The Santa Massacre was a

massacre A massacre is the killing of a large number of people or animals, especially those who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves. A massacre is generally considered to be morally unacceptable, especially when per ...

of nine campesinos carried out by

Grupo Colina The (Spanish for "hill group") was a military anti-communist right wing death squad created in Peru that was active from 1990 until 1994, during the administration of president Alberto Fujimori. The group is known for committing several human ri ...

in the

Santa Province The Santa Province is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru. The province of Santa was created on February 12, 1821. Its capital, Chimbote, that long time ago became the first fishing port of the world, is the most important city o ...

of the

Ancash Region Ancash ( qu, Anqash; es, Áncash ) is a department and region in northern Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital i ...

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. The massacre occurred on May 2, 1992. Carlos Alberto Barrientos Velásquez, Roberto Barrientos Velásquez, Denis Atilio Castillo Chávez, Federico Coquis Velásquez, Gilmer Ramiro León Velásquez, Pedro Pablo López Gonzáles, Jesús Manfredo Noriega Ríos, Carlos Martín Tarazona More, and Jorge Luis Tarazona More all died in the massacre. After carrying out the massacre, members of Grupo Colina, a death squad operating out of the

Army of Peru The Peruvian Army ( es, Ejército del Perú, abbreviated EP) is the branch of the Peruvian Armed Forces tasked with safeguarding the independence, sovereignty and integrity of national territory on land through military force. Additional missions ...

, painted pro-

Shining Path The Shining Path ( es, Sendero Luminoso), officially the Communist Party of Peru (, abbr. PCP), is a communist guerrilla group in Peru following Marxism–Leninism–Maoism and Gonzalo Thought. Academics often refer to the group as the Commun ...

graffiti as a

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operation. All of the members of Grupo Colina have since been jailed. The victims of the massacre were finally exhumed and identified in August 2011 and reburied in late November of the same year with the

Peruvian government , border = Central , image = , caption = Logo of the Government of Peru , date = 1990 , state = Peru , address = Government Palace , leader_title = President of PeruWhile there is ...

formally apologizing to the relatives of the victims in name of the state.Estado peruano pidió perdón a deudos de víctimas del Santa , El Comercio Perú
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* APRODEH
The Santa Case
* Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación Nacional. . Massacres in 1992 Internal conflict in Peru Massacres in Peru Anti-communist terrorism Political repression in Peru Deaths by firearm in Peru 1992 in Peru 1992 murders in Peru History of Ancash Region {{massacre-stub

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