Disappearances of Mamerta Patricio and Norma Higinio Requena
Mamerta Patricio and Norma Higinio Requena were apprehended and disappeared by police forces in Raján, Ocros, at different times during 1989. These disappearances occurred in the context of the police response to the PCP-SL offensive in the region.
In the context of the police response to the Shining Path offensive in the region, police forces apprehended and disappeared Mamerta Patricio and Norma Higinio Requena in Raján, Ocros, at different times during 1989. These disappearances were part of a broader pattern of arbitrary detentions and forced disappearances carried out by law enforcement in the area. In the same place and period, Aider De la Cruz, accused of belonging to the ranks of the PCP-SL, was also executed. These actions took place as part of the police counteroffensive that significantly increased the list of dead and disappeared in the region.