Plaza de Armas, Puno
A political rally on friday morning in the Plaza de Armas in support of Ollanta. Ollanta Humala is a left-leaning nationalist politician and a former Army Lieutenant Colonel. He ran in the pesidential election this year with his own Nationalist Party losing to Alan Garcia. In October 2000, he led a failed uprising in the Tacna Region (south of Puno) against then President Alberto Fujimori. He hid until President Fujimori was impeached from office and Valentin Paniagua Corazao was made interim president.
Prosecutors in Peru have now filed murder charges against Ollanta Humala, accusing him of human rights abuses during the 1990s. The charges date to when Humala was an army base captain at a jungle base in San Martin province. He is accused of forced disappearance, torture and murder during the fight against Shining Path guerrillas.
During the 1990´s, the military detained innocent people. In several massacres, the military wiped out entire villages. Military personnel took to wearing black ski-masks to hide their identity as they committed these crimes.
posted by Lou @ 8:41 PM
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