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"From Victims to Citizens. Memories of political violence in communities of the Pampas river basin" is proof that memory must no longer be understood only as the recollection of pain …
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On July 28, 1984, a column of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso raided the town of Morcolla, in the province of Lucanas, Ayacucho. This was the bloodiest of the three Shining Path incursions recorded in Morcolla during 1983-1984. The Shining Path column killed 36 people during this raid. In addition to the …
On January 24, 1984, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out a new "people's trial" in the town of Morcolla, Lucanas province. During this event, four villagers were killed under the accusation of "snitching", that is, of being informers for the forces of law and order. This was the second popular trial …
At the end of October 1983, a Shining Path column entered the town of Morcolla and captured four people, including a teacher and a Puno merchant. They were taken to the town square and subjected to a "people's trial", accused of being "sheriffs and lackeys of the government". They were …