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Extradition of Telmo Hurtado in connection with the Accomarca case. Journalistic report
Requiem for Accomarca - Audiovisual collage
1985
ACCOMARCA MASSACRE, VILCASHUAMÁN
1985
ACCOMARCA MASSACRE, VILCASHUAMÁN, THE MORGUE
1984
Transfer of bodies found in the Pucayacu mass graves
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Accomarca Massacre Trial
In the trial following the Accomarca massacre, the Permanent War Council of the Second Judicial Zone of the Army acquitted Telmo Hurtado of charges including qualified homicide, negligence, and disobedience, convicting him only of abuse of authority. The court sentenced him to six years in prison and a fine, arguing …
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Accomarca Massacre and Subsequent Military Trial
The military trial began following the massacre of sixty-nine civilians during a military operation in Accomarca, Peru. Sub-Lieutenant Telmo Hurtado and other military personnel were implicated in the crimes of abuse of authority and homicide. The trial highlighted issues of justice denial, with accusations of negligence and falsification against Hurtado, …
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Accomarca Massacre Investigation
In 1985, the Peruvian Congress investigated the Accomarca massacre, where multiple campesinos, including women and minors, were killed. The Senate concluded that the incidents were common crimes rather than military ones. Telmo Hurtado, the direct perpetrator, justified his actions during the congressional investigation, showing no remorse.
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ACCOMARCA MASSACRE. JUDICIAL VERDICTS
After several decades, the perpetrators of this massacre are finally convicted, but not all of them. General Zapata was acquitted.
The Extrajudicial Executions in Accomarca
The Final Report of the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación established that on August 14, 1985, an Army patrol belonging to the "Lince" company of Huamanga, under the command …
The Trial in the Accomarca Case
The streets around the Castro Castro prison, located in the upper part of the district of San Juan de Lurigancho on the outskirts of Lima, are made of dirt and …
Prosecutor Issues Charges Against 29 Soldiers Accused of Murdering 69 Peasants from Accomarca
Requests 25 years in prison for the perpetrators of an execrable crime and 14 million soles in reparations for victims. The prosecutor of the third superior criminal chamber of Lima, …
25 Years Later, No Punishment for the Perpetrators of the Accomarca Massacre
Today, while Cirila, Justa, and Teófila — three survivors of the Accomarca massacre — remind members of Congress — especially those from Apra — that 25 years have passed since …
25 Years Later, No Punishment for the Perpetrators of the Accomarca Massacre
Without justice. In 1984, three army patrols killed 69 children, women, and elderly people. Survivors and relatives demand punishment for the criminals who are about to be released from prison. …
Memory of a War. Peru 1980-2000
The central theme of this book is the intense class struggle that took place in Peru during the period 1980–2000, and the positions taken by social classes, political parties, the …
HUMAN RIGHTS-PERU: Face to Face with the Killer of Accomarca
For Peruvians Teófila Ochoa and Cirila Pulido, coming face to face with retired Major Telmo Hurtado, dressed in prison clothes and with shackles on his ankles, was the closest thing …
There Is No Massacre That Stays Unpunished for 23 Years
More than two decades later, justice began to detain the soldiers, like Contreras, who under the command of then-lieutenant Telmo Hurtado swept through Accomarca with fire and blood, killing 16 …
Truth and Impunity in the Accomarca Case
Between 1980 and 2000, Peru experienced an episode of political violence — an unprecedented internal armed conflict — that left a painful toll of murders, kidnappings, forced disappearances, torture, unjust …
Accomarca, a Genocide by Telmo Hurtado and García Pérez
It was August 14, 1985, when an army patrol commanded by Second Lieutenant Telmo Hurtado arrived at the district of Accomarca, in Ayacucho. The military patrol forced a large group …
ACCOMARCA Case: Memory Aid
On August 14, 1985, a heinous crime shook Ayacucho. The community of Accomarca, located in the province of Vilcashuamán, was the scene where the blood of community members was mingled …
Accomarca Is Reunited with Its Dead
Sixteen years after the fierce massacre in Accomarca, peasants open the mass graves and break their silence. Sixty-nine people — among them twenty-three children, many elderly people, and some pregnant …
The Accomarca Case
The farmers of Accomarca, the Ayacuchan district, have been awaiting justice for nearly sixteen years. This August 14 will mark another anniversary of the massacre that wiped out more than …
FREMOFFFAA on Telmo Hurtado Hurtado
Following our report on Telmo Hurtado and the presidential decision to discharge him, we received the document reproduced below. It is signed by a FREMOFFAA, apparently "Frente de Moralización de …
Is It the Same Telmo Hurtado?
SUB-LIEUTENANT TELMO HURTADO HURTADO, ACCOMARCA — MAJOR RICARDO HURTADO HURTADO, EL MILAGRO. It would be too serious: Telmo Hurtado, unlike those who later followed his example (Martin Rivas and company), …
War and Amnesty - Opinion Column
The Shining Path attacks following the promulgation of the Amnesty Law and the Barrios Altos law show that the counter-insurgency war is far from over. The car-bomb attack on Víctor …
Scandal Law
The Amnesty Law bill emerged, in the middle of the night, from the folder of congressman Gilberto Siura. "This is the same parliamentarian who presented the disgraceful ruling on the …
Accomarca, Hurtado and La Cantuta
The chargé d'affaires received reports that Captain Telmo Hurtado is not under detention, despite a six-year prison sentence resulting from the Accomarca case. The chargé said that the case affects …
Army Officer Found Guilty in Accomarca Case Reportedly Not in Prison
Contains a report according to which Army Captain Telmo Hurtado, who was found guilty of the 1985 Accomarca massacre, is still on active duty and is not imprisoned. In February …
Army Officer Convicted in Accomarca Case Reportedly not Jailed
This document relates evidence that Captain Telmo Hurtado, who had been convicted in the 1985 Accomarca Massacre, is still on active duty and not in prison. The Embassy comments that …