Cory Clodolia Tenicela Tello was detained and taken to the Department of Criminal Investigation. In the same
document, the mother indicated that on October 22, 1992, her home was searched and she was given to
understand by the lieutenant of the technical police that her daughter was detained. In addition, an opinion
(dictamen) of the Public Ministry on the case, prepared in 2013, indicates that she was detained in a public
place. There are several elements that strengthen this information on the detention by state agents. Cory
Clodolia Tenicela Tello, at the time of her disappearance, was a student of the Universidad Nacional del
Centro del Perú which, as has been noted, along with the Universidad Nacional de San Marcos and other
universities, became a scenario of violence. Within the same report of the Office of the First Superior Criminal
Prosecutor (Primera Fiscalía Superior Penal), within the criminal proceeding with respect to the case of Cory
Clodolia Tenicela Tello reference is made precisely to the modus operandi followed at the time of the facts in
selecting the victim, and in her disappearance, and it is indicated that “in addition, these illicit acts were
systematic, from 1989 to 1993, as the victims, students, professors, and workers of the UNCP were
considered members of terrorist organizations; accordingly, the events that are the subject of the
investigation constitute crimes against humanity.” Another element of the modus operandi described by the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission and that is present in the case of Cory Clodolia Tenicela Tello has to do
with the searches conducted at the victims’ homes to look for information on their supposed ties with
terrorist groups.
176.
While the cases of Wilfredo Terrones Silva and Teresa Díaz Aparicio do not include specific
information about detentions, the Commission finds that from the information available on the circumstances
surrounding the detention and their profiles, it is possible to infer that the security forces considered them
sympathizers of Shining Path and that their disappearance was committed by state agents in the context
already described in this report.
177.
In the case of Wilfredo Terrones Silva the Commission determined that he was last seen on
August 26, 1992. As for his profile, Mr. Terrones Silva was a member of the Asociación Abogados
Democráticos and represented persons being tried on terrorism charges. The State itself reported that Mr.
Terrones Silva was accused as assistant base director and leader of Shining Path in the province of Jaén. In
addition to the profile that allows one to identify Mr. Terrones Silva as a potential victim of the context
already noted, the Commission has a news article that makes reference to an interview with a former member
of the Grupo Colina who, on describing its crimes against presumed terrorists, said that one of the persons
cast into the sea was “democratic lawyer Wilfredo Terrones.”
178.
In the case of Teresa Díaz Aparicio, the Commission established that she was last seen on
August 19, 1992, when after leaving her home she never made it to work. As for her profile, Teresa Díaz
Aparicio was a member of the Faculty Association (Asociación de Docentes) and also worked as a member of
the Social and Legal Services Commission of the Universidad Nacional de San Marcos, keeping tabs on the
situation of students detained and faculty members facing judicial proceedings. As regards the relevance of
her activities along similar lines to what has been indicated with respect to Cory Clodolia Tenicela Tello, it has
been proven that at the time of the facts there was also a stigma attached to persons associated with certain
universities, one of them the Universidad Nacional de San Marcos. The Commission notes that in the case of
Teresa Díaz Aparicio there are also antecedents to take into account: (i) she was detained and her home
searched by DINCOTE in 1989; and (ii) another search of her home the same year, which was referenced in a
writ of habeas corpus and though it was denied, no investigation was carried out to refute that it had
occurred. The Commission observes that the profile of Teresa Díaz Aparicio, as a person associated with
terrorism, appears to be evident in the police report on the first detention, in which the police concluded that
she belonged to the Shining Path support structure, and that she was in charge of providing lodging, food,
medical assistance, and other necessities to the subversive group. In addition, the Commission has the
testimony of her brother, Federico Díaz Aparicio, who indicated that Teresa Díaz Aparicio told him that she
felt she was the target of surveillance by the National Police. The Commission also has two documents from
state agencies that indicate that the information available points to a forced disappearance. Accordingly, in
2009, the Public Ministry determined that there are indicia that what happened to Teresa Díaz Aparicio was a
forced disappearance, taking into account the practices of the police at that time, the prior arrest and
searches, and the perception by the authorities that she was associated with Shining Path. There is an official
note from the Ministry of Interior to the Ministry of Justice, in 2013, indicating that the disappearance of