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“According to the account given by Sergeant Duilio Chipana Tarqui in his
preliminary statement before the Military Court, Lieutenant Bendezú Vargas
ordered him and three other soldiers to return to the abandoned mine and
proceed to seal the entrance; they arrived there in the early morning of July 6,
that is, two days after the massacre of the villagers.
“It was not until July 18, 1991, that the authorities of the Public
Prosecutor's Office and the Judiciary were able to reach the "Misteriosa" mine and
carry out the removal of the corpses. However, they only found a braid of hair
with particles of scalp, a medium-length braid, a strand of hair, a segment of a
terminal region, a segment of vulva, a particle of skull bone, a large segment of
tongue, a segment of bone, two articular surfaces of bone, a segment of distal
forearm and a human hand, a segment of lung parenchyma, three segments of
bone tissue, a segment of tissue attached to unidentified bone tissue, a portion
of unidentifiable soft tissue and a portion of hair attached to a segment of scalp
which, according to the record, were “apparently human body remains.” The
preliminary report of the medical examiner of Huancavelica states that the
remains are from human bodies.” 10
Identification of the victims
10.
According to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission,
“The following persons have been identified as victims of the massacre:
• Francisco Hilario Torres, peasant, aged 60
• Dionisia Quispe Mallqui, peasant, aged 57
• Antonia Hilario Quispe, peasant farmer, aged 31
• Magdalena Hilario Quispe, peasant, aged 26
• Mercedes Carhuapoma de la Cruz, peasant farmer, aged 20
• Ramón Hilario Morán, cattle farmer, aged 26. He was also a community
leader.
• Dionisia Guillén de Morán, peasant, aged 24.
• Alex Jorge Hilario, child, 6 years old
• Yesenia Osnayo Hilario, child, 6 years old
• Héctor Hilario Guillén, child, 6 years old
• Miriam Osnayo Hilario, child, 3 years old
• Wilmer Hilario Guillén (or Carhuapoma), child, 3 years old
• Raúl Hilario Guillén, child, 8 months old
• Roxana Osnayo Hilario, child, 8 months old
• Elihoref Huamaní Vergara. Cattle farmer, aged 21, a former soldier. 11”
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Report of the CVR, volume VII, pages 535-536.
Report of the CVR, volume VII, page 536.