Murder of journalist Hugo Bustíos Saavedra
Hugo Bustíos Saavedra, a journalist with Caretas magazine, was murdered on November 24, 1988 in the hamlet of Erapata, Huanta province, Ayacucho. This crime represents an emblematic case of violence against the press during the internal armed conflict.
On November 24, 1988, in the hamlet of Erapata, province of Huanta, Ayacucho, Hugo Bustíos Saavedra, a journalist for the magazine Caretas, was murdered. This crime occurred in a context of intense political violence in the Ayacucho region, where both law enforcement and subversive groups were active. The murder of Bustíos Saavedra represents one of the emblematic cases of violence against journalists during Peru's internal armed conflict. His death occurred just ten days after the announcement of the second set of economic adjustment measures of the APRA government.