Английская Википедия:El Sexto Prison
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox prison El Sexto Prison (Шаблон:Lang-es), previously El Sexto Barracks (Шаблон:Lang-es),[1] was a prison located in Lima District, Peru. Located next to the College of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the 13th block of Alfonso Ugarte Avenue,[2] it took its name from the fact that the sixth station of the Republican Guard was located there. It is best known for the violent riot that took place for fourteen hours on March 27, 1984, which left 22 dead and 10 wounded.[3]
It is currently known as Alfonso Ugarte Police Station (Шаблон:Lang-es) and is operated by the National Police of Peru, no longer serving as a prison since its closure by Alan García in 1986.[4]
History
The prison was built in 1904, serving as the destination for political prisoners, such as José María Arguedas, during the early 20th century. Arguedas' experience inspired his novel of the same name, published in 1961. Three years before the riot, a violent incident took place between gangs from Lima proper and Callao, leaving 31 people dead, among them 29 suffocated and asphyxiated.[2]
Mutiny
Around 10 a.m. on March 27, 1984, inmate Víctor "Carioco" Ayala stabbed an employee carrying food, starting a revolt. Fellow inmates Luis "Pilatos" García Mendoza and Eduardo "Lalo" Centenaro Fernández, alongside ten other inmates, took over the prison with pistols, knives and dynamite, taking eleven civilians and three other inmates as hostages.[2][3] The events were shown on national television,[5] with news stations Panamericana (Channel 5) and América (Channel 4) broadcasting from 11:15 a.m.[2][3]
On two separate occasions, two of the hostages were injured after being sent to the prison's rooftop in order to be seen by the broadcasters: one was sprayed with kerosene at 1:53 p.m. and another one shot in the abdomen at 2:56 p.m. The former died of his injuries on April 2, while the latter was successfully treated.[2][3]
Then president Fernando Belaúnde ordered that negotiations begin, while the Republican Guard was to surround the prison in order to keep the peace. Prosecutor Leoncio Delgado Briones received the list of demands from the hostages, which included their escape.[6][7] The Republican Guard's Yapan Atic Battalion (Quecha for "those who can do anything") arrived later at the scene, with the prison now surrounded on the streets and the rooftops.[6]
At 9:50 p.m., the Republican Guard announced that a police van would be delivered as per the prisoners' request. Unbeknownst to the prisoners, the van was occupied by law enforcement special forces, who opened fire once the light had been cut off. One hostage, a prisoner, was executed by the hostage takers, and another one was shot in the jaw but survived. By 12:30 a.m. on March 28, the mutiny had ended.[2] Twenty-two people (including two hostages) had been killed, while ten people were injured.[3]
On March 8, 1986, two years after the mutiny, then president Alan García formally closed the prison in a ceremony where he was accompanied by his father, a former inmate of the prison.[4]
Notable inmates
- Edmundo Haya de la Torre, brother of Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre[4]
- José María Arguedas, imprisoned from 1937 to 1938.[2][8]
- Carlos García Ronceros, APRA Party member and father of Alan García[4]
See also
References
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