Santiago Martín Rivas

Santiago Martín Rivas
Born (1957-11-04) 4 November 1957
Lucma, Peru
Allegiance Peru
BranchPeruvian Army
RankMajor
CommandsGrupo Colina
ConflictsInternal Conflict in Peru, La Cantuta Massacre, Barrios Altos Massacre, Santa Massacre
Other workCurrently imprisoned

Santiago Martín Rivas (born 4 November 1957) was a major in the Peruvian Army, a member of the Army Intelligence Service, and the leader of a death squad known as Grupo Colina, responsible for several massacres, kidnappings, murders and forced disappearances during the era of terrorism during the government of Alberto Fujimori.

In 1994, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for human rights violations, but was later pardoned by the Fujimori majority-controlled Congress. In 2002, Martín Rivas was arrested again on charges of perpetrating the La Cantuta and Barrios Altos massacres, as well as the murder of his former partner, agent Mariela Barreto. In 2010, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

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