Américo Gilvonio Conde (died 2012), also known as "Juan Carlos" or "Johnny",[1][2] was aPeruvian lawyer and former member of theTúpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA).
Gilvonio served underHugo Avellaneda Valdez [es] as part of the group's international wing.[3] By the early 1990s, he was the group's number three, directly underNéstor Cerpa Cartolini andMiguel Rincón Rincón.[4]
He was captured inBreña byDIRCOTE on June 22, 1993, as part of an operation codenamed "Cuervo 3".[5][6] At the time, he was considered responsible for the group's legal wing, finances and special forces, also overseeing a number of kidnappings—such as that of Héctor Delgado Parker on October 4, 1989[7]—and killings, such as that ofGeneral López-Albujar in 1990.[4][8]
He was sentenced to 20 years in prison, but was released onprobation after serving three-quarters of his sentence on May 15, 2009, although without having paid acivil reparation fee.[4] He died three years later, in 2012, without having paid hisS/. 10,000 fee.[9][10]
Gilvonio's siblings, Dionisio Raúl andNancy [es] were also members of the MRTA.[11] His son, Abel, is the founder ofHijos de Perú, an association formed in 2005 by the children of MRTA members.[12]