Discovery of new mass graves
New mass graves were found in emergency areas of Peru on October 30, 1984, causing political commotion in the country.
In October 1984, new mass graves were found in emergency zones of Peru. This discovery took place in a context of escalating violence and successive reports of forced disappearances. The discovery of these mass graves caused a commotion in the political circles of the country. This event was added to other similar discoveries during that year, such as the Pucayacu graves discovered in August 1984, which contained fifty unrecognizable corpses that had apparently been burned with acid.