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PUTIS, BURIAL OF VICTIMS
2008
If I don't come back, look for me in Putis
1984
Exhumation of mass graves found in the locality of Ñeque in Huamanga
1984
Bodies from the Ñeque mass grave, Huamanga
1983
SOCOS MASSACRE, AYACUCHO
1983
SOCOS MASSACRE, AYACUCHO
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Three Decades Ago Their Loved Ones Were Taken Away; Yesterday They Received Their Remains
Bones and clothing of men, women, and children killed between 1984 and 1991 by terrorists and unscrupulous military and police personnel were recovered from clandestine graves and handed over to …
Peru Begins Exhumations of the Ethnic Group That Shining Path Decimated
A forensic team has testimony of the existence of up to 160 Asháninka bodies. During two months of fieldwork in the central jungle of the department of Junín, a forensic …
Ashaninka Residents of Pangoa Report Mass Grave with More Than 30 Victims
Survivors informed members of the Ministerio Público forensic team that four clandestine burials correspond to the native community of Matzuriniari, where, they say, "comrade Feliciano" was based. Meanwhile, residents of …
Two New Mass Graves Found with Remains of the Asháninka People
In Pangoa. The native community of Unión Alto Saniveni was razed by terrorists in 1991, who murdered even children.
Remains of an Asháninka Woman Victim of Shining Path Exhumed
The Equipo Forense Especializado (EFE) visited Mapotoa and Yaynapango for a second time, on this occasion to carry out excavation work and the exhumation of the remains of Maribel María …
Reunion with Horror in Peru
Families of victims of Sendero Luminoso and the Army jointly receive exhumed remains in Ayacucho, the epicenter of the bloody war between the State and the terrorists in the 1980s. …
19 Mass Graves Hold the Remains of 56 Civilians in the Heights of Chungui
For 10 days, La República accompanied a team of archaeologists and forensic experts from the Ministerio Público on their journey through the remote areas of the region known as Oreja …
Regional Plan for Forensic Anthropological Investigations in Ayacucho. Research Strategies and General Guidelines
This publication develops a proposal of essential guidelines for a Regional Plan for Anthropological-Forensic Investigations in Ayacucho. In formulating it, the publication has carried out an exhaustive evaluation of the …
List of Burial Sites in Ayacucho
This list is an annex to the book "Regional plan for anthropological-forensic investigations in Ayacucho. Research strategies and general guidelines," which can be consulted in the BVVR.
Enforced Disappearance and Victims' Rights. The Humanitarian Response to the Demands for Truth, Justice and Reparation in Peru
This is a publication by IDEHPUCP with the support of the Fundación Konrad Adenauer, whose purpose is to confirm the persistence of impunity in Peru and, therefore, the denial of …
Prosecutor Exhumes Remains of 18 People Who Disappeared 28 Years Ago in Peru
The remains of 18 people, including five minors, believed to belong to persons who disappeared since 1984 in the Peruvian region of Ayacucho, were exhumed from two graves in the …
Terrorists in the VRAE Bury Children in Mass Graves
"From a very young age they took me to the jungle. They forced me to have children. They (the ringleaders) said: You are single, you join (the terrorist column) to …
The Dead of Ayacucho. Violence and Clandestine Burial Sites
How many remains lie buried in the clandestine sites that emerged with the violence? A question that is impossible to answer for now, since since the delivery of the CVR's …
They Demand Justice and the Promised Reparation
Families of victims of political violence demand justice and promised reparation. The families of victims of political violence in Ayacucho went to the area where the common graves were found …
ANFASEP ANNUAL OPERATIONAL PLAN
The Asociación de Familiares de Secuestrados, Detenidos y Desaparecidos del Perú presents its action plan for the next four years. There are four areas of work: 1- Organizational strengthening 2- …
Remains of Another 20 Victims Exhumed in Chungui
The remains of 20 more people — including 10 children — killed at the Chungui base between 1983 and 1989 were exhumed by forensic experts from the specialized forensic team …
Reparation and Justice in the Country
The Defensoría del Pueblo has persevered in keeping on the National agenda various obligations to which the State must provide an effective response. One of these is addressing the consequences …
Peruvian State Asked Forgiveness from the Bereaved Families of El Santa's Victims
The Executive Branch, on behalf of the Peruvian State, today asked for forgiveness from the relatives of the nine disappeared peasants from El Santa, who were kidnapped and extrajudicially executed …
Attorney General's Office Delivers 92 Remains of Putis Massacre Victims to Families
Amid heartbreaking scenes of grief, representatives of the Ministerio Público handed over the remains of 92 victims killed in the massacre that occurred in Putis, Ayacucho, on December 13, 1984. …
The Horror of Pucayacu
25 years ago, La República published on its front page the discovery of a clandestine grave in Pucayacu — on the border between Ayacucho and Huancavelica — containing 50 victims …
The Investigations in the Pucayacu Case, Ayacucho
In Ayacucho, the Specialized Human Rights Criminal Prosecutor's Office is investigating the human rights violations that occurred in the province of Huanta between July and August 1984. Toward that end, …
Chungui. It Is Not Only Memory, but Open Life and Hope.
Six years after the delivery of the report of the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación, the men and women of Chungui call on us to keep seeking justice, to …
Mass Grave with 25 Children Murdered in Ayacucho in the 1980s Found
The Public Ministry found the bodies of 25 children allegedly murdered by a military patrol in the province of Víctor Fajardo, in the department of Ayacucho, in November 1983. Forensic …
Massacre in Umasi
In the village of Racjaya, Senderistas raided and took 54 community members, whom they led to the school in Umasi. Later, Army members attacked them, killing the hostages and possibly …
Remains of the Disappeared from the Chaupiorcco Case to Be Delivered in Abancay
In an unprecedented act for the Apurímac region, the Ministerio Público will hand over this Friday, November 13, the remains of five people who were killed and disappeared by military …
PERU: Hitler Was in Ayacucho
The accounts of survivors of the Los Cabitos barracks in Peru, who claim that the site was a center of torture and extermination, are corroborated as more bodies clandestinely buried …
MINDEF Must Hand Over Records on the Putis Case
The lawyer for the families of the victims of the Putis massacre (1984), Milton Campos, called it unacceptable that the Ministerio de Defensa (MINDEF) refuses to hand over the roster …
Chuschi, 16 years of struggle until justice was achieved
"Chuschi: Sixteen Years of Struggle to Achieve Justice" is a compilation of the rulings issued by Peruvian justice in connection with the case of the detention and subsequent disappearance of …
A Place Called Dog's Ear
In "Un lugar llamado Oreja de Perro," the story is told of a reporter who is assigned to travel, along with his photographer, to the breathless heights of a depressed …
Baraybar: "I Am a Radical of Truth"
A forensic team in Peru finished excavating a few weeks ago four mass graves in an area called Putis, in the province of Ayacucho (in the south of the country), …
Mass Graves Are an Open Wound in Peru
The discovery of mass graves in Andean zones and in the jungle over the past eight months — containing the skeletal remains of victims of the war that ravaged Peru …
Ombudsman's Report No. 84. DISCOVERY OF GRAVES CONTAINING HUMAN REMAINS IN THE DISTRICT OF VINCHOS
This Ombudsman's Report describes the case of a group of 15 peasants who, in June 1984, were detained and killed in a military operation under suspicion of being terrorists. The …
Ombudsman's Report No. 001. 2002 (Existence of a Mass Grave in Chuschi, Ayacucho)
Ombudsman investigation into the existence of a mass grave with human remains in the area of Sillaccasa, in the district of Chuschi, province of Cangallo, Ayacucho. In August 2001, the …
Manual for Effective Investigation upon Discovery of Mass Graves with Human Remains in Peru
The manual consists of three parts. 1. Normative instruments and procedures for forensic intervention. 2. Documents and proposals for the development of forensic investigations in Peru. 3. Comparative experiences with …
Ombudsman's Report 003-2002 (Existence of a Mass Grave in Ccarpaccasa, District of Totos, Ayacucho)
During the working visit to the district of Totos on May 16, 2001, to verify press reports about the discovery of a mass grave in the area of Paqpamuqu, information …
Ombudsman's Report No. 02-2002 (Existence of a Mass Grave in Sancaypata, District of Totos, Ayacucho)
Ombudsman investigation into the existence of alleged mass graves with human remains in the area of Sancaypata in the district of Totos, province of Cangallo, Ayacucho. On May 16, 17, …
Mass Graves Are an Open Wound in Peru
The discovery of mass graves in Andean and jungle areas over the past eight months, containing the remains of victims of the war that ravaged Peru, has become an open …
Mass Graves with 80 Corpses Found in Peru
Four mass graves, containing at least 80 bodies, were discovered in a village in southern Peru, in an area that was the center of guerrilla violence more than a decade …
The Enforced Disappearance of Persons in Peru (1980-1996)
For the Defensoría del Pueblo, the commitment to victims of enforced disappearance and to the Asociación Nacional de Familiares de Secuestrados, Detenidos y Desaparecidos en Zonas en Estado de Emergencia …
Mass Grave Discovered in Emergency Zone
Clandestine mass graves are discovered 36 kilometers from the city of Huanta. This cable estimates that approximately 49 to 50 males and one woman were killed in a methodical manner …