La Cantuta massacre [SEP] point in time
La Cantuta massacre
The La Cantuta massacre, in which supposed members of Sendero Luminoso, a university professor and nine students from Lima's La Cantuta University were abducted by a military death squad, took place in Peru on 18 July 1992 during the presidency of Alberto Fujimori. The incident occurred two days after the Shining Path's Tarata bombing left over 40 dead in Lima Province.
The incident was among the crimes noted in the conviction of Fujimori, on April 7, 2009, on charges of human rights abuses.
Cantuta (disambiguation)
Cantuta may refer to:
- Cantuta, a flower
- National University of Education Enrique Guzmán y Valle, often called "La Cantuta"
- La Cantuta massacre, the killings of a professor and nine students in Peru