Recruitment and training of 13-year-old boy in Ashaninka community
13-year-old boy recruited by Sendero Luminoso in Ashaninka community was trained in weapons.
A 13-year-old boy recounts his recruitment by the Shining Path in the Ashaninka community. He says 'when I was little I didn't know what life was like, I practically opened my eyes to it, I thought it was the truth'. From 5 to 10 years old, they were pioneers and carried out surveillance and espionage tasks. The Main Force taught them physical training and weapons handling. He describes how he witnessed massacres: 'It looks like a pig is being killed, I saw how they kill him, it looks like he is killing a rooster'.