Plea for Cayara. Judging the Official Truth
The massacre of Cayara is significant for several reasons. First, because it represented a tightening of the screw with respect to the human rights violations of a government that began its administration by stating it would not tolerate such violations. Second, because it was an evident event in which little doubt remained as to the responsibility of those guilty of the killing of inhabitants of that Ayacuchan village. Third, because despite the evidence, the entire machinery of the State lent itself to a cover-up, including parliamentarians, judges, and prosecutors, showing that this was not an isolated act — an "excess" committed by individuals out of control. Fourth, because it was one of the first and most important cases brought before the inter-American human rights protection system. (Excerpt from the foreword).
Referenced in events
- Ambush and massacre in Cayara
- Cayara Massacre
- Ambush in Erusco
- Massacre in Cayara: fifty peasants killed
- Massacre of peasants in Cayara
- Massacre in Cayara
- Extrajudicial executions in Cayara - Plan Operativo Persecucion
- Massacre in Cceschua Creek
- Presidency denies massacre of peasants in Cayara
- Witness disappearances in Cayara
- Discovery of mass grave in Cayara
- Murder of witnesses Justiniano Tinco, Fernandina Palomino and Antonio García