Mass murders in Pucayacu
Discovery on August 23, 1984 of 49 corpses in graves in Pucayacu, Huancavelica. The victims had been detained by the Marine Infantry in the Huanta Stadium and mass murdered between August 16 and 19, 1984.
On August 23, 1984, 49 corpses were discovered buried in graves in Pucayacu, a few kilometers north of the city of Huanta, in territory belonging to the province of Acobamba, Huancavelica. All the victims were citizens who had been previously detained in the Huanta Stadium by the Marine Infantry. The detainees were transported in a sort of "caravan of death" from Huanta to Huancavelica territory, where they were massacred between August 16 and 19, 1984. This event is part of a series of serious human rights violations that occurred in August 1984 in the Huanta area, which also included the murder of 6 young evangelicals in Callqui on August 1 and the disappearance of journalist Jaime Ayala Sulca on August 2. The Pucayacu massacres led to the dismissal of several high-level generals and caused great unrest within the Armed Forces.