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1992
1991
THE ARMY IN SAN MARCOS
1990
SHINING PATH MEETING POINT
1990
UNIVERSITY MARCH
1989
POLICE TAKE SAN FERNANDO
1987
SHINING PATH IN SAN MARCOS
1987
UNIVERSITY PROTEST
1979
ABIMAEL GUZMÁN, PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HUAMANGA
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Vacancy of the UNCP university city
On July 7, 1998, Army soldiers vacated the university campus of the National University of Central Peru (UNCP) in Huancayo. This military intervention took place in the context of years of political violence at the university, where both the PCP-SL and the MRTA had carried out proselytizing and armed propaganda …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Arbitrary arrest and rape of María Magdalena Monteza Benavides at Universidad Técnica de El Callao
A female affiant was arrested on the premises of the Technical University of El Callao on January 22, 1992 by members of the Peruvian Navy. During her detention she was threatened with rape. She was later transferred to a police station in El Callao, where she was again threatened with …
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Approval of amendments to Legislative Decrees 726 and 743
The Chamber of Deputies approves bills modifying legislative decrees 726 and 743 on national pacification enacted by the Executive Branch. Decree 726 allowed the entry of the forces of law and order into university premises in case of flagrante delicto. Decree 743 established civilian participation in the National Defense System. …
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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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Attack against Juan Luis Pérez Coronado
Juan Luis Pérez Coronado, a professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the San Cristóbal de Huamanga National University, was the victim of an attack on October 23, 1991. This attack took place in the context of a wave of violence against members of the university community in Huamanga, …
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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 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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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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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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Assassination of engineer Francisco Sollier and his family
On July 19, 1991, University of Ayacucho professor, engineer Francisco Sollier, was murdered along with his wife, son and nephew in Huamanga. The bodies of the four victims were found in a mine shaft on July 4, although the report mentions this date of discovery after the date of the …
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Murder of Professor Iván Pérez
The PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated Professor Iván Pérez, professor at the Faculty of Economics of the San Antonio Abad National University of Cuzco. Perez was a militant of the Peruvian Communist Party (PCP Unidad) and was an advisor to the provincial mayor of Cuzco, Daniel Estrada. This assassination took place in …
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Assassination of Professor Iván Pérez by PCP-SL
The PCP-SL assassinated the professor of the Faculty of Economics, Iván Pérez, leader of the PCP-Unity and advisor to the provincial mayor of Cuzco, Daniel Estrada. This selective assassination is evidence of political violence against leftist leaders not aligned with the PCP-SL.
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Bodies found in Huamanga mine
On July 19, 1991, engineer Francisco Sollier, a professor at the University of Ayacucho, together with his wife, son and nephew were murdered in Huamanga. The bodies of the four victims were later found on July 4 in a mine shaft. This crime was part of the context of political …
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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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Indefinite strike by SUTEP, health and university workers
In May 1991, an indefinite strike of SUTEP (Sindicato Unitario de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú) began, together with health workers and national university workers. The strike lasted several months, significantly affecting the country's education sector. The government declared a state of emergency in the education sector in July …
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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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Militarized intervention of La Cantuta
In 1991, the militarized intervention of the National University of Education (La Cantuta) took place, as part of a series of military operations in national universities perceived as centers for indoctrination and even military training of subversive cadres. This intervention generated a wave of repression on the part of the …
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Young university student arrested for terrorism
A young university student was arrested for terrorism in 1991 and later acquitted. During his detention at DINCOTE, the police told him that his background was ideal to be a member of the Shining Path: he was the son of Ayacucho parents, spoke Quechua, studied at the Universidad Nacional Mayor …
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Murder of Hugo Luna Ballón
Hugo Luna Ballón, lawyer, former legal advisor and professor at the San Cristóbal de Huamanga National University (UNSCH), was murdered on November 27, 1990 in the city of Huamanga. The crime was perpetrated by paramilitary groups or law enforcement agents in civilian clothes. This assassination took place in the context …
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Attacks with dynamite at Universidad Nacional San Cristóbal de Huamanga
On October 28, 1990, there were multiple dynamite attacks against facilities of the San Cristobal de Huamanga National University. The targets included the university residence, the university dining hall, the university health center, eleven transportation units and the printing press equipment. These attacks were part of a wave of violence …
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Murder of Ciro Aramburú
Ciro Aramburú, head of University Welfare at the San Cristóbal de Huamanga National University (UNSCH), was murdered on July 24, 1990. His death occurred in the context of a wave of violence against members of the university community in Huamanga. The murder was perpetrated by paramilitary commandos operating in the …
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Murder of Ciro Aramburu Villanueva
On July 24, 1990, combined forces of the Peruvian Army and the Peruvian National Police entered Ciro Aramburu Villanueva's house and shot him to death. Aramburu Villanueva was the head of University Welfare at the San Cristobal de Huamanga National University. The operation was carried out by members of both …
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Murder of Fernando Colonio
Fernando Colonio, a lawyer who worked for the San Cristobal de Huamanga National University, was murdered on July 21, 1990. Colonio had denounced fundamental rights violations. His murder was perpetrated by paramilitary commandos in the context of a wave of violence against members of the university community. This crime took …
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Finding of the body of Jaime Cerrón Palomino
On June 19, 1990, the body of Jaime Cerrón Palomino, vice rector of the Universidad Nacional del Centro (UNC), was found dead, along with the body of his driver. Both bodies showed visible signs of torture. Cerrón Palomino had been arrested on June 8, 1990. This case is part of …
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Bodies of Jaime Cerrón Palomino and Armando Tapia found in Tierra Blanca
On June 19, 1990, the lifeless bodies of Jaime Cerrón Palomino, Vice Rector of the National University of Central Peru, and his driver Armando Tapia were found in a place known as Tierra Blanca in the city of Huancayo. Both had been arrested on June 8, 1990. The bodies showed …
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Arrest and murder of Jaime Cerrón Palomino, vice rector of the Universidad Nacional del Centro (UNC).
Jaime Cerrón Palomino, vice-rector of the Universidad Nacional del Centro (UNC), was arrested on June 8, 1990. Eleven days later, on June 19, his body was found lifeless along with that of his driver, showing visible signs of torture. This case took place in the context of disappearances and extrajudicial …
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Arrest of professor of Universidad Nacional del Centro in Huancayo
The husband of a declarant, who was a professor at the Universidad Nacional del Centro, was detained in the district of Huancayo on June 8, 1990. The testimony appears in the context of cases of sexual violence against women during the internal armed conflict. The detention of the professor is …
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Detention of Jaime Cerrón Palomino
Jaime Cerrón Palomino, Vice Rector of the National University of Central Peru, was arrested along with his driver Armando Tapia on June 8, 1990. Eleven days later, on June 19, their lifeless bodies were found in a place known as Tierra Blanca in the city of Huancayo. Both bodies showed …
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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 Tomás Evangelista Carranza
Tomas Evangelista Carranza, a non-teaching worker at the San Cristobal de Huamanga National University and a militant of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP), was murdered on January 28, 1990. The crime was perpetrated by the Shining Path PCP while he was giving classes at the university. This assassination occurred in …
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Professor Luis Aguilar Romaní fatally wounded
On July 18, 1989, Professor Luis Aguilar Romaní was mortally wounded by alleged Shining Path supporters in the teachers' lounge of the Faculty of Pedagogy of the National University of Central Peru (UNCP). This attack occurred in the context of a bloody struggle between the PCP-SL and the MRTA at …
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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 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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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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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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Murder of Professor Marcelo Capeletti
On May 29, 1989, professor Marcelo Capeletti was assassinated by the Shining Path PCP while giving classes at the San Cristobal de Huamanga National University. Capeletti was an APRA militant and former president of the Ayacucho Development Corporation. This assassination took place in a context of intense violence in the …
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Murder of lawyer Marcial Capeletti
On May 29, 1989, lawyer Marcial Capeletti was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso while giving his course at the San Cristobal de Huamanga National University. Capeletti was one of the leaders of the then ruling Peruvian Aprista Party (APRA). This assassination took place in the context of an intensification of …
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Murder of Abelardo Ludeña Luque
On May 17, 1989, the PCP-SL assassinated engineer Abelardo Ludeña Luque, who was a militant of Izquierda Unida (IU) and a professor at the National University of Engineering (UNI). This selective assassination was part of the Shining Path's strategy of eliminating political and social leaders who opposed their revolutionary project. …
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Human Rights Online
Press bulletin from the IDEHPUCP.
Movadef's Shining Path Preaching at Universities in Lima and Callao
Since June 2010, the front organization of Shining Path has been openly recruiting at public universities. The subversive organization shows no remorse for the bloodbath it unleashed in Peru in …
Shining Path Seeks to Participate in Peru's Politics Without Condemning Violence
A specter has returned to public universities, where it roamed forcefully 20 years ago, and has claimed — backed by 360,000 signatures — that the Jurado Nacional de Elecciones allow …
Shining Path in La Cantuta: Are They Playing with Fire Again?
Sendero Luminoso is buzzing with activity. While the imprisoned leadership cooks up a reunion between the Political Solution sponsored by Abimael Guzmán and the supposedly rebel Proseguir faction, the freed …
Post-War Realities in Peru: Omissions, Denials and Their Consequences
In this working document, the Instituto de Democracia y Derechos Humanos de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (IDEHPUCP) proposes a discussion on the relevance of the concept of postwar …
Aftermath of Political Violence at the University
In this interview, Colonel Benedicto Jiménez, former head of the Division of Police Operational Intelligence (Dircote), shares his perspective on the consequences of terrorist violence at the university and the …