Sí (Peruvian magazine)
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Sí is a Peru
vian news magazine. In 1993, its editor Ricardo Uceda
was instrumental in exposing the La Cantuta Massacre
, an incident in which nine students and one professor from La Cantuta University were executed by army
soldiers and buried in a mass grave
.
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
vian news magazine. In 1993, its editor Ricardo Uceda
Ricardo Uceda
Ricardo Uceda Perez is a Peruvian journalist notable for his award-winning coverage of military and government corruption.-Background:...
was instrumental in exposing the La Cantuta Massacre
La Cantuta massacre
The La Cantuta massacre, in which a university professor and nine students from Lima's La Cantuta University were abducted by a military death squad and "disappeared", took place in Peru on 18 July 1992 during the presidency of Alberto Fujimori...
, an incident in which nine students and one professor from La Cantuta University were executed by army
Peruvian Army
The Peruvian Army 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 include assistance in safeguarding internal security, conducting disaster relief operations...
soldiers and buried in a mass grave
Mass grave
A mass grave is a grave containing multiple number of human corpses, which may or may not be identified prior to burial. There is no strict definition of the minimum number of bodies required to constitute a mass grave, although the United Nations defines a mass grave as a burial site which...
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