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The remains of the massacred students, having been discovered are being retrieved and carried, after a memorial to a better resting place.~~~~~~~~~~~snip~
The extrajudicial massacre occurred two days after the Shining Path's Tarata bombing in Lima, the first of a week-long bombing campaign paralyzing the city and killing approximately 40 people. The Tarata bombing was the clearest sign that the civil conflict - which had primarily unfolded in the Peruvian highlands - had finally arrived to Lima.
The state's response was quick, and the swift crackdown on terrorism meant universities historically known for left-wing politics and student protest, such as La Cantuta, became immediate targets. In May 1991, Fujimori led the military's first intervention into La Cantuta given media reports that the university was a hotbed of support for the Shining Path. The evening before, students noticed the university had been completely surrounded by military soldiers. Defiantly, the next morning, groups of students - many of whom were unaffiliated with any terrorist group - unsuccessfully blocked entrance into La Cantuta and threw rotten tomatoes at Fujimori and his military contingent, drawing fire.
The ensuing conflict changed La Cantuta forever, as students led mobilizations against a military that viewed all as potential terrorists. A month after the military took control of the university, the living quarters of those students who lived on campus were destroyed by dynamite blasts, forcing their relocation into two large dormitories where 120 students shared one bathroom. Students endured insults and death threats from military soldiers stationed at La Cantuta, and curfews were set in place from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Three days before the massacre, on July 15, a group of students again mobilized at a meeting of the university assembly, rallying in opposition to a plan by university professors to go on strike. Many students viewed the suspension of academic activities as wholly unacceptable and feared La Cantuta would be closed.
Upon arriving to the meeting, the military lieutenant in charge of military operations at La Cantuta, Aquilino Portela, went to the front of the school auditorium, ordered all doors closed, declaring that all inside would die, that the "Third World War had begun." A professor confronted Portela, while students began to shout "Assassins!" The assembly abruptly ended, and Portela approached the group of students, declaring: "You have screwed yourselves. You will die as students."
The next day, the Tarata bombing took place in Lima, and students feared the military would descend upon La Cantuta. Those lucky to have family in Lima fled the university, while many others that hailed from distant provinces remained on campus.
Two days later, on July 18, members of the Peruvian Army Intelligence Service - those also connected with the infamous Colina death squad - raided the dormitories of nine students and one professor who they claimed were responsible for the Tarata bombing. They were beaten before all were transported to a remote location where their lives ended with gun shots to the head. The bodies were buried and later burned to hide what had happened.
More:
http://www.advocacynet.org/blogs/index.php/2008/07/12/epaf_and_la_cantuta?blog=113~~~~~~~~~~~~
Barrios Altos
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The Barrios Altos massacre took place on 3 November 1991, in the Barrios Altos neighborhood of Lima, Peru. Fifteen people, including an eight-year-old child, were killed, and four more injured, by assailants who were later determined to be members of Grupo Colina, a death squad made up of members of the Peruvian Armed Forces.
The atrocity came to be seen as a symbol of the human rights violations committed during the presidency of Alberto Fujimori and was one of the crimes for which Fujimori was extradited from Chile to Peru on September 20, 2007. It had previously been cited in the request for his extradition submitted by the Peruvian government to Japan in 2003.
The massacre
On the evening of 3 November, a neighborhood barbecue was being held at 840 Jirón Huanta to collect funds to repair the building. At approximately 23:30, six heavily-armed individuals burst into the building. They had arrived in two vehicles, a Jeep Cherokee and a Mitsubishi. These cars had police lights and sirens, which were turned off when they reached the location.
The assailants, who ranged from 25 to 30 years of age, covered their faces with balaclava masks and ordered the victims to lie on the floor. They fired at them indiscriminately for about two minutes, killing 15 of them, including an eight year-old boy, and seriously injuring another four. One of the injured was permanently disabled. Subsequently, the assailants fled in their vehicles, sounding their sirens once again.
The police during their investigation found 111 cartridges and 33 bullets of the same caliber at the scene; they determined the assailants had used sub-machine guns equipped with silencers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrios_Altos_massacre
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