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Tribute to Mamá Angélica - Part I
Place of memory, tolerance and social inclusion
Terrorism in Peru - Part II
Terrorism in Peru - Part I
Dr. Gloria Cano - Aprodeh Lawyer - On the verdict in the "Cabitos" case
Ayacucho: Justice and Culture ministers attended the wake of 'Mamá Angélica'
"Mama Anqui" (Angélica Mendoza): in memory
'Mamá Angélica' recounts the kidnapping of her son, Arquímides Escarza, in 1983
Tribute paid to 'mamá Angélica' in Lima
Documentary about 'Mamá Angélica', a courageous woman from Ayacucho
Government ministers participated in posthumous tribute to "mamá Angélica"
Ayacucho: 'mamá Angélica' is buried with a massive funeral procession
Tribute to Mamá Angélica
Relatives demand law on the search for disappeared persons
Inauguration of the "Place of Memory"
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2015
"Greetings from Los Cabitos". Documentary. Fragment 3
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2015
"Greetings from Los Cabitos". Documentary. Fragment 2
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2015
"Greetings from Los Cabitos". Documentary. Fragment 1
"Greetings from Los Cabitos". Documentary. Trailer
"La hoyada: Sanctuary of memory". Documentary
Other Memories: Akito Bertran 15,000/70,000
"NN". Film. Trailer.
Mamá Angelica "Memory for the absent"
Mamakuna (Mamá Cirila) - Documentary
Puntaman puririsu (We keep moving forward) - Documentary
Sanctuary - Documentary
"Ombudsman Medal" awarded to Doña Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza "Mamá Angélica"
Interview with Gloria Cano on impunity. Cases like La Cantuta and the Colina Group.
Shining Path: The terror that a Peruvian must not forget. Report
Other memories: The fighter.
Los Cabitos case. Interview with Gloria Cano, from APRODEH
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 16
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 15
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 14
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 13
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 12
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 11
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 10
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 9
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 8
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 7
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 6
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 5
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 4
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 3
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 2
"La Cantuta. In the mouth of the devil". Documentary. Part 1
Relatives of victims of internal war in Peru demand justice
"It's Christmas and we are still waiting for them". 2/2
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Timeline Events 9
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CAPS-CVR National Workshop
National Workshop organized by the Mental Health Unit of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in coordination with CAPS. The event was held during two consecutive days in the city of Lima. During the workshop, participants talked about their lives and the suffering experienced in the search for their missing …
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Location of corpses of missing persons from La Cantuta
On July 12, 1993, the magazine Sí, directed by Ricardo Uceda and with a team of Edmundo Cruz and José Arrieta, located the bodies of nine students and a professor from La Cantuta University in burial sites in Cieneguilla. This journalistic investigation solved the mystery of their disappearance and evidenced …
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La Cantuta graves discovered
The discovery of the La Cantuta graves gave new impetus to the denunciations of human rights violations. Fujimori's government did not assume responsibility, opting instead for the disqualification of the legitimacy of the denouncers and their permanent harassment. The government will continue with a series of intentional changes in legislation …
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Discovery of graves with remains of La Cantuta missing persons
In Cieneguilla, Lima, four graves with human remains were found thanks to a report made to the weekly Sí. The complainants do not identify themselves and assure the editor of the weekly, Ricardo Uceda Perez, that the remains belong to the nine students and a professor of the National University …
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30 dead bodies found in the Huallaga river
Thirty bodies of presumed DEA informants were found floating in the waters of the Huallaga River, although others said they were of peasants presumed to be Shining Path or drug traffickers. The official version was that it was a settling of scores between drug traffickers and Shining Path members, but …
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Constitution of ANFASEP
In 1985, the Committee of Relatives of the Disappeared formed in 1983 took the name of National Association of Relatives of the Kidnapped-Detainees-Disappeared in Areas under State of Emergency (ANFASEP). This organization was dedicated to the search for disappeared relatives, developing action strategies such as marches, public denunciations, meetings with …
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Formation of the Committee of Relatives of the Disappeared
In September 1983, several women, among them Angelica Mendoza de Ascarza, Teodosia Layme Cuya, Antonia Zaga Huaña and others, joined together and formed the Committee of Relatives of the Disappeared. This group later, in 1985, took the name of Asociación Nacional de Familiares de Secuestrados-Detenidos-Desaparecidos en zonas bajo Estado de …
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Dead and missing reported to CVR in Peru
During the period 1980-2000, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR) recorded a total of 11,376 Quechua-speaking deaths and disappearances. The Shining Path PCP was responsible for 6,788 victims, State Agents for 3,491, the Self-Defense Committees (CADS) for 261, the MRTA for 71, and 765 cases were attributed to undetermined perpetrators …
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Deaths and disappearances of Spanish mother tongue in Peru
During the period 1980-2000, the CVR recorded a total of 3,593 deaths and disappearances of native Spanish speakers. The Shining Path PCP was responsible for 1,734 victims, State Agents for 1,181, CADS for 49, MRTA for 190, and 439 cases were attributed to undetermined perpetrators or others. Spanish-speaking victims accounted …
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Base List of the National Registry of Disappeared Persons and Burial Sites
Informational brochure published by the General Directorate for the Search of Disappeared Persons of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of Peru, explaining what the work of the National …
Legislative Decree 1398, Creating the Genetic Data Bank for the Search for Disappeared Persons in Peru
Full text of Legislative Decree 1398, enacted on September 8, 2018. The purpose of this regulation is to create the Genetic Data Bank to contribute to the identification of persons …
National Plan for the Search for Disappeared Persons (1980–2000)
Framework document containing the guidelines for the process of searching for disappeared persons, known as the "National Plan for the Search for Disappeared Persons" (PNBPD), which falls within the public …
Number of Disappeared in the Internal Conflict Rises to More Than 20,000
The number of persons who disappeared during the internal armed conflict experienced between 1980 and 2000 rose to 20,329, according to the first official list of victims released by the …
Post-Conflict Legacies: The Search for Disappeared Persons in Peru as Public Policy
The Internal Armed Conflict in Peru left more than 69,000 people killed and disappeared, both by subversive groups and by the Armed Forces. The CVR's final report recorded the identity …
Government Officially Creates the Genetic Data Bank
The Executive Branch officially formalized today the creation of the Genetic Data Bank for the search and identification of disappeared persons in Peru during the period of violence from 1980 …
More Than 19,000 Peruvians Remain Missing
The Justice sector identified, by name, more than 20,000 persons who disappeared between 1980 and 2000. The registry will be publicly accessible and will serve to continue the search for …
Authorities Present Official List of More Than 20,300 Persons Disappeared During the Armed Violence
The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of Peru presented the first base list of the National Registry of Disappeared Persons and Burial Sites (RENADE), compiled by the General Directorate …
Victims' Organizations and Justice Policies. Building a Humanitarian Approach to the Search for Disappeared Persons.
On June 21, 2016, Law 30470, the Law on the Search for Disappeared Persons during the Period of Violence 1980–2000, was enacted, marking a paradigm shift in state intervention by …
Angélica: Mother of Memory
"Maypi kachkanki Arquímedes?" "Where are you, Arquímedes?" What I remember about mamá Angélica are her eyes of unfathomable sadness. That last time I interviewed her, in 2015. Her husband had …
Peru Creates Genetic Data Bank for the Search for the Disappeared
Peru will have a genetic database to help in the search for persons who disappeared during the internal conflict that affected the country between 1980 and 2000 — a figure …
Mama Angélica Dies, Exemplary Champion of the Disappeared
On the afternoon of August 28, Angélica Mendoza died, better known as "mamá Angélica," a woman who fought for more than 30 years over the disappearance of her son Arquímides …
'Mamá Angélica': The Life That Clung to Hope
A native of Ayacucho, her name was Angélica Mendoza Ascarza, but Peru knew her simply as "Mamá Angélica." Until the age of 88, when life gave out, she never stopped …
'Mamá Angélica' Dies, the Symbol of the Struggle for Justice in the Los Cabitos Case
The mother of one of the victims kidnapped and disappeared at an Ayacucho military barracks died at the age of 88, after a long fight to find justice. For 34 …
Mamá Angélica's Final Journey
"Mamá Angélica" begins her final journey tomorrow. Precisely on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza will be buried in the cemetery of Huamanga, …
Life Testimony of Mamá Angélica (Quechua)
The following audio is a posthumous tribute to doña Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza, known as Mamá Angélica, an exemplary mother who leaves us an enormous lesson of struggle and tireless …
'Mamá Angélica' Dies, the Leading Champion of the Disappeared in Peru
Peruvian social leader Angélica Mendoza viuda de Ascarza passed away on Monday afternoon in a public hospital in Ayacucho, the southern Andean region where she and her children were born …
The Funerals of Mamá Angélica
The Ayacucho guitar plays and the mothers of the disappeared sing in Quechua to 'Mamá Angélica,' the founding mother, the great mother. At the cemetery of Huamanga, on the afternoon …
From Huamanga, the Death of Mamá Angélica and the Commemoration of the Delivery of the Final Report
On August 28, 2017, Huamanga awakens to a brilliant Andean sun illuminating the tile rooftops surrounding the Plaza de Armas of the city. The atmosphere is as calm as any …
The Death of Mamá Angélica Reminds Us Why Memory Will Always 'Offend' Some
Ten days before she died, on August 18, the Poder Judicial confirmed that in 1983 her son, Arquímedes Ascarza, had been disappeared by a group of soldiers from the Los …
Farewell 'Mamá Angélica': A Voice Against Silence and Impunity
Ten days after the ruling that convicted the military personnel from the 'Los Cabitos' barracks who disappeared her son, María Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza died in Ayacucho without ever finding …
'Mamá Angélica' Passes Away, Symbolic Figure for Families of the Disappeared
Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza, known as "Mamá Angélica," died at the age of 88. She was a woman from Ayacucho who became the symbol of families of the disappeared during …
'Mamá Angélica' Dies, Symbol of the Disappeared in Peru
Angélica Mendoza, who for more than three decades searched for her son kidnapped by Peruvian security forces and became a symbol for families of the disappeared, died at the age …
Life Testimony of Mamá Angélica – Transcription
Lifetime testimony of Mamá Angélica. Spanish transcription of the testimony given by Angélica Mendoza, Mamá Angélica, about the disappearance of her son Arquímedes Arquímides Ascarza Mendoza. Published on September 1, …
'Mamá Angélica': Farewell to the Champion of the Disappeared of Los Cabitos
"Courageous mother, woman of a thousand battles, beautiful mother, unshakeable woman, your struggle is our struggle, your tears are our tears, you fought for 30 years in hard battles against …
Mamá Angélica: My Hero
Without a doubt, Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza was one of those women who, against all odds in the world, believed in justice and fought for it. I will not recount …
Law on the Search for Persons Disappeared During the Period of Violence 1980–2000
Full text of Law 30470, enacted on June 22, 2016. This regulation provides the legal framework currently in force in Peru to prioritize, with a humanitarian approach, the search for …
Urgent: Office for Disappeared Persons – Opinion Column
Thirty years waiting for the State to seriously undertake the search for more than 15,000 Peruvians who disappeared at the hands of the military or were killed by terrorists between …
LAW 30470. SEARCH FOR PERSONS DISAPPEARED BETWEEN 1980 AND 2000
FINALLY A LONG-SOUGHT LAW HAS BEEN PASSED: ONE THAT OBLIGES THE STATE TO SEARCH FOR PERSONS WHO DISAPPEARED DURING THE YEARS 1980 AND 2000.
Law on the Search for Persons Disappeared During the Period of Violence 1980–2000
The purpose of this Law is to prioritize the humanitarian approach during the search for persons who disappeared during the period of violence 1980–2000, articulating and establishing measures relating to …
Ombudsman urges the regional government of Ayacucho to speed up construction of the perimeter fence at 'La Hoyada' to protect the Memory Sanctuary
In a communication addressed to the Regional Governor of Ayacucho, the acting Ombudsman, Eduardo Vega Luna, urged that authority to adopt pertinent and urgent measures in order to expedite the …
Disappeared Asháninkas
Ignorance and disinformation are the foundations upon which a certain sector of Fujimorismo seeks to discredit the CVR, claiming it did not specifically report the mass grave apparently found in …
Los Cabitos Barracks: A Place of Horror and Death
The path traveled by the victims, their families, and APRODEH is the book written by Gloria Cano, executive director of the Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH). It narrates the situation …
McClintock: "There Was a State Policy Not to Acknowledge Detentions"
Witness. A human rights consultant and former Amnesty Internacional researcher comes to Lima to testify in the trial of senior military officers in the Los Cabitos case. He recalls the …
Between Stigma and Silence. Memory of Violence Among Students of UNMSM and UNSCH
The present research — Entre el estigma y el silencio: memoria de la violencia entre estudiantes de la UNMSM y la UNSCH — deals precisely with one of the institutions …
LAW ON SEARCHING, IDENTIFYING, AND RESTORING DISAPPEARED PERSONS
According to COMISEDH investigations carried out over the last 10 years, more than 60% of burial sites at the national level — where the remains of victims of the internal …
All of Peru Has to Do With the Disappeared
In the early hours of July 3, 1983, a group of thirty soldiers broke into the home of Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza and took away her son Arquímedes, then 16 …
Huancavelica: Remains of the Disappeared Are Handed Over After 22 Years
According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, the victims were tortured by Sendero Luminoso. The bereaved last saw their disappeared relatives in 1989.
The Disappeared in Peru Matter to Us
The Final Report of the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación reported approximately 69,000 persons disappeared in the context of political violence that occurred in the period 1980–2000 in our …
The Disappeared: A False Dispute Between Humanitarian and Judicial Objectives
In our country there is a discrepancy between our perception of the needs of the relatives of disappeared persons and the actions we have proposed on their behalf. It is …
Peru, Ten Years Healing
Ten years after the creation of the Comisión de la Verdad y la Reconciliación, support for victims of the conflict that took place between 1980 and 2000 continues to have …
The Search for the Disappeared
In 2003, when the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (CVR) delivered its Final Report to the country, it estimated that the number of detained-disappeared persons in Peru between 1980 …
The Dead of Ayacucho. Violence and Clandestine Burial Sites
How many remains lie buried in the clandestine sites that emerged with the violence? A question that is impossible to answer for now, since since the delivery of the CVR's …
Regional Plan for Forensic Anthropological Investigations in Ayacucho. Research Strategies and General Guidelines
This publication develops a proposal of essential guidelines for a Regional Plan for Anthropological-Forensic Investigations in Ayacucho. In formulating it, the publication has carried out an exhaustive evaluation of the …
A Discrete Choice Approach to Estimating Armed Conflicts' Casualties: Revisiting the Numbers of a 'Truth Commission'
I discuss the application of capture-recapture methods to estimating the total number of deaths in armed conflicts, and propose an alternative method based on a trivariate discrete choice model. Data …
List of Burial Sites in Ayacucho
This list is an annex to the book "Regional plan for anthropological-forensic investigations in Ayacucho. Research strategies and general guidelines," which can be consulted in the BVVR.
The CVR's Overestimates
The author disagrees with the estimates made by the CVR.
"Mamá Angélica" Has Spent Nearly Three Decades Searching for Truth and Justice
Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza has become the public face of the families of the disappeared in Peru. She has never tired of crying out for them. Doña Angélica is an …
Press Release: Ombudsman's Office Urges the Adoption of an Exhumations Plan to Address the Situation of Disappeared Persons
At the invitation of the President of the Congressional Committee on Justice and Human Rights, Dr. Alberto Beingolea Delgado, Dr. Gisella Vignolo, Deputy Ombudsman for Human Rights and Persons with …