Murder in Santo Tomás
Murder of a person in Santo Tomás, Chumbivilcas, Cuzco, whose testimony was collected in September 2002. The event caused deep trauma in the surviving family members, especially in a young man who witnessed the death of his sister.
The testimony recounts the murder of a cousin in Santo Tomás, Chumbivilcas, Cuzco. The witness recounts the traumatic impact this murder had on her son, who witnessed the death of his sister and was completely disappointed. The young man barely finished high school and then did not want to continue with any job or join the police force. The affiant expresses the constant fear that the family lives in, mentioning that her son says 'what am I going to work for, if life is like this they are going to kill us at any time, there are comments that the Sendero is going to come back and burn us'.