It had already been reported in these pages that the majority of citizens who were killed by shots in the city of ayacucho they did not receive the bullets while trying to take the airport; however, the video published last night by IDL-Reporteros consolidates that version. Journalists Rosa Laura and César Prado have reconstructed how six of the ten people who died on December 15 were murdered: Josué Sañudo, Edgar Prado, Clemer Rojas, Cristofer Ramos Aime, José Luis Aguilar Yucra and Leonardo Hancco.
The investigation by the team led by Gustavo Gorriti made it possible to identify the location and precise moments of the shots and where the victims fell. “He was able to determine that in the six cases investigated those who shot were military; as well as who was in command of the military operation ”, he concludes.
Commanding. The journalistic investigation has revealed who was in charge of different actions in the military operation on December 15. Photo: diffusion
It is further added that the Prosecutor Karen Obregón Ubaldoof the Second Provincial Criminal Prosecutor’s Office Specialized in Human Rights, Interculturality and Terrorism Crimes of Ayacucho, has initiated an investigation to determine as clearly as possible what was the responsibility of the military and police chiefs in what happened.
in focus. Security video captured this image of indolence. Photo: diffusion
“One of the first procedures was to collect evidence at the critical points of the confrontations. On December 17, a team from the prosecutor’s office collected 18 bullet casings between Ejército avenue and Vía de Evitamiento, and another three in the Conchopata archaeological zone.. No shell casings were found on Abancay avenue and other sectors surrounding the cemetery, although in later days some people went to Obregón’s office to deliver those they had found on the night of the 15th in that area,” it is reported.
The report adds that on December 19 Obregón’s team visited the barracks facilities “Sunday Ayarza” (ex-Cabitos) and asked for the weapons entry and exit notebook of the five units that make up the fort.
witnesses. Those who helped victims recounted the drama. Photo: diffusion
“Four of the five companies handed in their notebooks, which contained the departure of dozens of GALIL rifles on December 15,” it is detailed.
“The only unit that provided inaccurate information was Commando Company No. 2, whose warehouse manager explained to the prosecution that that day he had taken note of the departure of weapons on bond sheets and not in the regular notebook. Those notes are illegible”, states the journalistic report.
Document. The record of which soldier picked up which type of weapon is key in the investigation. Photo: diffusion
Prosecutor advances
According to IDL-Reporters, the prosecutor’s office has also collected the statements of four seriously injured who remain in the Regional Hospital of Ayacucho. Besides, According to information provided by the Army to the prosecutor’s office, on December 15, security at the Alfredo Mendivil Duarte airport was in charge of Lieutenant Colonel Enrique Sampén Díaz..
“Under his command, first class petty officer Jaime Díaz Huicho led the patrol in charge of the airport control tower, first class technician Javier Aparicio commanded the patrol assigned to the Canaán sector (Sao Paulo avenue). The patrol located on Abancay avenue and the cemetery was left in charge of Captain Víctor Grados Rivas”, specify Victoria Laura and César Prado.
“To date, no military commander has made a statement before the office of prosecutor Obregón”, conclude the IDL-Reporteros journalists.
