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U.S. Embassy (Lima)
GOP Orders Investigations of Prison Deaths
1986
National Security Archive Electronic
mass killings, peruvian army, alan garcia, prisioners killings, prisions, english, ingles
Resumen:
The U.S. Embassy evaluates public and government responses to the June prison riots, which left at least 240 terrorist/prisoners dead, including calls for an independent investigation coming from the ongoing Socialist International Conference and others. The document also includes a description of a governmental communiqué that acknowledges that the high death toll (no terrorist prisoners survived) leads it to believe that excesses did occur, and that it intends to investigate and punish any of those responsible. The cable ends with a brief analysis of the political fallout that a truly independent investigation could bring on President Garcia, who himself ordered the military action, concluding that in this matter the military is unlikely to allow itself to be used as a scapegoat by the President
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