio de Pichihuillca were detained and disappeared by the Peruvian Army in August 1984, during the period of consolidation of the Civil Defense in the Apurimac River Valley.
In August 1984, four villagers from San Antonio de Pichihuillca were detained by members of the Peruvian Army and subsequently disappeared. This event occurred in the context of the expansion of the Defensas Civiles Contrasubversivas (DECAS) in the Apurimac River Valley, where the organization had been formally constituted on June 21, 1984. The event is part of a pattern of human rights violations that occurred during the most intense period of the internal armed conflict in the area, when both law enforcement and Shining Path committed abuses against the civilian population.