Reflections at the Foot of 136 Corpses

In the Los Cabitos barracks in Ayacucho, 59 complete skeletons were found, along with bones corresponding to more than one hundred bodies out of a much larger total number of victims. They were executed by military commanders in 1983, 1984, and 1985. The evidence gathered regarding the systematic killing of people at the Los Cabitos barracks in Ayacucho should lead the Army, internally and in a reserved manner if it prefers, to begin a profound reflection on its role in the counter-subversive struggle of the previous two decades. An oral trial is being held for what happened in 1983. There are preliminary investigations by the Ministerio Público regarding the two subsequent years. Valuable information is printed in the book "Cuartel Los Cabitos, lugar de horror y muerte," written by Gloria Cano and Carlos Loarca and presented by Aprodeh last week.