Grupo Colina is a paramilitary death squad created in Peru under the administration of Alberto Fujimori. The head of the group was apparently Fujimori's advisor Vladimiro Montesinos. A death squad is an armed group that carries out, usually in secrecy, extrajudicial assassinations and forced disappearances of activists, dissidents and others perceived as interfering with a social or political status quo. ... Alberto Kenya Fujimori (アルベルト・ケンヤ・フジモリ Aruberuto Kenya Fujimori, born in Peru on July 28, 1938), also known as Kenya Fujimori (藤森 謙也 Fujimori Kenya), was President of Peru from July 28, 1990 to November 17, 2000. ... Vladimiro Montesinos Vladimiro Lenin Montesinos Torres (born May 20, 1945) was the long-time, powerful head of Perus intelligence service, Servicio de Inteligencia Nacional (SIN), under President Alberto Fujimori. ...

In 1980, Peruvian Maoist Abimael Guzman launched a guerrilla war with his group Shining Path. This war, as well as a war launched by the leftist group the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (Named after a historical revolutionary hero from Peru's colonial past) continued into the 1990's, when Alberto Fujimori was elected president. His advisor, Montesinos, was charged with being Peru's spymaster, and was responsible for hunting out rebel fighters. Along the way, various acts of injustice were committed against innocent Peruvians, such as the Barrios Altos massacre or the La Cantuta massacre. During these, along with other atrocities, innocent peple were tortured and executed, all in the name of fighting the Maoist insurgency. When those responsible for the massacare were put on trial by the Peruvian Congress, Fujimori passed an unconstitutional law stating that those responsible were to be given a military trial. They were subsequently given amnesty. Maoism or Mao Zedong Thought (Chinese: 毛泽东思想, pinyin: Máo Zédōng SÄ«xiÇŽng), is a variant of Marxism-Leninism derived from the teachings of Mao Zedong (1893–1976). ... Abimael Guzman Manuel Rub n Abimael Guzm n Reynoso (born 3 December 1934), known also as President Gonzalo, is a former professor of philosophy who became the leader of a terrorist Maoist movement known as the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso in Spanish). ... Guerrilla War redirects here. ... Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso in Spanish) is a Maoist guerrilla insurgent organization in Peru; followers are generally called Senderistas. ... The Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement or Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru (MRTA) was an insurgent guerrilla movement active in Peru from 1984 to 1997. ... The Barrios Altos massacre took place on 3 November 1991, in the Barrios Altos neighborhood of Lima, Peru. ... The La Cantuta massacre, in which a university professor and nine students from Limas La Cantuta University were abducted and disappeared by a military death squad, took place in Peru on 18 July 1992 during the presidency of Alberto Fujimori. ...

When the press found mass graves, the Fujimori administartion allegedly intimidated witnesses and made them disappear. Some sources allege that Fujimori had full knowledge of these actions and gave Montesinos and General Nicolas de Bari Hermoza Rios his full consent for the creation and operations of Grupo Colina.

Currently, a number of agents of the death squad, including its leader Santiago Martin Rivas, are under arrest and on trial.

Vladimiro Montesinos is currently in Callao Military Prison outside of Lima. Ironically, he gave the order to create the prison and he is there with some of the rebel fighters he helped to capture. City motto: Chim Pum Callao Districts 6 Mayor Alex Kouri Bumachar Area 146. ... Also called: La Ciudad de los Reyes (The City of Kings) Founded January 18, 1535 Subdivisions 30 districts Mayor Luis Castañeda Lossio Area 2,664. ...

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