Disappearance of 22 community members of Callqui alta
Kidnapping and disappearance of 22 community members from Callqui Alta, Iguain district, Huanta, in October 1984. The event was part of the intense wave of violence and forced disappearances perpetrated in the area during that year.
In October 1984, 22 community members from Callqui Alta, in the district of Iguain, province of Huanta, were kidnapped and disappeared. This event occurred in the context of intense military repression in the area, where the Marine Infantry had established its base of operations in the Municipal Stadium of Huanta. The event was part of a series of serious human rights violations committed in the area during that period, including the murder of 6 young evangelicals in the 'pago' of Callqui on August 1, 1984, the disappearance of journalist Jaime Ayala Sulca on August 2, and the discovery of 49 corpses in graves in Pucayacu on August 23 of the same year. The year 1984 was recorded as one of the most violent in the provinces of Huanta, Huamanga and La Mar.