UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ACTION SCT-03 LIMA 19283 01 OF 04 241544Z • -R ELEASEfl IN PART Bl 1 4 D AID-01 AMAD-01 ARA-01 ACDA-05 ADS-00 CIAE-00 SJK-01 COME-00 CC0-00 CG-00 EB-01 FAAE-00 FBIE-00 DOEE-00 DS-01 NRCE-00 I0-05 L-02 M-01 INR-05 PA-01 P-02 PM-01 OIC-02 OIS-01 039W TRSE-00 USIE-00 USSS-00 ZOVD-00 ------------------2E5AD5 241544Z 38 P 241545Z DEC 90 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4036 INFO RUEHBO AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY LA PAZ DEPTJUSTICE WASHDC USMISSION GENEVA 1569 USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM INFO e---0 NCUSSlfltlf LOG-00 CA-02 DODE-00 INRE-00 NSCE-00 SS-01 A-01 CTME-00 IMMC-01 NSAE-00 SS0-00 NF IDEN TI Ah SECTION 01 OF 04 LIMA 19283 JUSTICE FOR ICITAP USCINCSO ALSO FOR POI AD TERREP E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PHUM PTER ASEC SNAR PIJ lS PGOV PE SUBJECT IN THE CROSS HAIRS THE UNIVERSITY OF HUAMANGA AN AYACUCHO· TRIP REPORT PART II PAGE 02 LIMA 19283 01 OF 04 241544Z REF A LIMA 19145 B LIMA 11367 C LIMA 19116 1 CONFIDEN' FIAL ENTIRE TE-XT SUMMARY OF PART 2 2 THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SAN CRISTOBAL DE HUAMANGA UNSCH - THE BIRTHPLACE OF SENDERO LUMINOSO SL UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY JAMES F COOPER CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL REASON 1 4 D DECLASSIFY AFTER 23 DEC 2015 DATE CASE ID 05 JUN 2009 200804260 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY APPEALS REVIEW PANEL APPEAL ACTION ADDITIONAL INFOR1 1ATION RELEASED REASON S B6 DATE CASE ID 02 MAR 2011 200804260 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED REMAINS AN IMPORTANT BATTLEGROUND BETWEEN SL AND THE PERUVIAN ARMY STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS CONTINUE TO DIE IN MOSTLY NIGHTTIME VIOLENCE TWO PROFESSORS AND AT LEAST A DOZEN STUDENTS WERE KILLED IN 1990 THE ARMY MAY HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY OF THESE KILLINGS A POLICE OFFICER GAVE US DETAILS OF ONE PROFESSOR'S DEATH AT THE HANDS OF AN ARMY SERGEANT WITNESSES TO EITHER SL OR MILITARY ABUSES TYPICALLY REFUSE TO MAKE OFFICIAL ACCUSATIONS FEARING RETRIBUTION - 3 L-----'- ---'- - - - - - -•- · -· --- ·· · ···· -· ·••·· SENDERO SURREPTITIOUSLY HAS USED SOME UNIVERSITY EQUIPMENT AND HAS FORCED SOME STAFF TO HELP THE TERRORISTS BUT THE ARMY SUSPICION OF THE UNIVERSITY SEEMS MORE A RESULT OF THE TRADITIONAL VIEW I M c PAGE 03 LIMA 19283 01 OF 04 241544Z THAT THE UNIVERSITY IS CONTROLLED BY SENDERO AND OTHERS CLAIM THAT IS NOT TRUE - AND HAS NOT BEEN TRUE FOR YEARS THEY TOLD US THAT A HANDFUL OF THE PROFESSORS AND LESS THAN ONE-TENTH OF THE STUDENTS ARE SL ALL BUT ONE OF THE EIGHT UNIVERSITY STAFF AND FACULTY WE MET WITH ARE CERTAINLY ANTI-SL AND DEMOCRATIC AND THAT MAKES THEIR OPINIONS EASY TO BELIEVE THE AMBASSADOR AND POLOFFS CONCLUDED THEIR VISITS TO AYACUCHO IMPRESSED BY THE COURAGE OF THE PEOPLE MILITARY POLICE AND CIVILIANS WE ALSO JUDGE THAT WE PREVIOUSLY OVERESTIMATED SL'S OVERT PRESENCE AND INFLUENCE AT THE UNSCH END SUMMARY f B6 4 THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER OF HUAMANGA UNSCH IS NO LONGER THE NERVE CENTER OF THE SENDERO LUMINOSO SL BUT IT DOES REMAIN AN IMPORTANT BATTLEGROUND IN THE FIGHT BETWEEN SL AND THE GOVERNMENT OF PERU CONTINUING VIOLENCE AT THE UNSCH WAS A CENTRAL THEME OF SEVERAL MEETINGS DURING POLOFFS 1 DECEMBER 4-6 AND THE AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 5 AYACUCHO VISIT REF A DEATH COMES CALLING AFTER DARK UNCLASSIFIED UHCUSSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED UNClASSIHEn 5 BETWEEN JULY 19 AND JULY 24 1990 THE -WERE FOUR SEPARATE KILLINGS OF IMPORTANT AYACUCHO FIGURES REF B ALL OCCURRED AFTER DARK ALL WERE SHOT TO DEATH IN THEIR HOMES WHILE THEY SLEPT TWO OF THE FOUR WERE UNSCH FACULTY FERNANDO COLONIC WAS AN ATTORNEY WHO_ RAN THE UNIVERSITY'S HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE CIRO ARAMBURU WAS A CON'l Il5EN'fIM LIMA 19283 01 OF 04 241544Z PAGE 04 BIOLOGY PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE AT THE COLONIO AND ARAMBURU WERE PERSONAL FRIENDS UNSCH i 1_ 6 B6 I D WIT RE_P_O_R_T_S_WE- HAD ----E-ARL--I E-R---RE --c E I VE -n- FR_O_M ___L I MA_____ HOMAN RIGHTS WORKERS THE ARMY KILLED COLONIO AND ARAMBURU II 86 BELIEVES THE ARMY HAS KILLED MANY OTHERS · -----' 1 CQNFID EN'I'IAL NNNN PAGE 01 ACTION SCT-03 LIMA INFO ACDA-05 CC0-00 DOEE-00 INR-05 OIC-02 LOG-00 CA-02 DODE-00 INRE-00 NSCE-00 19283 02 OF 04 ADS-00 CG-00 DS-01 I0-05 OIS-01 241545Z AID-01 CIAE-00 EB-01 L-02 PA-01 AMAD-01 SJK-01 FAAE-00 M-01 PM-01 ARA-01 COME-00 FBIE-00 NRCE-00 P-02 UNCLASSIFIED A-01 CTME-00 IMMC-01 NSAE-00 SSO-00 UNClASSlfIf UNCLASSIFIED TRSE-00 USIE-00 USSS-00 ZOVD-00 039W -------- ---------2E5AE8 241546Z 38 P 241545Z DEC 90 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4037 INFO RUEHBO AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY LA PAZ DEPTJUSTICE WASHDC USMISSION GENEVA 1570 USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM SS-01 -e O N F I D B N T I LI J SECTION 02 OF 04 LIMA 19283 JUSTICE FOR ICITAP USCINCSO ALSO FOR POLAD TERREP I E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PHUM PTER ASEC SNAR PINS PGOV E SUBJECT IN THE CROSS HAIRS THE UNIVERSITY OF 7 LATE AT NIGHT ON OCTOBER 28 1989 SEVERAL ARMY CANEI-Dli NTI Al -- C IDENTTAJ LIMA 19283 02 OF 04 241545Z PAGE 02 VEHICLES ENTERED THE CAMPUS MASKED SOLDIERS TRASHED THE UNIVERSITY DESTROYING LABORATORIES CLASSROOMS THEUNIVERSITY'S OFFSET PRESS AND THE UNIVERSITY CAFETERIA EIGHTEEN UNIVERSITY VEHICLES WERE BLOWN UP WITH DYNAMITE 8 IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS OF MAY 1 1990 THE ARMY ENTERED HE CAMPUS AND DUMPED THE TORTURED BODY OF CHEMISTRY STUDENT HORACIO ALF ARO THE 28-YEAR-OLD WAS DETAINED BY THE MILITARY ON APRIL 28 HIS CORPSE WAS LEFT IN A CLASSROOM OF THE CHEMISTRY BUILDING THE BUILDING HAD BEEN PAINTED WITH SL GRAFFITI A FEW DAYS BEFORE IN ANTICIPATION OF THE MAY DAY ANNIVERSARY SEVERAL DAYS LATER ALSO AFTER DARK SEVERAL GUNMEN IN A GOVERNMENT VEHICLE SPRAYED THE RECTOR'S HOME WITH MACHINE GUN FIRE WHY IT MAY C NDEED HAVE BEEN THE ARMY UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED 1 36 9 Q W IAS NO DOUBT THAT ALL THESE INCIDENTS WERE MILITARY ACTION ARMY VEHICLES WERE SEEN AT THE COLONIO KILLING AND DURING THE OCTOBER 1989 ATTACK ON THE UNIVERSITY WHEN THE ARMY RAIDED THE CAMPUS IN MAY TWO NIGHTWATCHMEN WERE BLINDFOLDED BY THE INVADERS A THIRD HOWEVER WAS OUT ON ROUNDS AND HID HIMSELF AS HE WATCHED SOLDIERS DRIVE IN AND DUMP THE BODY 10 AN AYACUCHO POLICE OFFICER HIMSELF Ir¥OLVED IN EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS REF C TOLD US THAT AN ARMY SERGEANT HAD KILLED ARAMBURU THE POLICEMAN TOLD US THAT c LIMA 19283 02 OF 04 241545Z PAGE 03 ARAMBURU WAS A KNOWN SL COLLABORATOR THE BIOLOGY PROFESSOR HE SAID PROVIDED FREE MEDICAL AID TO THE TERRORISTS OUR POLICE CONTACT IS AT LEAST HALF CORRECT ' I TOLD us THAT ARAMBURU HAD COME B6 TO HIM SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH AND HAD RELATED THAT HE HAD RECENTLY TREATED SEVERAL WOUNDED SL ARAMBURU CLAIMED HE HAD PROVIDED THE MEDICAL HELP UNDER THE THREAT OF DEATH l sAID THAT HIS FRIEND FEARED THAT Bb THE MILITARY WOULD FIND OUT k _ 11 COMMENT NONE OF THE WITNESSES TO THESE EVENTS OR TO MOST OTHER INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE ATTRIBUTED TO THE MILITARY OR POLICE IN AYACUCHO IS WILLING TO MAKE FORMAL ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE FORCES OF ORDER EVERY WITNESS WHO- CAME FORWARD FOLLOWING THE CAYARA MASSACRE· HAS DIED OR DISAPPEARED SIMILARLY THOSE WHO SAW THE KILLING OF CARETAS REPORTER HUGO BUSTIOS · WITH NO FORMAL EYEWITNESS TESTIMONIES TO ANY OF THESE CASES OF ALLEGED ARMY OR POLICE VIOLENCE THE MOST WE CAN STATE IS THAT THERE IS EVIDENCE OF OFFICIAL RESPONSIBILITY END COMMENT i _ ·f·-nrs-oiv mi __f lv 6 ' z ii G H A R Y PRESS HAD BEEN USED TO PRINT SL PROPAGANDAJ' J MET TE' D - BtJT 'wttHQU'r- qfii t J -2 itp Rt q 'vr t_ i p B6 B6 STUDENTS CAN CHECK OUT UNIVERSITY VEHICLES FOR PERSONAL USE ON THE WEEKENDS SOME OF THE VEHICLES HAVE BEEN USED BY THE TERRORISTS WHILE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE HE CITED THE CASE OF TWO VANS DRIVING STUDENTS TO PUNO WHICH WERE TAKEN OVER BY SL AND THEN RAN INTO AN ARMY ROAD-BLOCK SEVERAL SL DIED AND THE ARMY NEVER FORGOT WHO OWNED THE CONPIDEN'fIM • UNCLASSIFIED UNGUSSIFIEn UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 VEHICLES LIMA 19283 02 OF 04 241545Z B6 -' J -€0NFIDEN' PIM • NNNN OONFIDENTL't - PAGE 01 ACTION SCT-03 LIMA INFO ACDA-05 ADS-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 ARA-01 CC0-00 CG-00 CIAE-00 SJK-01 COME-00 DOEE-00 DS-01 EB-01 FAAE-00 FBIE-00 INR-05 I0-05 L-02 M-01 NRCE-00 OIC-02 OIS-01 PA-01 PM-01 P-02 TRSE-00 USIE-00 USSS-00 ZOVD-00 039W ------------------2E5AFB 241547Z 38 LOG-00 CA-02 DODE-00 INRE-00 NSCE-00 SS-01 19283 03 OF 04 241546Z A-01 CTME-00 IMM C-01 NSAE-00 SS0-00 P 241545Z DEC go FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4038 INFO RUEHBO AJ vlEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY LA PAZ DEPTJUSTICE WASHDC USMISSION GENEVA 1571 USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM UNCLASSIFIED UNCUSSIFIEO UNCLASSIFIED e ON FI fl EN-TI An SECTION 03 OF 04 LIMA 19283 JUSTICE FOR ICITAP USCINCSO ALSO FOR POLAD TERREP E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PHUM PTER ASEC SNAR PINS PGOV PE SUBJECT IN THE CROSS HAIRS THE UNIVERSITY OF --------- -------------------CO'NFIDE·N-1 H-M-- bCONfiDENTI AL LIMA PAGE 02 19283 03 OF 04 - 241546Z B6 lq E l _ - -- __ · -- · ··- - - ·· · -· __· __ 7 ' -_'- ' 'FERNANPEz Jj I JA llL' l i __ ___ _ _ • 1 EJ f R Af - 2 Ig'£¥ jµJ Q YI 0Lli -fCE ' l 0---- •--· _______ ---' j UNCLASSIFIED _ ----------····--•·---·-• ·- ·----•·- ·· _ · •_' ii S'i t ' i ' B6 P 1 - B6 CONTROL AS MCJCH ' A$ HE CPORT Y'S THE •• GOLDf TIPPED RID ING · f ti 6 f tf ¥ • REtkitf t f ' i fl ft J tif ' 1 B6 Bl5' BE i #It LX fl p jj' x f99to # · t¥Pii N t t i f i f ¥ NOTED IIN AYACUCHOc wHEN -BOTH· ARAMBURU '' r THE GENERAL'·'WAS'idNOT ···-· · ' '--• 7-·n ' f' ' ' __ ' ' Fj _ · - 7 · t· •c' -f v -•---'' ' l 1 '_' 1 _ '1 · 1 d_ l l' - 2 _ · - '- ' _' • 's 1x c0Lo J IIP 6' E -M1 1 r 'i Bi lt Y i l ffP5 trDEscRFBEi cJif l THE·•··MILITARY COMMANDER' iASc12 iA' HOT'c 'HEAD ' WHO•' LOSES·_•·•HIS TEMPER ' E As L'Y- ' ' · ' 0 ' - ' T · i · · ' ·· · · ' · C '' · 1 i ' ' · 86 0 THE BURDEN OF HISTORY 1 a· o N ' F - r cp• •17• 'ii PROBLEMS · rsfHISTORY ·· ·RECENT' · B6 HI STORY· STN f 6'5 iUNIVERSITY HAS BEEN KNOWN AS THE -- -'--- ---'-'-'-'--'- '--' ---c- l BIRTH PLACE AND BREEDING GROUND OF WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE THIS CONTINENT 1 S MOST BRUTAL TERRORIST MOVEMENT TO MENTION THE UNIVERSITY OF HUAMANGA IS TO CONJURE IMAGES OF TERRORISTS PARADING AS STUDENTS PROFESSORS AND ADMINISTRATORS MOST ACADEMIC OR PRESS ARTICLES ON THE UNIVERSITY TELL OF HUNDREDS OF DEDICATED REVOLUTIONARIES LEAVING ITS HALLS TO SPREAD THE REVOLUTION THROUGHOUT PERU 19 SAYS THAT IS NO LONGER TRUE SENDER• LUMINOSO IS NO LONGER IN CHARGE A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE EIGHT THOUS AND STUDENTS ARE SL SYMPATHIZERS LESS 136 ceNFIDENT n ' PAGE 04 LIMA 19183 03 OF 04 241546Z THAN A HANDFUL OF THE 550 PROFESSORS ARE REVOLUTIONARIES AND THESE HAVE ALL BEEN DRIVEN INTO THE CLOSET BY THE ARMY'S CAMPAIGN SENDEROk 1-fil x r J HAS NOT RUN THIS CAMPUS SINCE 1975 1 20 WHEN IT co x Es To AYAcucHo HISTORY BC l l -··---·-··------L_ ····- · _KN ____o__w_s I UNCLASSIFIED u Li ilth ASS F' Fn lH1 Ln I U · ASSIEJED SRERr s 6 Cf' 5 E i 1 BLOSSOM GO UNDERGROUND AND THEN DECLARE WAR HIS MEMORY OF THOSE YEAR8_ IS CLEAR AND HE SPEAKS OF THEM WITHOUT RESERVATION NNNN PAGE 01 ACTION SCT-03 LIMA 19283 04 OF 04 241548Z ACDA-05 ADS-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 ARA-01 CC0-00 CG-00 CIAE-00 SJK-01 COME-00 DOEE-00 DS-01 EB-01 FAAE-00 FBI'E-00 INR-05 I0-05 L-02 M-01 NRCE-00 ·pA-01 oic-02· OIS-01 - PM-01 -p-02 TRSE-00 USIE-00 USSS-00 ZOVD-00 039W ------------------2E5B13 _ 241549Z 38 P 241545Z DEC 90 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4039 INFO RUEHBO AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY LA PAZ DEPTJUSTICE WASHDC USMISSION GENEVA 1572 USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM INFO LOG-00 CA-02 DODE-00 INRE-00 NSCE__ 00 SS-01 G-0 NF I fl B N 'I' I A- SECTION 04 OF 04 LIMA 19283 JUSTICE FOR ICITAP USCINCSO ALSO FOR POLAD TERREP UNCLASSIFIED A-01 CTME-00 IMMC-01 NSAE-00 SS0-00 UNCLASSIFIED E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PHUM PTER ASEC SNAR PINS PGOV PE SUBJECT IN THE CROSS HAIRS THE UNIVERSITY OF __ jw g LEARNED A STOCKING-FULL ABOUT THE H_I_S_T_O_R_Y_O_F HUAMANGA UNIVERSITY AND ABIMAEL GUZMAN'S RISE AND FALL FROM POWER WE WILL REPORT THOSE DETAILS IN A FOLLOWING REPORT CO tvnv lENTS AND CONCLUSIONS 23 THE AMBASSADOR AND POLOFFS LEFT AYACUCHO WITH TWO OVERWHELMING IMPRESSIONS FIRST ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE FOUND OURSELVES IN THE PRESENCE OF HEROES THE POLICE AND MILITARY FACE AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK THEY ARE ALL POTENTIAL TARGETS AND RARELY KNOW FROM WHAT DIRECTION THE BULLET WILL COME THEY HAVE INSUFFICIENT RESOURCES FEW OF THEM SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF THE POPULATION AROUND THEM THEY ARE EXPECTED TO PLAY BY THE RULES - AND WE c Gffl1'IDENTI i d i CON Fif ElN l -lAL PAGE 03 LIMA 19283 04 OF 04 241548Z DEMAND IT OF THEM WHEN THEY MEET WITH US - WHICH THEIR UNCLASSIFIED UHCUSSlflfO UNCLASSIFIED ENEMY DELIBERATELY FLAUNTS THOUGH WE JUDGE MANY ARE GUILTY OF EGREGIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES THESE MEN ARE NEVERTHELESS COURAGEOUS IN THE EXERCISE-OF-THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES 24 THE CIVILIAN LEADERS OF THE CITY ARE NO LESS HEROICL d B6 '' 'L J 25 SECOND WE TRAVELED TO AYACUCHO WITH A MISTAKEN VIEW Q_F THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS LEAI _ ffi f - · _ __ ____ _J PERHAPS 10 PERCENT OF THEIR STUDENT BODY ARE SL OR SL SYMPATHIZERS NOTE THIS STILL AMOUNTS TO SOME 800 STUDENTS ENJ NOTE 0THE STAFF _JffiD FACULTY WE MET WITH ONE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION THEY APPEAR DEMOCRATIC TO THE CORE THEIR APPEAL TO THE EMBASSY WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REESTABLISH CONTACT C YOU GIVE OUR STUDENTS SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE U S DO YOU HAVE AUDIO-VISUAL OR PRINTED MATERIALS WE CAN USE I36 '------------------------- B6 26 GENERAL FERNANDEZ-DAVILA SAYS HE HAS BEATEN SL IN B6 AYACUCHO l AGREES THAT SL IS ON THE RUN ON HIS CAMPUS BUT ARGUES THAT THERE ARE REASONS OTHER THAN THE €0NFU EMTI Mr GeNFIDENTIA LIMA 19283 04 OF 04 241548Z PAGE 04 GENERAL'S ANTI-TERRORISM CAMPAIGN WE LEARNED DURING OUR VISIT THAT SL NO LONGER CONTROLS HU AMANGA UNIVERSITY SL IS STILL PRESENT THOUGH ALBEIT AT A LEVEL FAR LOWER THAN ITS HISTORICAL APOGEE THAT rs NOT TO SAY THAT THE LONG ARM OF SENDERO VIOLENCE CANNOT REACH OUT AT ANY MOMENT AND SNATCH i ijBUT FOR B6 NOW SL rs AT ITS NADIR ON CAMPUS A LITTLE HISTORY IS NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND WHY THAT WILL COME IN PART THREE OF THIS REPORT DION UNCLASSIFIED