New Peru Mass Grave a Reminder of 1980s Dirty War Legacy

New Peru Mass Grave a Reminder of 1980s Dirty War Legacy
Published 24 June 2015 (7 hours 29 minutes ago)

Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission has reported the existence of more than 4,000 mass graves in the country.
The exhumation of a 30-year-old mass grave high in the Andean slopes of Peru's Ayacucho region has uncovered the bodies of 18 people thought to have been killed in the 1980s, Peru's La Republica newspaper reported.

The exhumed remains have been sent to a laboratory for forensic analysis, with the hope of identifying the bodies and returning the remains to family members.

After working for a week to reveal the mass grave, forensic investigators and local prosecutors have signaled that the remains appear to be of campesinos from Vilcashuaman.

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Many of Peru’s disappearances have been seen as part of the U.S.-backed Operation Condor, which saw dictatorships quash rebellious voices and leftist movements throughout the continent.



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