Murder of 6 young evangelicals in Callqui
Six young men from the Evangelical Presbyterian Church were murdered by the Marines on August 1, 1984 in Callqui, Huanta. This crime was part of the wave of indiscriminate repression that characterized 1984 as the most violent year in the area.
On August 1, 1984, six young men belonging to the Evangelical Presbyterian Church were murdered by members of the Marine Infantry in the place called "pago" of Callqui, in the province of Huanta. This event occurred in the context of the indiscriminate repression exercised by the armed forces in the area during 1984, a year that registered the highest number of civilian murders in the provinces of Huanta, Huamanga and La Mar. The day after this murder, on August 2, journalist Jaime Ayala Sulca from Huanta disappeared in the Marine Infantry base stationed in the Municipal Stadium. The CVR conducted specific investigations on this event as part of the emblematic cases of human rights violations that occurred in August 1984 in Huanta.