Peru death squad 'celebrated hit'

[Judi Lynn]

Last Updated: Tuesday, 29 January 2008, 08:02 GMT

Peru death squad 'celebrated hit'
By Dan Collyns
BBC News, Lima

Mr Martin Rivas allegedly said nobody would leave the group alive
At the trial of ex-Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, a former death squad gunman has said its members had a party only hours after they killed 15 people.

Pedro Supo said his comrades drank beer and ate cake to celebrate the birthday of their leader, Santiago Martin Rivas.

Mr Fujimori is accused of authorising two massacres, in which 25 people were killed, during a campaign against the Shining Path insurgency in the 1990s.

If convicted, he could face up to 30 years in prison. He denies the charges.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Peru death squad ate cake after Fujimori-era hit

Peru death squad ate cake after Fujimori-era hit

29 January 2008 | 06:03 | FOCUS News Agency

Lima. Peruvian death squad gunmen drank beer and shared birthday cake on the beach after killing 15 people at a neighborhood barbecue, one of them said on Monday at the trial of former President Alberto Fujimori on human rights crimes, Reuters reported.

Fujimori faces up to 30 years in prison if found guilty of ordering the "Barrios Altos" massacre in Lima in 1991 as well as other extrajudicial killings during Peru's war against the Maoist guerrilla group known as Shining Path.

Pedro Supo, who drove the get-away car on the night of the massacre, said members of the "Colina" death squad threw a party for their leader, Santiago Martin, at a beachfront military base after the slaughter.

"We sat around a table and saw a newsflash on TV about what happened. We saw that a child had died, then we had a toast for the birthday of Martin Rivas. We sang him happy birthday and had beer," Supo said. When the beer ran dry, they drank liquor until dawn.

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