Explore 25 documented cases from Peru. Each file separates established findings from allegations and unresolved questions, with a focus on investigation rather than graphic detail.
At least 123 residents of communities around Putis, Ayacucho, were killed in December 1984 in an execution attributed by Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission to Army personnel. Decades later, identification work and criminal proceedings remain incomplete.
Open case file →Katherine Gómez died after a targeted attack in central Lima in March 2023. Sergio Tarache Parra fled Peru, was captured in Colombia, extradited and convicted of aggravated feminicide.
Open case file →Photojournalist Luis Choy was killed outside his Lima home in 2013. Courts later convicted participants including Carlos Aldabe Ugarte and Luis Bada Ccaccya in the contract-killing case.
Open case file →Walter Oyarce died after stadium violence in Lima in 2011. Peru's Supreme Court ultimately convicted David Sánchez-Manrique and José Luis Roque of simple homicide and public disorder and imposed 25-year terms.
Open case file →Regional councillor Ezequiel Nolasco was murdered in Huacho in 2014 after denouncing corruption in Áncash. Former regional governor César Álvarez and other participants were later convicted.
Open case file →Industrialist Luis Banchero Rossi was murdered at his Chaclacayo residence in 1972. Peru's Supreme Court ultimately convicted Juan Vilca Carranza and Eugenia Sessarego as coauthors.
Open case file →Mexican citizen Blanca Arellano was killed in Huacho in 2022. Juan Pablo Villafuerte Pinto was convicted of feminicide, and a Huaura appellate chamber unanimously confirmed his 35-year sentence in January 2024.
Open case file →Community leader María Elena Moyano was assassinated in Villa El Salvador in 1992 after resisting Shining Path. Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission established organizational responsibility, while complete individual accountability remains less clearly adjudicated.
Open case file →Journalist and television producer José Yactayo disappeared in Peru in 2017. Wilfredo Zamora Carrión was convicted of homicide and sentenced to 18 years in prison.
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A Lima murder case followed by a criminal conviction.
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A state-crime case that became central to later human-rights prosecutions.
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A nationally followed murder investigation and conviction.
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A 2005 family homicide that moved through Peru's appellate courts.
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The 2009 murder of a prominent Peruvian folk singer.
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A Lima businesswoman's death and the criminal proceedings that followed.
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An execution followed by enduring doubts about wrongful conviction.
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A stalking-related public attack that resulted in a murder conviction.
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Fifteen people were killed in 1991; later proceedings tied the attack to the Colina Group.
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A 2002 nightclub fire that killed 29 people and led to long-running criminal proceedings.
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A major attack in Miraflores followed by convictions against Shining Path leaders.
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Sixty-nine civilians were killed in 1983; later convictions established Shining Path leadership responsibility.
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Sixty-nine residents were killed in 1985; decades later former military personnel were convicted and the central judgment was ratified by Peru's Supreme Court.
Open case file →Three villagers were convicted for the 1983 killings of journalists, while broader historical responsibility remained disputed.
Open case file →Andrea Aguirre's 28-year homicide conviction is final, while Supreme Court review of Kevin Villanueva's role remained active in 2026.
Open case file →Four men were convicted in August 2026 for the murder-for-hire killing of Kichwa leader and environmental defender Quinto Inuma Alvarado.
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