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94.
On July 11, 1991, while searching for his relatives, Viviano Hilario Mancha came across a
dog with a bloodstained muzzle at the entrance to the “Misteriosa” or “Vallarón” mine, and went
to the entrance of the mine to look around. Unlike what happened on July 8, when family
members identified at least five of the victims (supra para. 93), Viviano Hilario Mancha only
found remains of half-buried human corpses that he could not recognize and, among them, the
half-buried body of his six year-old grandson Héctor Hilario Guillén. At the entrance to the mine
he also noticed two bundles of dynamite and, fearing that they might explode, he left the area. 79
D. Complaints filed, the removal of human remains and evidence found
95.
On July 8, 1991, Zósimo Hilario Quispe filed a complaint before Special Prosecutor's Office
for Crime Prevention of Huancavelica for the detention and disappearance of nine of his relatives,
who were allegedly taken by a group of 50 soldiers and civilians to the district of Lircay on July
4, 1991. 80 On July 10, 1991, the Special Provincial Prosecutor for Crime Prevention of
Huancavelica sent an official letter to the Political Military Chief of Ayacucho to notify him about
the complaint filed by Zósimo Hilario Quispe, and to ask him if the detainees had been taken to
the military base of Lircay. 81 The Army denied the detention of these persons in an official letter
dated July 11, 1991. 82 On July 22, 1991, said Prosecutor reiterated the official letter of July 10,
1991, requesting information on the patrolling activities carried out by personnel from the
military bases of Huancavelica, Lircay, Acobamba and Mantas on July 3 and 4, 1991, to which
the Political Military Chief of Huancavelica replied (infra para. 239). 83
96.
Similarly, on July 8, 1991, Nicolás Hilario Morán, president of the administrative council
of the peasant community of Santa Bárbara, and Lorenzo Quispe Huamán, prosecutor of the
community of Santa Bárbara, filed a complaint with the Special Prosecutor's Office for Crime
Prevention of Huancavelica, for the abduction and disappearance of 14 community members,
including elderly people and children, as well as the theft of their belongings, animals and
provisions by Army soldiers and seven civilians, all of which occurred on July 4, 1991. They also
asked the prosecutor to take the pertinent precautionary measures and to carry out a visual
inspection at the site of the facts. 84
97.
On July 9, 1991, Viviano Hilario Mancha filed a complaint before the Special Prosecutor's
Office for Crime Prevention of Huancavelica, in which he stated that on July 4, 1991, a number
of soldiers, accompanied by civilians, had taken his son Ramón Hilario Morán, his son’s wife,
Dionicia Guillén Riveros, their two small children, and household goods from his home. 85
98.
On July 12, 1991, Viviano Hilario Mancha filed another complaint for the crime of
aggravated homicide against his son Ramón Hilario Morán and others, by members of the
Peruvian Army. 86 That same day, the administrative council of Santa Bárbara informed the Mixed
Cf. Record of appearance of Viviano Hilario Mancha before the Office of the Special Attorney of the Ombudsman
of July 23, 1991, (evidence file, folio 53), and Parte No. 158-SE-JLP of August 26, 1991 (evidence file, folio 3910). Al
respect, see also the Final Report of the CVR of Peru, Volume VII, Chapter 2.50, page 535.
80
Cf. Complaint of Zósimo Hilario Quispe of July 8, 1991, before the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Crime
Prevention of Huancavelica (evidence file, folios 27 to 29).
81
Cf. Report No. 17-91-FPEPD-HVCA of August 8, 1991, sent by the Special Prosecutor for Crime Prevention to
the Senior Assistant Criminal Prosecutor in charge of the Special Attorney’s Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman
(evidence file, folio 197).
82
Cf. Brief of the State of September 23, 1991 (evidence file, folio 68).
83
Cf. Report No. 17-91-FPEPD-HVCA of August 8, 1991, submitted by the Special Prosecutor for Crime Prevention
to the Senior Assistant Criminal Prosecutor in charge of the Special Attorney’s Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman
(evidence file, folios 197 to 199).
84
Cf. Complaint of Nicolás Hilario Morán and Lorenzo Quispe Huamaní of July 8, 1991, before the Special
Prosecutor’s Office for Crime Prevention of Huancavelica (evidence file, folios 60 and 61).
85
Cf. Complaint of Viviano Hilario Mancha of 9 July 1991 before the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Crime
Prevention of Huancavelica (evidence file, folio 64).
86
Cf. Police report No. 158-SE-JLP of August 26, 1991, which includes the complaint filed by Viviano Hilario
Mancha of July 12, 1991, before the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Crime Prevention of Huancavelica (evidence file, folio
79