Peru: Names of all MRTA members arrested with Miguel Rincón in November/December 1995
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 November 1998 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | PER30717.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Peru: Names of all MRTA members arrested with Miguel Rincón in November/December 1995, 1 November 1998, PER30717.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab5c38.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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According to press sources provided by the Peruvian human rights non-governmental organization Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH), a preliminary list of MRTA members arrested after a gun battle at La Molina Vieja (Old La Molina) on 30 November-1 December 1995, including possible double identities, was published on 5 December 1995; a "definitive" list, with full names ages and aliases of those arrested, was published on 20 December 1995 by La Republica. The final list provides the following names, ages and aliases of MRTA members arrested in La Molina Vieja on the these dates:
Miguel Wenceslao Rincón Rincón, age 44, a.k.a. "Francisco" and "Tizoc;"
Lucía García López, 19, "Iris;"
Nancy Cuyubamba Puente, 19, "Susan;"
Odón Torres Bautista, 18, "Durand;"
Lenín Gutierrez Torres, 18, "Tony" or "Torres;"
Edwin Gamarra Pumayanqui, 17, "Jhordy;"
Valentín Moises Meza Cano, 25, "Edú;"
Edgar Cunapa Pasabi, 20, "Peter;"
Rider Arévalo López, 22, "JL;"
Miguel Romero Yompiri, 18, "Rufino;"
Jaime Ramirez Pedroza, 33, "Rafael;"
Nancy Gloria Gilvonio Conde, 34, "Lacy" and "Rosa;"
Pacífico Abdiel Castrillón Santamaría, 48;
Lori Helene Berenson Mejia, 26, "Lucía;"
(Erthran?) Cierto Rojas, 27, "Eusebio;"
Rolando Ubaldo Aucalla Quispe, 22, "Renzo;"
Rolando Manuel Cerna Ponce, 40, "Daniel" and "Max;"
Jesús Rivas Astudillo, 18, "Yossi;"
Lucía Rojas Landa, 30, "Francis" or "Yolanda;"
José Mego Arrieta, 18, "Omar;"
Hernán Hinojosa Alhua, 22, "Honorario;"
Graciano Enciso Soto, 38.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
La República [Lima]. 20 December 1995. "Los emerretistas capturados en La Molina Vieja." (APRODEH)
Additional Sources Consulted
Amnesty International Report. 1996-98.
Andean Newsletter [Lima]. 1995-98.
Human Rights Watch World Report. 1996-98.
Latinamerica Press [Lima]. 1995-98.
Latin American Regional Reports: Andean Group Report [London]. 1995-98.
News from Human Rights Watch [New York]. 1995-98.
Newspapers and periodicals pertaining to the appropriate region.
Electronic sources: IRB Databases, Global NewsBank, NEXIS, Internet, Refworld, WNC.
Note:
This list is not exhaustive. Country-specific books and reports available in the Resource Centre are not included.