Santa massacre

1992 killing of peasants in Peru

Santa massacre
Location	Santa Province, Peru
Date	2 May 1992 (1992-05-02)
Attack type	Massacre. false flag
Deaths	9
Victims	Civilians
Perpetrators	Grupo Colina

Peruvian conflict

Incidents and attacks

Chuschi ballot burning incident
Deng Xiaoping's dogs
Assault of Ayacucho prison
Korean embassy attack
Soviet embassy attack
Callao bombing
Frecuencia Latina bombing
Bolivian embassy attack
Peruvian embassy attack
Tarata bombing
Japanese embassy crisis
- Chavín de Huántar
2002 Lima bombing
Hatun Asha ambush

Massacres

The Santa Massacre was a massacre of nine campesinos carried out by Grupo Colina in the Santa Province of the Ancash Region of Peru. The massacre occurred on May 2, 1992.

Carlos Alberto Barrientos Velásquez, Roberto Barrientos Velásquez, Denis Atilio Castillo Chávez, Federico Coquis Velásquez, Gilmer Ramiro León Velásquez, Pedro Pablo López Gonzáles, Jesús Manfredo Noriega Ríos, Carlos Martín Tarazona More, and Jorge Luis Tarazona More all died in the massacre.

After carrying out the massacre, members of Grupo Colina, a death squad operating out of the Army of Peru, painted pro-Shining Path graffiti as a false flag operation. All of the members of Grupo Colina have since been jailed.

The victims of the massacre were finally exhumed and identified in August 2011^[1] and reburied in late November of the same year^[2] with the Peruvian government formally apologizing to the relatives of the victims in name of the state.^[3]

References

^ Abogada de deudos del Santa: "Nadie podrá decir ahora que se autosecuestraron" | El Comercio Perú
^ Las víctimas del Santa fueron enterradas en un emotivo funeral | El Comercio Perú
^ Estado peruano pidió perdón a deudos de víctimas del Santa | El Comercio Perú

External links

APRODEH. The Santa Case.
(in Spanish) Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación Nacional. "La desaparición de campesinos del Santa (1992)" (PDF). (174 KiB).

Internal conflict in Peru (1980–present)

Participants			Timeline	Key aspects

			1968 Peruvian coup d'état Revolutionary Government Founding of the Shining Path Limazo Tacnazo Chuschi ballot burning incident Deng Xiaoping's dogs incident Assault of Ayacucho prison 1983 Lucanamarca massacre Putis massacre Accomarca massacre Peruvian prison massacres 1986 Soviet embassy attack in Lima Aucayacu massacre Assassination of Juan Carlos Vega Llona 1987 North Korean embassy attack in Lima 1989 Callao bombing Three Martyrs of Chimbote Barrios Altos massacre 1992 Peruvian self-coup 1992 Bolivian embassy attack in Lima 1992 Peruvian embassy attack in Stockholm Santa massacre Frecuencia Latina bombing Tarata bombing La Cantuta massacre Japanese embassy hostage crisis Operation Chavín de Huántar Locumba uprising 2001 Peru shootdown 2002 Lima bombing Andahuaylazo Hatun Asha ambush Founding of the MPCP San Miguel del Ene attack Operation Patriot	Government policies and actions Peruvian Agrarian Reform Judiciary reform in Peru under Alberto Fujimori Economic policy of the Alberto Fujimori administration National Population Program Forced sterilization in Peru Truth and Reconciliation Commission Arrest and trial of Alberto Fujimori Illegal drug trade Illegal drug trade in Peru War on drugs Narcoterrorism Coca eradication Operation Snowcap Related Cold War Terruqueo San Cristóbal of Huamanga University VRAEM Huallaga River Women in the internal conflict in Peru
Shining Path and remnants	Government of Peru	MRTA
Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path Militarized Communist Party of Peru Huallaga Faction (until 2012) Red Mantaro Base Committee FARC-EP in Peru Linked to Libya (until 2011) Hezbollah MOVADEF FUDEPP International Communist League Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (until 2012) FARC dissidents United Democratic Andean Revolutionary Front of Peru Peruvian drug traffickers	Peruvian Armed Forces: Army Air Force Navy Peruvian Marines National Police Sinchis National Intelligence Service Other: Rondas campesinas Sole National Central of Peasant Rounds of Peru Grupo Colina Rodrigo Franco Command Linked to United States DEA China Colombia Cuba North Korea Russia Spain Soviet Union (until 1991)	Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (until 1997) Linked to Cuba Libya Nicaragua Sandinista National Liberation Front Soviet Union (until 1991) 19th of April Movement Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front