Julio Vargas Garayar

Julio Alfonso Vargas Garayar (1949 – 20 January 1979) was a Peruvian soldier who was the last person to be executed in Peru. Vargas Garayar, a 29-year-old non-commissioned officer of the Peruvian Air Force, was convicted of spying on local military air fields and giving the information to Chilean intelligence. His execution in January 1979 took place amid increasing historical tensions between Peru and Chile.

Since Vargas Garayar's execution, Peru has not applied the death sentence again, becoming an abolitionist country for common crimes, allowing its usage in wartime and for acts of terrorism. Provided by Wikipedia