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Testimony of Yasmina Fuentes Tello
Testimony of Simeón Alarcón Santi
Testimony of Evaristo Contreras Huamán
Testimony of Cirila Súñiga Quispe
2012
RETABLO. ANDEAN FESTIVALS
2012
RETABLO. LUCÍA (DETAIL)
2012
RETABLO. PASÑACHA
2012
RETABLO. DETAIL OF MY MEMORIES
2012
RETABLO. MY MEMORIES
2012
RETABLO. HORNS AND CLAWS
2012
RETABLO, VENTURA CCALAMAQUI
2012
RETABLO. START OF SCHOOL YEAR
2012
RETABLO. WOMAN IN THE CEMETERY
2012
RETABLO. PHOTOGRAPH BY EDILBERTO JIMÉNEZ
2012
RETABLO. PHOTOGRAPH BY EDILBERTO JIMÉNEZ
2012
RETABLO. LIRIO QAQA, DEEP ABYSS
2012
RETABLO. MURDER OF CHILDREN IN HUERTAHUAYCCO
2012
RETABLO. DETAIL 1 OF DEATH IN YERBABUENA
2012
RETABLO. DEATH IN YERBABUENA
2012
RETABLO. ENOUGH TORTURE
2012
RETABLO. PICAFLORCITO
2012
RETABLO. DETAIL 2. WAILLAKIS PURMACKAN
2012
RETABLO. WAILLAKIS PURMACKAN
2012
RETABLO. DREAM OF THE HUAMANGUINA WOMAN DURING EIGHT YEARS OF VIOLENCE
2012
RETABLO. DETAIL OF THE HUAMANGUINO
2012
RETABLO. THE HUAMANGUINO
2012
RETABLO. DETAIL 1. DREAM OF THE HUAMANGUINA WOMAN
2012
RETABLO. DETAIL 3 OF THE CONDEMNED
2012
RETABLO. DETAIL 2 OF THE CONDEMNED
2012
RETABLO. DETAIL 1 OF THE CONDEMNED
2012
RETABLO. THE CONDEMNED
Great march for peace. Second part
Great march for peace. First part
2007
RETABLO. MASS GRAVE IN CHUSCHIHUAYCCO
1994
DETENTION OF SUSPECT
1992
SHINING PATH MEMBERS SURRENDER AT CASTRO CASTRO PRISON
Abimael Guzmán (Zorba the Greek video) Complete
1991
BEFORE BEING MURDERED. 3
1991
BEFORE BEING MURDERED. 2
1991
BEFORE BEING MURDERED. 1
1990
POLICE IN SAN MARCOS
1990
MRTA IN SAN MARCOS
1990
IN MOURNING
1989
Police officers clash with Shining Path members in La Victoria, Lima
1988
STUDENT VICTIM
1988
POLICE AT RISK
1987
SHINING PATH AND DRUG TRAFFICKING IN TOCACHE
1987
DRUG TRAFFICKING IN TOCACHE
1987
POLICE ARRIVE IN TOCACHE
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University Workshop on Reconciliation in Puno
The TRC organized a university workshop in Puno where the strengthening of the Rule of Law was discussed. Participants proposed linking police work with an eminently human and community service work, for which police personnel should be trained. It was also recommended to restructure the rules and sanctions for police …
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Death of hiker leader 'Camarada Manco' in Puente Durand
José Hilario Picón, called 'comrade Manco', one of the most important Sendero leaders who had control in Monzón, was killed by the highway police. The Shining Path members had arrived in Puente Durand at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, gathered the population in the small evangelical church and tied up …
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Explosion kills police officers in Huancavelica
On July 26, 1995, an explosion occurred in Huancavelica that killed seven policemen. Among the victims was a major of the Peruvian National Police (PNP). The event occurred in the context of the political violence that affected the department of Huancavelica during the 1990s. This attack was part of the …
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Amnesty for police officers prosecuted for abuse of authority in San Ignacio
The Third Specialized Criminal Court of the Superior Court of Justice of Lambayeque declared the amnesty exception founded in the process against the three police officers prosecuted for abuse of authority and injuries against the defenders of the San Ignacio forests. This decision was made in application of Law 26479, …
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Death of three hikers in Muyoc
On December 25, 1994, in the town of Muyoc, province of San Marcos, department of Cajamarca, the police killed three members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This confrontation took place in the context of the decline of Shining Path violence in the region, after the capture of Abimael Guzmán in 1992 …
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Terrorist attack in Puerto Bermudez
A policeman was killed by a grenade during a terrorist attack in Puerto Bermudez. The attack occurred in the context of the presence of subversive groups in the Oxapampa area, particularly the MRTA, which had been active in the Puerto Bermudez district since the late 1980s. By 1994, violence in …
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MRTA ambush at La Merced
On July 14, 1994, the MRTA carried out an ambush in La Merced, Chanchamayo province, Junin department. In this attack, two policemen were killed by the subversives. This event occurred in the context of the final phase of the internal armed conflict in the central jungle, when the MRTA still …
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Prosecutor charges abuse of authority against police officers in San Ignacio
The Third Superior Prosecutor's Office of the Judicial District of Lambayeque filed a substantial accusation against César Coquis Coz, Antonio Benavides Samalvides and Óscar Rafael Villacrés Costa for the crimes of abuse of authority and injuries. The Prosecutor's Office requested that each of them be sentenced to 2 years of …
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Sexual violations at DINCOTE
A female declarant testified that after being interrogated at DINCOTE in 1994, she was taken to a cell where three other women were being held, one of whom had been raped. The events occurred in May 1994 at the DINCOTE facilities. The rapes took place in addition to the DINCOTE …
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Capture of Martha Cayetano Torres
Martha Cayetano Torres, political commander of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the province of San Roman in the department of Puno, was captured by combined police and army forces. She was presented to the press in Cuzco on October 6, 1993, together with 11 other Shining Path militants captured in various …
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Capture of hikers in Salko
Combined police and army forces took the town of Salko and captured 10 hikers on August 6, 1993. This operation was part of the counter-subversive strategy in the high provinces of Cuzco, where the joint action of counter-subversive forces and self-defense committees was beginning to be successful. The event was …
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Police torture and murder three young men in Trujillo
Police intervene in the district of El Porvenir, Trujillo, where they detain and torture young Jessica Rosa Chávez Ruiz (17 years old), worker Pedro Javier Cruz Guzmán (28 years old) and Héctor Rodríguez (28 years old), who were participating in a social activity in the Víctor Raúl Haya de la …
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Opening of investigation for abuse of authority against police officers in San Ignacio
The Criminal Court of San Ignacio opened an investigation against Major PNP César Coquis Coz, Captain PNP Antonio Benavides Samalvides and Sub Officer 3ª Óscar Rafael Villacrés Costa for the crime of abuse of authority against eleven forest defenders who had been arbitrarily detained. The judge determined that the detainees …
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Detention and sexual violence in Chimbote
A female witness was arrested in Chimbote on April 18, 1993 and subsequently transferred to the Police Office in Huacho. During her detention, she was held in a dark room where she was subjected to interrogation. This case is part of the systematic pattern of sexual violence and torture documented …
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Landmine explosion kills 13 troops in Los Frailones
Warrant officer Roberto Flores, accompanied by twelve members of the PNP and five members of the Army, was traveling in a private car when, near Los Frailones in Cajamarca, mines planted by members of the PCP-SL exploded. All were killed in the attack.
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Torture of members of the Defense Front in Lambayeque
In Lambayeque, 17 members of the Frente de Defensa de los Bosques de San Ignacio are victims of torture by the Peruvian National Police. This case represents the repression against environmental and community defense organizations.
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Detention in Miraflores and transfer to DINCOTE
A declarant was detained in the district of Miraflores on February 16, 1993 and later transferred to the premises of the DINCOTE (National Directorate against Terrorism). The acts of sexual violence and torture occurred in the DINCOTE facilities after her transfer. This case is part of the systematic pattern of …
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Detention and sexual violence in Comas
During 1993, in the district of Comas, Lima, there were multiple cases of arbitrary detention accompanied by sexual violence and torture by police officers. One witness reported that during her interrogation at the Comas police station in 1992, she was subjected to groping, attempted rape and forced nudity. Another witness …
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Sexual violations in El Agustino
During 1993 in the district of El Agustino there were cases of sexual violence against women detained by police officers. One witness was detained on November 11, 1991 in El Agustino and later transferred to the DINCOTE where she was groped and mistreated. Another witness was detained in El Agustino …
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Assassination of PNP Colonel Manuel Alberto Tumba
PNP Colonel Manuel Alberto Tumba, head of the Administration Division of DINCOTE and part of the team that intervened in the capture of Abimael Guzmán, was treacherously murdered by a Shining Path special detachment when he was walking to his car a block away from his home. He had been …
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Murder of PNP Colonel Manuel Tumba Ortega
On November 5, 1992, at approximately 8:30 in the morning, PNP Colonel Manuel Tumba Ortega was killed by a special detachment of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso when he was leaving his home to buy a newspaper. The attackers 'Jeremías' (Gerardo Salinas Galarza) and 'Enrique' (Juan Gutiérrez Quispe) shot him in the …
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Assassination of Colonel Manuel Ortega Tumba
Members of the PCP-SL assassinated Colonel Manuel Ortega Tumba, head of the Administrative Department of the DINCOTE, in Surquillo, Lima, shooting him in the back. This assassination represents a reprisal by the Shining Path against the police after the capture of Abimael Guzmán.
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Detention and torture of popular leaders in Santa Cruz, Santa Fe.
Ten popular leaders from the province of Santa were unjustly detained, tortured and accused of subversion by a group of drunken policemen, without explanation. This case exemplifies the abuses committed by the forces of law and order against social leaders.
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Arrest and sexual violence in Barranco
A female affiant was arrested by police officers on April 5, 1992 in the district of Barranco, Lima. During her detention, she was the victim of sexual violence and groping by the officers. A captain offered her her freedom in exchange for agreeing to be with him, telling her: 'you …
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Attack against Ana Lira Chupingahua
1st PNP sub officer Ana Lira Chupingahua was attacked by members of Sendero Luminoso when she was on her way to the Comptroller General of the Republic. At 7:40 a.m., while trying to board public transportation, she was shot five times in the back, chest, stomach and head. A woman …
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Executions in Apiza community
Combined forces of the Army and National Police raided the community of Apiza in order to search for members of the PCP-SL. Approximately 100 troops under the command of Lieutenant EP 'Aquiles' gathered 32 people including men, women and children in a house owned by Víctor Penadillo. They interrogated them …
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Attack on police officers in Villa El Salvador central market
On January 13, 1992, a column of eleven hikers attacked three non-commissioned officers of the General Police who were doing surveillance near the central market of VES. One policeman was killed in the attack, and the event instilled a great deal of fear in the population. This attack was part …
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Rape in Comas Police Station
A female declarant narrates what happened during the interrogation to which she was subjected at the Comas Police Station, where she was subjected to groping, attempted rape and forced nudity in 1992. The victim said: "they began to grope me, to touch me, to try to rape me, to try …
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Dynamite bombings in Huaura
In 1992, Shining Path militants carried out a series of bomb attacks against state and financial institutions in the district of Huaura. The attacks were directed against the premises of the Banco de Materiales, Banco de la Nación and the Garita de Control of the Huaura District. Police officer Osvaldo …
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Second shot of Juanjui
On December 24, 1991, the MRTA carried out a second takeover of the town of Juanjui under the command of (c) Rolando, who had escaped from prison in July 1990, and (c) Evaristo. At five o'clock in the morning, the MRTA momentarily controlled Juanjui with the seizure of the police …
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Counteroffensive against MRTA
Between December 1991 and January 1992, police and military forces launched a counter-offensive that succeeded in dismantling the MRTA column in the department of Cuzco. This operation took place after the MRTA made its appearance in the department by attacking the Ollantaytambo police post in the province of Urubamba on …
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Attack on the town of Pucará
On September 6, 1991, a Shining Path column attacked the town of Pucará in the province of Lampa. During the attack, the PCP-SL killed 5 policemen and caused significant material damage in the town. The subversives burned the town hall, the Entel Peru office and approximately 20 houses. This attack …
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Attack on Pucará
A subversive column of the Shining Path PCP attacked the town of Pucará, in the province of Lampa, department of Puno. During the attack, the subversive group killed five policemen. In addition, they burned the town hall, the premises of ENTEL Peru and several houses in the town. This attack …
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Murder of two policemen guarding Prefect's house in Cuzco
Two policemen guarding the Prefect's house in Cuzco were killed. This selective attack against police officers is evidence of the presence of the PCP-SL in the city and its strategy of eliminating the forces of law and order.
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Murder of policemen in Cuzco
On June 15, 1991, in the city of Cuzco, two policemen guarding the Prefect's house were assassinated. This event occurred in the context of a series of PCP-SL attacks against police forces in the region. During this period, the provinces of Chumbivilcas, Espinar, Canas, Canchis, Paruro and Quispicanchi were under …
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Arrest and disappearance of Manuel Meneses and Felix Inga in Huancayo
Manuel Meneses Sotacuro and Felix Inga, young men from the Peruvian Evangelical Church, were arrested and later disappeared by the police in Huancayo. CONEP together with Ceapaz and the Archbishopric of Huancayo denounced the incident nationally and internationally. The young people were never found.
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MRTA attacks in San Martin
Numerous MRTA elements simultaneously attacked police posts and public premises in four cities in the department of San Martin: Saposoa, Tarapoto, Rioja and Moyobamba. During these coordinated attacks, MRTA members kidnapped nine policemen. These attacks were part of an MRTA offensive in the Amazon region of the country.
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Law enforcement casualties in 1991
During 1991 there was one of the highest number of fatalities among Peruvian law enforcement personnel in the internal armed conflict. According to information provided by the armed institutes and the Ministry of the Interior to the CVR, 207 law enforcement personnel died that year, representing 12.4% of the total …
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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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Arrest of Marcelino Valencia
On September 24, 1990, a group of drunken policemen, according to testimonies, arrested lawyer Marcelino Valencia in Chumbivilcas. Valencia was an advisor to the Agrarian League and a defender of peasant communities. This event occurred in the context of military and police operations in the highland provinces of Cusco and …
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Police officer killed in subversive attack in Av. de la Cultura
In a subversive attack on the Avenida de la Cultura in Cuzco, a policeman was killed. This type of selective attacks against members of the forces of law and order in urban areas is evidence of the presence of the PCP-SL in the city.
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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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Detention and forced disappearance of villagers by police in Pimachi, Aco and Huanri
On May 9, 1990, members of the Special Operations Directorate of the National Police arrested eight villagers in the communities of Pimachi, Aco and Huanri: José Chávez Loli, José Beltrán, Cornelio Abad Ediolino, Elfer Abad Casimiro, Roberto Loli Marzano, Ambrosio Surco Cama, Celestino Martínez Gavino and Orlando Anastasio Soberan. The …
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Terrorists kill three policemen in Ollantaytambo police station
Terrorists killed three policemen in the Ollantaytambo police post. This attack is evidence of the PCP-SL's strategy of harassing police posts in rural areas to weaken the presence of the State.
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Rape at DINCOTE
A teacher was arrested in the district of Comas, province and department of Lima, on August 9, 1993. The rape took place in March 1990 in the facilities of the DINCOTE (Dirección Nacional Contra el Terrorismo). The testimony documents cases of sexual violence perpetrated by police officers against women detained …
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Death of Olivares in Sollocota
In the early morning of January 20, 1990, Olivares (known as El Gringo) leads a column of some 30 PCP-SL insurgents to attack the SAIS Sollocota. The National Police detachment manages to repel the assault. The forces of the order undertake the pursuit and towards noon they reach the group …
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Clash with two subversives killed in Ambar
In 1990, there was a confrontation between police forces and subversive elements of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the district of Ambar, province of Huaura. The confrontation resulted in the death of two subversives. This event occurred in the context of a Shining Path offensive that had spread between 1989 and …
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Purga en la Policía Nacional del Perú
In the early 1990s, during the change of government in Peru, a significant purge was carried out in the Peruvian National Police (PNP). This measure was prompted by accusations of politicization and favoritism in promotions within the police during the Aprista government. The purge focused on the removal of officers …
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Arrest and rape in San Juan de Miraflores police station
A female witness was detained by the police and taken to the San Juan de Miraflores police station where she was beaten to make her sign a seizure report. During her detention, she was the victim of rape accompanied by insults and offenses. The perpetrators told her "this fucking bitch …
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Raid on El Diario
The police carried out an unexpected and violent raid on the offices of the newspaper El Diario on November 2, 1989. During the operation, 15 workers and journalists of the newspaper were arrested. This raid took place in the context of the counter-subversive struggle, given that El Diario was considered …
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Three Decades Ago Their Loved Ones Were Taken Away; Yesterday They Received Their Remains
Bones and clothing of men, women, and children killed between 1984 and 1991 by terrorists and unscrupulous military and police personnel were recovered from clandestine graves and handed over to …
Neither Heroes nor Enemies. Analysis of Testimonies from Former Peruvian Police Officers and Former Military Personnel Gathered by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the Context of the Internal Armed Conflict
This thesis draws on the testimonies of former police officers and former military personnel compiled by the Comisión de la Verdad y la Reconciliación before publishing the Final Report in …