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Vladimiro Lenin Montesinos Torres (born on May 20, 1945) was the long-time head of Peru's intelligence service (Servicio de Inteligencia Nacional, or "SIN") under President Alberto Fujimori.
In 1965 he took the Cadet Course at the School of the Americas.
In 1976 Montesinos was tried in Peruvian tribunals and was dishonorably discharged from the Peruvian army, for photocopying and giving to the CIA a series of secret documents about the situation of the Peruvian armed forces. His discharge "resolution" was #N°0552-76 GU/DP dated October 6, 1976. In it, it is mentioned that Montesinos traveled to the USA without authorization of the army command, and fraudulently created a military document required to travel. He furthermore visited several foreign institutions representing the Peruvian army, but without authorization of it. At the time of his discharge, he was an army artillery captain. He was soon sentenced to a military prison.
In February of 1978 Montesinos was freed after serving 2 years in a military prison. At that time, his first cousin, the lawyer Sergio Cardenal Montesinos, gave him work at his law office and insisted Montesinos finish his law studies. In April of the same year, Montesinos registered in the San Marcos University (UNMSM). On July 24, only 3 months after registering, Montesinos received a false professional title of lawyer from such University. Then, on August 15, using his false title he registered as lawyer in the Superior Court of Lima. Ten days later, on August 25, he became a member of the Lima Lawyers Association (Colegio de Abogados de Lima).
Montesinos soon became known as a major contact of Colombian Drug-Traffickers in Peru. He became the official lawyer of several Drug-Trafficers and also their "trusted" man. For example, in 1979 he signed as a guarantor of the rent contract of a couple offices/warehouses used by the Colombian Jaime Tamayo Tamayo, in which Cocaine producing labs were established and were later raided by the Police.
In 1984 the "Doctor" (as he liked others to call him) sold classified information about Peru to the Ecuatorian Army. The information contained the complete listings of all weapons that Peru had purchased from the USSR.
Vladimiro Montesinos was appointed head of the SIN after Fujimori was elected president on July 28, 1990. It is said that he was the "power behind the throne" in Peruvian politics from 1990 to 2000. Nominally, Montesinos was President Fujimori's advisor to the National Intelligence Service. One report described Montesinos as Fujimori's "most trusted counselor".
It is believed that Montesinos ran the death squad known as the Colina Group , which was a part of the National Intelligence Service, and was probably responsible for the disappearForced disappearance Disappear (as a transitive verb, as in "to disappear someone") is a doublespeak euphemism for the murder of political opponents. Typically, the murder is surreptitious, and the body disposed where it will (hopefully) never be found.ance of nine students and a professor from La Cantuta university on July 18July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. Events 390 BC Battle of the Allia: A Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome. 64 Great fire of Rome:, 19921992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday. Events January January The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 George H. Bush becomes the fi. Four officers who were tortured after plotting a coup d'étatA coup d'etat ( IPA: /ku deit/), often simply called a coup is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. It is different from a revolution, which is staged by a larger group and radically against Fujimori in November 1992 stated that Montesinos took an active part in torturing them.
In 1996 Montesinos was accused of being a protector of drug trafficers by his accomplice Demetrio Chávez Peńaherrera, known as "El Vaticano". In a trial about drugg trafficing on August 16 of that year, Chávez Peńaherrera stated that he had bribed members of the Peruvian Armed Forces and had also paid Montesinos, as the effective chief of the Peruvian Intelligence Service (SIN) to be able to operate freely ni Campanilla, a selvatic area of the Huallaga region. The bribe was set at US$50,000 per month and was paid many months in 1991 and 1992. As proof, in the trial were presented recordings of radio communications between drug trafficers of Chávez's organization and members of the Armed Forces. The recording showed that members of the army had let his organization operate freely in the Hallaga region, in exchange for the bribe. During certain appearances in the court, Chávez appeared drugged and maybe tortured. After sentencing, while in prison, Chávez talked to the press and revealed that Montesinos mentioned to him at one point that he "did some work" with Pablo EscobarPablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria ( January 12, 1949 December 2, 1993) was a Colombian drug lord who was considered by members of the government, news reporters and the general public alike to be one of the most ruthless, ambitious and powerful drug dealers in, leader of the Medellín CartelThe Medellin Cartel was a well-organized network of drug smugglers that operated in the city of Medellin in Colombia through the 1970s and 1980s. It was built and run by Pablo Escobar. See also Drug cartel Cocaine.. He also mentioned that the ex-president of the Armed Forces Joined Command, retired general Nicolás de Bari Hermoza , and the ex-President Alberto Fujimori, had both complete knowledge of the illicit acts of Montesinos.
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