The National University of Education Enrique Guzmán y Valle ( es, Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle), often called La Cantuta, is a university in the

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...

area of

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. The university specializes in education and administration. During the early 1990s, the university was placed under military control after receiving information that

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and the

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were operating inside and indoctrinating the students. On July 18, 1992, a professor and nine students from the university "

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" in what would come to be known as the La Cantuta massacre. The bodies of the victims were eventually discovered, and members of

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were jailed for their participation in the massacre. Former

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was convicted of murder for his role in the massacre.

External links

College Website (Spanish)
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