1991
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1991
UNIVERSITY CLEANUP
1991
BEFORE BEING MURDERED. 3
1991
BEFORE BEING MURDERED. 2
1991
BEFORE BEING MURDERED. 1
1990
POLICE IN SAN MARCOS
1990
UNIVERSITY MARCH
1989
POLICE TAKE SAN FERNANDO
1988
Students from the Universidad Mayor de San Marcos are detained
1988
STUDENT VICTIM
1987
Relatives of one of the three disappeared Huanta students hold a vigil over his remains
1987
POLICE TAKE OVER MEDICAL FACULTY
1987
UNIVERSITY PROTEST
1987
POLICE AT UNI
1986
STUDENT'S WAKE
1984
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TAKE OVER FACULTY
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In-depth interview P179 on disappearances of MRTA militants in Huancayo
In-depth interview conducted in Huancayo documenting the disappearances of MRTA militants in the urban area during 1991, 1992 and 1993. The testimony indicates that the MRTA was hit hard in the urban zone, with many simultaneous disappearances, especially student members of the MRTA. The interviewee mentions that many good cadres …
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Massive arrest of 15 students accused of subversion
Fifteen UNCP students were captured accused of belonging to subversive groups. These arrests occurred after several students captured 15 days earlier took advantage of the law of repentance and gave names of university students, professors or workers, possibly innocently implicating them.
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Disappearance of Javier Roca Casas
Javier Roca Casas, student at the University of Callao and press and propaganda secretary of the Federated Center, disappeared near his home. Members of the Navy acknowledged that on that day they carried out a search operation in the area, although they did not acknowledge having detained Javier Roca.
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Graves found in Cieneguilla
In July 1993, 4 graves with human remains were found in Cieneguilla, thanks to a report made to the weekly SI. The remains belonged to nine students and a professor of La Cantuta University who had disappeared in July of the previous year (1992). This discovery confirmed the massacre perpetrated …
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Prosecutor Blanca Nélida Colán investigates disappearances of students in Huancayo
National Prosecutor Blanca Nélida Colán traveled to Huancayo in July 1993 to investigate the disappearances of 89 students, including 20 university students. These students were kidnapped by alleged paramilitaries in the context of the political violence affecting the region. The prosecutor's investigation took place at a time of intense repression …
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Enforced disappearance of student Milagro Flor Túpac Gonzáles
Milagro Flor Túpac Gonzáles, a Social Work student, was taken from her home in the early morning of February 12, 1993 by a group of hooded men. Her whereabouts were never known, despite her father's efforts to locate her. Her father went to all police and military offices, filed complaints …
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Detention and torture of university students in Peru
During the internal conflict in Peru, university students were detained and tortured on suspicion of terrorism. National universities, especially the Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique y Valle (La Cantuta) and others, were targeted. In 1993, one witness reported the detention of an individual in Piura, who was accused of terrorism …
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Disappearance of Keneth Anzualdo Castro
Unidentified soldiers detain the economics student Keneth Anzualdo Castro in the bus in which he was traveling from his home to the University of Callao. To this day he is still missing. This case represents one of the forced disappearances of university students.
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Massacre in Sincos
On October 21, 1992, a massacre occurred in Sincos, Jauja district, in which 8 people were killed. According to the report, the victims could have been students from the National University of Central Peru (UNCP). This event took place in the context of 1992, when violence reached its highest peak …
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Detention and torture of Nancy Pimentel Cuellar by the police.
Nancy Pimentel Cuellar, a student at the Enrique Guzmán y Valle University of Education, was arrested at her home in the early hours of October 10, 1992 by members of the Armed Forces, who beat her before taking her to DINCOTE. She was taken to the third floor of the …
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Murder of the student Dante Edgar Granados Gómez
Dante Edgar Granados Gómez, a mining engineering student, was executed. His father picked up his body on October 7 and found a sign on his chest that read 'Así mueren los soplones' (This is how snitches die) with a drawing of the hammer and sickle. His body had traces of …
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Disappearance of student Justiniano Fredy Vicente Rivera
Justiniano Fredy Vicente Rivera disappeared on September 7, 1992. Twenty days after his disappearance, his body was found floating in the irrigation canal near the 'Cahuide' tap, near the university town. His body had a severed jugular vein and his knees were badly bruised.
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Disappearance of teacher and nine students from La Cantuta University
Nine students and a professor of La Cantuta University were arrested in a military intervention carried out at night on the campus of that university. After the arrest, all the victims disappeared. The intervention was carried out by military personnel and the whereabouts of the detainees were not subsequently known, …
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Disappearance of La Cantuta students
On July 18, 1992, students from the Enrique Guzmán y Valle National University of Education, known as La Cantuta, disappeared. This event occurred in a context of intensifying political violence in the country, a few months after the self-coup of April 5, 1992. The disappearance occurred during the period of …
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Murder of La Cantuta students
On July 18, 1992, university students from La Cantuta were assassinated, accused as terrorists by intelligence agents and the troops installed in the university. This event took place in the context of the militarized intervention of the university since 1991, when military bases were installed in La Cantuta, Huaycán and …
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La Cantuta student massacre
On July 18, 1992, a military raid on the student residence of the Enrique Guzmán y Valle University (La Cantuta) ended with the kidnapping and disappearance of nine students and a professor of the university. This event occurred in the context of the state of emergency and the intensification of …
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Disappearance and murder of La Cantuta students and professor
On July 18, 1992, the Colina group perpetrated the disappearance of nine students and a professor from the Enrique Guzmán y Valle "La Cantuta" University. The victims were later murdered and their bodies dismembered. This case became one of the most brutal acts committed by the Colina group during 1992, …
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La Cantuta Massacre - Kidnapping and murder of students and teacher
In the early morning of July 18, 1992, nine students (Juan Gabriel Mariño, Bertila Lozano Torres, Dora Oyague Fierro, Robert Teodoro Espinoza, Marcelino Rosales Cárdenas, Felipe Flores Chipana, Luis Enrique Ortiz Perea, Armando Amaro Cóndor and Heráclides Pablo Meza) and professor Hugo Muñoz Sánchez, were kidnapped from the University Housing …
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Kidnapping and disappearance of La Cantuta teacher and students
Two days after the Tarata attack, the kidnapping and disappearance of the professor and 9 students of La Cantuta took place. Monsignor Jose Dammert, in his homily for national holidays, referred to the terrible wave of violence and proposed the implementation of sensible military measures that would not lead to …
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Disappearance of La Cantuta students and teacher
There was a military raid on the student residence of the Enrique Guzmán y Valle University that ended with the kidnapping and disappearance of nine students and a professor. This operation was carried out by a group of SIE agents not stationed in the area and directed from the SIN, …
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La Cantuta kidnapping and disappearance
The Colina Group carried out the kidnapping and disappearance of a professor and nine students from La Cantuta in July 1992. This event occurred in the context of the military polarization that followed the coup d'état of April 5, 1992 and was part of the selective assassinations carried out by …
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Disappearance and execution of La Cantuta students and professor
Members of the Colina Detachment are responsible for the disappearance and subsequent execution of 9 students and a professor of the Enrique Guzmán y Valle University, known as La Cantuta. The victims were kidnapped at night on the university campus itself, which was guarded by a military detachment that had …
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La Cantuta Massacre
In July 1992, the paramilitary group Colina carried out an operation at the Enrique Guzmán y Valle National University, known as 'La Cantuta'. This operation involved the extrajudicial execution of nine students and a university professor. The events took place in a context of extreme violence and after the self-coup …
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Murder of eight people in Huancayo high school
In March 1992, the Shining Path PCP murdered eight people in a high school in Huancayo. This occurred in a context of intense violence in the Central region, where the PCP-SL had increased its violent actions against the civilian population. The attack on the high school was part of a …
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Disappearances and murders of UNCP students
In 1992, around 20 students from the National University of Central Peru (UNCP) disappeared within six months. Investigations suggest that a clandestine anti-subversive movement may have been behind the kidnappings and murders, with 14 of the students found dead. The authorities have not yet identified those responsible, and the hypothesis …
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Arbitrary execution of Rogelio Rubén Gallo Curi and Camilo Enrique Fernández
On December 18, 1991, Rogelio Ruben Gallo Curi and university student Camilo Enrique Fernandez were murdered. Fernandez's body was found in Jr. Quinua, behind the university residence, with three bullet wounds to the head. Gallo Curi's body was in the sixth block of Jr. El Sol with two impacts to …
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Burning of government vans and foodstuffs by students
In November 1991, students in open defiance burned two vans and a large amount of food that the government had sent to the University. This action occurred despite tighter control of the universities with more constant military interventions.
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Murder of Camilo Fernández Flores
Camilo Fernández Flores, a student at the Faculty of Education of the Universidad Nacional San Cristóbal de Huamanga, was murdered on October 19, 1991. This crime occurred in the context of a wave of violence against members of the university community in Huamanga during 1991. The murder was perpetrated by …
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Murder of student Antonio Huacache Chávez
On October 12, 1991, unknown persons assassinated student Antonio Huacache Chávez in the city of Huamanga. This murder occurred in the context of a series of operations by groups linked to the military intelligence services against members of the UNSCH university community. The crime took place a few days after …
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Murder of Antonio Huacache Chávez
Antonio Huacache Chávez, a student at the San Cristóbal de Huamanga National University (UNSCH), was murdered on October 12, 1991 in the city of Huamanga. His death occurred in the context of a wave of murders perpetrated by paramilitaries or law enforcement agents in civilian clothes against people linked to …
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Appearance of bodies of kidnapped university students
The lifeless bodies of Mariscote Santa Cruz and Leoncio Espinoza, both students of Obstetrics at the National University San Cristobal de Huamanga, were found two days after they were kidnapped. The kidnapping had occurred approximately one week before the bodies were found. This event was part of a wave of …
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Bodies of students found in Huamanga
On July 21, 1991, the bodies of Mariscote Santa Cruz and Leoncio Espinoza, both students of Obstetrics at the National University of San Cristobal de Huamanga (UNSCH), were found dead. Both students had been kidnapped a week before their bodies were found. This event occurred in the context of a …
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Disappearance of 35 students from Universidad Nacional del Centro
On June 18, 1991, 35 students from the Universidad Nacional del Centro in Huancayo disappeared. This event occurred during the so-called "red month of the PCP-SL", a period of intense violent actions that extended from May 17 (anniversary of the beginning of the PCP-SL war) to June 19 (heroic day …
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Disappearance of students in Universidad Nacional del Centro
On June 18, 1991, 35 students from the Universidad Nacional del Centro in Huancayo disappeared. This event occurred during the so-called 'red month' of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, a period of intense violent actions that extended from May 17 (anniversary of the beginning of their war) to June 19 (heroic day …
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Disappearance of 35 university students
In June 1991, the disappearance of 35 students from the Universidad Nacional del Centro was reported. This event occurred in the context of an escalation of violence against the university community, where students allegedly linked to the Shining Path PCP were subjected to disappearances and extrajudicial executions perpetrated by paramilitaries. …
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Disappearances of MRTA students in urban area
During 1991, 1992 and 1993, the MRTA suffered heavy repression in the urban areas of the department of Junín, particularly in Huancayo. Many student members of the MRTA disappeared in simultaneous disappearances. The situation worsened with the enactment of the Repentance Law, at which time many good cadres from the …
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Army assumes control of UNCP
In June 1990, the Army and the police entered the UNCP and arrested more than a hundred students suspected of being subversives. In the following months they carried out similar operations until 1991 when the Army took control of the university. This process took place in the context of the …
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Enforced Disappearance of Ernesto Rafael Castillo Paez
Ernesto Rafael Castillo Paez, a sociology student at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, was unexpectedly arrested by police officers wearing red berets at around 11:30 in the morning. The police officers got out of a white patrol car, proceeded to search him and, between shouts and insults, put him …
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Murder of students Edson Espinoza and Angel Luis Huaynate
Angel Luis Huaynate, a student of Pedagogy, was found dead with signs of torture: burns on one cheek, hands tied, eyes covered with green bandage, gunshot wound in the heart and two more wounds in the head. Edson Espinoza Tueros, a 5th year student of Pedagogy, died with him. The …
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Bodies of high school student and student detained by police found dead
The bodies of law graduate Marcelino Valencia Alvaro, legal advisor of the Agrarian League, and student Zacarías Pasca were found on the 29th in Santo Tomás, Chumbivilcas. Days before they had been detained by the police. This case is evidence of the practice of forced disappearance and extrajudicial execution.
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Enforced disappearances of student leaders Alcides Ccopa and Francisco Fernandez
Between September and October 1990 several students disappeared, among them Alcides Ccopa Taipe and Francisco Fernandez Galvez, well-known anthropology student leaders. Both had been present at the presentation of Martina Portocarrero in August or September, an event that was apparently used by intelligence to identify leaders. Two months after that …
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Enforced disappearance of student Ever Lijarza Carrillo
Ever Lijarza Carrillo, a pedagogy student, disappeared on June 4, 1990. His mother searched for his body in various places, including the banks of the Mantaro River where she saw how the Army threw black bags with the bodies of tortured young men, with wires around their necks and badly …
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Army and police intervene UNCP and detain students
In June 1990, the Army and the police entered the National University of Central Peru (UNCP) and arrested more than a hundred students suspected of being subversives. This intervention took place in the context of the struggle between the PCP-SL and the MRTA at the university, which had reached bloody …
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Murder of students Abel Malpartida and Luis Alvarez at Curayacu beach
The newspapers reported the discovery of the bodies of two students from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUC), Abel Malpartida and Luis Alvarez, who had been murdered on Curayacu beach in the Lima district of San Bartolo. Likewise, the bodies of three other university students (Julio Alfredo Távara Reátegui, …
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Disappearance of Abel Malpartida Paez
On July 26, 1989, Abel Malpartida Paez, a student of Industrial Engineering, disappeared on his way from his home to the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP). The disappearance occurred in a context of intensifying political violence in the country, during the government of Alan Garcia Perez. The event took …
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Murder of student and leader Walter Huayllani
The student and leader of the Communist Party of the UNSAAC, Walter Huayllani, was murdered. This selective crime against a student leader is evidence of the political violence affecting leftist organizations in the universities.
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Murder of Walter Huayllani
Walter Huayllani, student and leader of the Communist Party-Unity of the UNSAAC, was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso on July 7, 1989. This assassination occurred a few days after the murder of nursing student Magnolia Zuñiga on July 2 of the same year. Both crimes were part of the Shining …
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Murder of Magnolia Zuñiga
On July 2, 1989, nursing student Magnolia Zuñiga was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the university city of Cuzco. This murder occurred a few days before the assassination of another student, Walter Huayllani, leader of the Communist Party-Unity of the UNSAAC, who was executed on July 7. These crimes …
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Murder of nursing student Magnolia Zuñiga
Nursing student Magnolia Zuñiga was murdered in Cuzco. This selective assassination of a student is evidence of the violence affecting the university community in the context of the internal armed conflict.
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Disappearance of Mansilla brothers
On June 26, 1989, the brothers José Carlos Mansilla (Mining Engineering) and Alexander Mansilla (Education), sons of a teacher at the National University of San Cristóbal de Huamanga (UNSCH), disappeared. This occurred in the context of a wave of selective assassinations perpetrated by paramilitary groups and military intelligence agents undercover …
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