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Police torture and murder three young men in Trujillo
Police intervene in the district of El Porvenir, Trujillo, where they detain and torture young Jessica Rosa Chávez Ruiz (17 years old), worker Pedro Javier Cruz Guzmán (28 years old) and Héctor Rodríguez (28 years old), who were participating in a social activity in the Víctor Raúl Haya de la …
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Intensified recruitment of youths and children by PCP-SL in Satipo
During 1989, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) significantly intensified the recruitment of youth and children in the province of Satipo. This recruitment campaign was carried out both in the cities and in rural areas near the highway. Forced recruitment was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to …
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Forced recruitment of 16-year-old son
The Shining Path forcibly recruited the 16-year-old son of a declarant, threatening to kill the whole family if they did not hand him over. The subversives said 'Your son has to accompany us to death' and 'If you don't let your son go with us, we will kill your whole …
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Massacre of twelve youths who refused to join the PCP-SL
On December 24, 1986, known as the Bloody Easter, twelve young men were murdered for refusing to join the People's Guerrilla Army. The Shining Path leaders demanded a new quota of twelve boys between 10 and 13 years of age. The parents objected and the boys refused. Suddenly the discussion …
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Compulsive recruitment of young people by the PCP-SL
In 1986, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) carried out forced recruitments of adolescents and youths in several districts of the province of Churcampa, specifically in San Miguel de Mayocc and Locroja. These compulsive recruitments were part of the PCP-SL's strategy to rebuild its ranks after the …
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Forced recruitment of adolescents and youths by the PCP-SL
Since 1984, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) intensified the forced recruitment of adolescents and young people in various rural areas of the country. This practice became frequent in the department of Pasco and other regions, forcing many rural families, especially those with greater resources, to migrate …
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Each Era Marks Its Youth: The Armed Option and the Motivations of Shining Path Militants
The 1970s, with their political and ideological debates, social struggles, and the predominance of Marxism, influenced motivations to seek an ideal, egalitarian world. In the 1980s, the echo of the …
United We Make Ourselves Respected. Youth, Identities and Violence in Ayacucho
"Corsula Strocka's book is the best thing written to date on juvenile gangs in Peru. The author employs rigorous methodology, combines anthropology and social psychology, and carries out fascinating fieldwork …
Youth and Politics, Yesterday and Today. Letter to My Daughter
Through the epistolary device, as a communication between a Peruvian mother and her teenage daughter, a generational contrast is formulated between those who, like the author, were young in the …