Wilmer, a 3-year-old boy, witnessed the murder of his parents by the Shining Path. They threw a machete at his mother's belly and there was a lot of blood, and they put a bullet in his father's head. The boy wanted them to get up but they wouldn't talk to …
Shining Path attacked Sonomoro in the afternoon. A female terrorist captured a family and doused them with gasoline, then set fire to the car and people. Esmeralda Carhuamaca Romero, 10 years old, ran out with fire on her back and managed to put it out by throwing herself on the …
On April 12, 1990, a group of armed individuals associated with the subversive group Sendero Luminoso attacked the village of Sonomoro in the province of Satipo, Junín. The attackers brutally murdered several members of the Serrano family, including two young girls who were first raped and then killed. This event …
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