Local District Attorneys Charge Marine Infantry Commander Over Ayala Disappearance and Evangelical Murder Cases
The U.S. Embassy describes the criminal charges filed against Commander Alvaro Artaza Adrianzén (better known by his war name "Comandante Camión"), former head of the Navy garrison in Huanta. The charges include the August 1984 disappearance of journalist Jaime Ayala and the murder of six members of an evangelical church on August 1, 1984, in Callqui. This is the first time since military authority was granted over the emergency zones in December 1982 that the State has attempted to prosecute military officers with command responsibility for criminal acts perpetrated against the civilian population.
Referenced in events
- Entry of the Armed Forces in Ayacucho
- Murder of 6 young evangelicals in Callqui
- Armed attack in Callqui
- Murder of parishioners of the Callqui evangelical church
- Murder of six young evangelicals in Callqui
- Disappearance of journalist Jaime Ayala Sulca
- Murder of civilians in Pucayacu
- Start of SUTEP teachers' strike
- Testimonies of violence in Ayacucho