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Chavín de Huántar to Air on Free TV as Producer Announces New Film on Guzmán Capture

The free broadcast widens domestic access to a major retelling of 1990s counterterrorism, signaling a continued focus on police and intelligence stories.

Overview

  • The film 'Chavín de Huántar, el rescate del siglo' will be shown on América Televisión at 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 6, 2026, marking its first free-to-air broadcast.
  • The movie previously drew more than 1.5 million cinema viewers and reached international audiences through Netflix, boosting its national visibility.
  • Producciones Colibrí confirmed it is developing a new drama based on the Grupo Especial de Inteligencia’s surveillance and work that led to Abimael Guzmán’s capture.
  • The announced project will combine dramatic reconstruction with documentary research and involve people linked to the 1992 operation that ended Guzmán’s leadership of Sendero Luminoso.
  • Broadcasters and the producer say the TV airing and new film revive public engagement with Peru’s 1990s violence and could shape how the country remembers the role of police and military in that period.