For 26 years, Gregoria Aguilar has mourned her dead in this city in the department of Cusco, where she lives. She lost her son, her son-in-law, and her nephew in …
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For 26 years, Gregoria Aguilar has mourned her dead in this city in the department of Cusco, where she lives. She lost her son, her son-in-law, and her nephew in …
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Testimony in Sicuani on father's murder in Azángaro
Testimony collected in Sicuani where the affiant narrates the murder of his father in 1989 in the town of Azángaro, Puno. This testimony is part of the documentation of cases of political violence in the southern Andean region. The testimony illustrates the long-term psychological effects on the victims' families, including …
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Testimony on alcohol consumption as a coping mechanism for pain
Testimony collected in Sicuani in October 2002 where the affiant expresses how he resorted to alcohol consumption as a mechanism to cope with the pain and grief caused by political violence. The phrase "I will kill the pain with a drink" reflects the use of substances as a palliative in …
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Raid on the Sicuani Farmers' Training Center
A squad of the PIP and the Prosecutor of Canchis showed up at the facilities of the Peasant Training Center and the Community Aid Project, both dependencies of the Prelature of Sicuani, with orders from Lima to raid both premises, without any notice and without contacting the prelate, Monsignor Quinn. …
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Raid on the Prelature of Sicuani
On June 6, 1988, a platoon of the PIP and the Fiscal of Canchis conducted a raid on the Center for Peasant Training and the Community Aid Project, both under the Prelature of Sicuani. The operation was carried out without prior notice and was deemed a violation of the law, …
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Great March for Peace in Sicuani
A Great March for Peace was organized by the Church and the Provincias Altas Human Rights Committee in the prelature of Sicuani. Around two thousand five hundred people participated, delegates from peasant communities, parishes, mothers' clubs and health and school committees, who massively expressed their rejection of the daily violence, …
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Arrest of Edmundo Cox Beuzeville
On May 26, 1981, Edmundo Cox Beuzeville was arrested along with other people in the town of Sicuani, province of Canchis, department of Cuzco. They were accused of being militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This arrest took place in the context of the early years of the internal armed conflict, …
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Capture of Edmundo Cox Beuzeville
Edmundo Cox Beuzeville was captured in Sicuani, Cuzco on May 26, 1981. Subsequently, the Episcopal Commission for Social Action presented a documented denunciation of torture and human rights violations by the GC, the case of Cox Beuzeville being one of the most notorious.
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Complaint against Edmundo Cox Beuzeville
Edmundo Cox Beuzeville, a mathematics teacher who had come from the district of San Anton in Azángaro, Puno, was denounced and later captured by the police in 1981. He was accused of 27 attacks in the city of Sicuani and the province of Canchis, including an attack on the Communal …
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Complaint against Edmundo Cox Beuzeville in Sicuani
On April 26, 1981, Edmundo Cox Beuzeville was denounced in the city of Sicuani as responsible for 27 attacks. This denunciation took place in the context of the first years of the internal armed conflict, when the PCP-Sendero Luminoso began its actions in the department of Cuzco. On May 26 …
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Attack on Sicuani Civil Guard barracks
The PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Civil Guard barracks in Sicuani, capital of the province of Canchis. This attack was part of a series of initial PCP-SL actions in the area, which also included damage to the railroad and the Municipality between January and May 1981. On May 26 of that …