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Provincial Prosecutor's Office of Huancavelica that the 14 villagers abducted by members of the
Army had been “found dead in the locality of Chunomayo, jurisdiction of Huachocolpa,” and that
they had been “identified by their relatives, Ponciano Hilario, Viviano Hilario and others.” They
also requested that the 14 bodies be removed. 87
99.
In response to these complaints (supra paras. 95 to 98), which also reported that the
bodies were found in an abandoned mine in a place called “Rodeo-Pampa” in the “Chunomayo”
sector, personnel from the Mixed Provincial Prosecutor's Office of Huancavelica went to Lircay
on July 14, 1991, and the following day visited the Chunomayo Mine, guided by Viviano Hilario
Mancha, without finding anything, “since they apparently got lost arriving at [the] wrong
place.” 88
100. On July 17, 1991, Nicolás Hilario Morán, president of the administrative council of the
Santa Bárbara peasant community, and Máximo Pérez Torres, treasurer of its municipal agency,
filed two complaints. The first was filed before the Special Prosecutor of the Ombudsman’s
Office, 89 and the second before the Minister of Defense, 90 for the homicide of 14 community
members on July 4, 1991, including seven children and two elderly people, who had been
detained in a military operation carried out in the community of Santa Bárbara by military
personnel from the Huancavelica and Lircay military bases. That same day, Nicolás Hilario Morán,
together with Lorenzo Quispe Huamán, prosecutor of the community of Santa Bárbara, reiterated
their request to the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office of Huancavelica to set a date for the removal
of the bodies from the “Misteriosa” or “Vallarón” mine. 91
101. On July 18, 1991, the assigned prosecutor together with the examining magistrate, police
officers and villagers from Santa Bárbara, including Zósimo Hilario Quispe and Viviano Hilario
Mancha, traveled to the “Misteriosa” or “Vallarón” mine, where they found only fragments of
human remains at the mine entrance: a “large” braid of human hair with scalp particles, a
“medium-sized” lock of human hair, a strand of human hair, a strand of human hair attached to
a segment of scalp, a segment of a foot (terminal region), a vulvar segment with part of the
anus and part of the perineum region and human external and internal female genitalia, a human
skull bone particle, a “large segment” of a human tongue, a human bone segment, two human
bone articular surfaces, a human distal forearm and hand segment, a lung parenchyma segment,
three bone tissue segments and soft tissue segments, and a portion of hair attached to human
scalp segment, among others. In addition, 35 dynamite cartridges, 6 pieces of fuse and other
remains were found in that location; these items were sent on July 22, 1991, to the Departmental
Headquarters of the Technical Police of Cercado, for investigative purposes and to clarify the
facts. The examining magistrate sent the rest of the remains found to the forensic medical
examiner to determine whether these fragments were human remains. 92 In this regard, a record
exists of the “Preliminary Anatomical-Pathological Identification” of July 19, 1991, issued by the
Directorate of Forensic Medicine and Morgues of Huancavelica, which describes the identification
3900), and record of the statement made by Viviano Hilario Mancha before the Office of the Special Attorney of the
Ombudsman of July 23, 1991, (evidence file, folio 53).
87
Cf. Official letter No. 020-CCSB-91 of July 12, 1991 (evidence file, folio 50).
88
Cf. Official letter No. 0462-91-MP-FPM-HVCA of July 23, 1991, sent by the Huancavelica Mixed Provincial
Prosecutor’s Office to the Senior Public Prosecutor of Huancavelica (evidence file, folios 3887 and 3888), and brief of the
State of September 23, 1991 (evidence file, folio 67). See also, Parte No. 158-SE-JLP of August 26, 1991, which includes
an account of the procedure carried out on July 15, 1991 (evidence file, folio 3904).
89
Cf. Complaint of Nicolás Hilario Morán and Máximo Pérez Torres filed on July 17, 1991 before the Office of the
Special Attorney of the Ombudsman (evidence file, folios 22 to 25).
90
Cf. Complaint of Nicolás Hilario Morán and Máximo Pérez Torres of July 17, 1991 before the Ministry of Defense
of Peru (evidence file, folios 91 to 93).
91
Cf. Brief submitted on July 17, 1991, before the Huancavelica Provincial Prosecutor’s Office (evidence file, folio
193).
92
Cf. Official letter No. 0462-91-MP-FPM-HVCA of July 23, 1991, sent by the Huancavelica Mixed Provincial
Prosecutor’s Office to the Senior Public Prosecutor of Huancavelica (evidence file, folios 3887 and 3888), and brief of the
State of September 23, 1991 (evidence file, folio 67).