Alberto Gálvez Olaechea
Alberto Gálvez Olaechea | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1955 |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist |
| Movement |  MIR-VR MRTA |
| Criminal status | Released |
| Criminal charge | Terrorism |
| Penalty | 24 years |
Date apprehended | 1991 |
Alberto Gálvez Olaechea (born c. 1955)[1][2] is a Peruvian journalist, columnist, writer, editor, and former member of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA).
Biography
[edit]Gálvez had originally been part of Voz Rebelde, a splinter of the Revolutionary Left Movement, during the 1970s. After the MRTA's formation, he served as a member its "National Directorate"[3] and as a writer for its newsletter, Semanario Cambio.[4] He was detained by DIRCOTE in 1987,[4] escaping from Castro Castro Prison alongside Víctor Polay Campos in 1990.[5] In 1991, he was detained by Special Intelligence Group as part of an operation (codenamed Fortuna),[6] which sought to identify the prison's escapees. He renounced his MRTA membership in 1992,[2] and was eventually released from prison in 2014.[7]
In 2015, he published a memoir, Con la palabra desarmada, and later wrote for Jacobin, an American socialist magazine that published another book of his, Entre Guerras: Militancia y activismo minero en las décadas 1970 y 1980.[8]
In 2016, he was part of a controversy when Marisa Glave, then congresswoman of the Broad Front, was present at the presentation of the second edition of Ojo Zurdo, for which Gálvez wrote an article.[9]
In 2023, he was investigated along with other MRTA leaders for indirect perpetration and human rights violations in the Tarapoto massacre.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Alberto Gálvez Olaechea (Video) (in Spanish). LUM - Centro de Documentación e Investigación. 2003-06-10 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b "Sesiones institucionales de balance y perspectiva". CVR. 2003-06-10.
- ^ Durand Guevara, Anahí. "(Des) armar la palabra". Revista Ideele (253).
- ^ a b Informe Final (in Spanish). Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación. 2003.
- ^ Batalla, Carlos (2020-12-17). "El túnel de Polay: la fuga del terrorista que causó estupor en los peruanos en 1990". El Comercio.
- ^ "Comisión de fiscalización y contraloría". Congreso de la República.
- ^ "Procuraduría Antiterrorismo logra recuperar importante monto por reparación civil tras remate de inmueble embargado a cabecilla del MRTA". Gob.pe. 2021-06-23.
- ^ "Artículos publicador por: Alberto Gálvez Olaechea". Jacobin.
- ^ Livise, Andy (2016-11-02). "¿Qué es cierto y qué no sobre la presencia de un exterrorista en una revista presentada por Marisa Glave?". Útero. Archived from the original on 2022-07-29.
- ^ "Fiscalía de DD.HH. e Interculturalidad formalizó investigación contra Víctor Polay Campos por el caso "Las Gardenias"". Gob.pe. 2023-09-04.