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Peru Prosecutors Return Remains of 17 Conflict Victims to Families in Ayacucho

Officials describe the restitution as symbolic reparation that does not close active investigations.

Overview

  • Prosecutors led a public handover at the Basilica/Cathedral of Ayacucho, with senior officials including Andrés Montoya, Karenn Obregón, Gino Dávila and Hans Heinrich Behr in attendance.
  • The identified cases date from 1983 to 1993 across the provinces of Huanta, La Mar, Víctor Fajardo and Huancasancos.
  • Files under inquiry describe extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances and other severe abuses attributed to Sendero Luminoso, Navy and Army personnel, and self‑defense committees.
  • Forensic teams conducted exhumations, anatomical assembly and genetic and anthropological analyses, often working with incomplete bone fragments and associated clothing or footwear.
  • Prosecutors say inquiries remain open, including a 1990 incident in Yawarmachay, as Peru continues to account for tens of thousands of conflict‑era victims and disappeared persons.