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. 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.
Read more about La Cantuta Massacre: Context, Abduction of July 1992, Prosecutions and Amnesty, Repeal of The Amnesty Law, Prosecutions and Apology, Fujimori's Trial and Alleged Shining Path Connection
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