Migration, Internal War and Andean Identity in Peru
Interview with Manuelcha Prado. The pre-existing interethnic violence in the country, fueled by the actions of Sendero and the dirty war waged by the armed forces, did not end with the capture of Guzmán in September 1992: it continued for much longer. President Alberto Fujimori held power for more than ten years, legitimizing his authoritarian and anti-democratic government on the basis of the success achieved by his violent and relentless counter-insurgency strategy, which increased the human rights violations that characterized his predecessors: genocide, massacres, mass graves, and disappearances.