Vargas Llosa Exploited Our Pain
17 years later, the wounds of Uchuraccay are still open. Widows and mothers of the journalists murdered in Ayacucho are outraged when they recall the injustice that the writer covered up. The writer Mario Vargas Llosa, on his recent and brief visit to Peru, has surprised us with the same tired, worn-out refrain that he was always at the forefront of defending human rights, among other claims. Suddenly, these statements have shaken the dignity and hearts of the relatives of the victims of the journalists murdered in Uchuraccay, Ayacucho, in 1983. With pain and suffering still indelible in their memory, they remember the writer for his inability to reach the truth when he presided over the investigative commission into these tragic events. Gilma de Retto stated that Vargas Llosa "deliberately concealed the truth of the case and that is why he betrayed the tears of the bereaved."
Referenced in events
- Murder of 8 journalists in Uchuraccay
- Killing of journalists in Uchuraccay
- Arrival of second police patrol in Huaychao
- Arrival of first police patrol in Uchuraccay
- Arrival of second Civil Guard patrol in Uchuraccay
- Landing of Major Barboza's helicopter in Uchuraccay
- Appointment of the Commission of Inquiry into the Uchuraccay Events
- Constitution of the Commission of Inquiry into the Uchuraccay Events
- Appointment of the Uchuraccay Events Investigation Commission (Vargas Llosa Commission).
- Vargas Llosa Commission meeting with community members of Uchuraccay
- Assembly of the Vargas Llosa Investigation Commission in Uchuraccay
- Community Assembly with Vargas Llosa Commission in Uchuraccay
- Publication of all testimonials collected by Luis Morales
- Presentation of the Uchuraccay Investigation Commission Report
- Presentation of the Report of the Investigation Commission of the Uchuraccay Events (Vargas Llosa Commission)
- Delivery of the Report of the Investigating Commission of the Uchuraccay Events to President Belaunde
- Legal proceedings in communities of Huanta
- Completion of judicial investigation of the Uchuraccay case