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Peru Victims’ Families Launch Multi-Day ‘March of Sacrifice’ to Lima to Demand Prosecutor Team’s Reinstatement

Relatives plan the trek to press for the return of a special unit they argue is essential to keep protest death cases from stalling.

Overview

  • Organizers say regional delegations will depart between January 23 and 24, converge en route, and stage a sit-in at the Prosecutor General’s Office in Lima on January 28.
  • The mobilization follows the recent deactivation of the Eficavip prosecutorial team by interim Prosecutor General Tomás Aladino Gálvez.
  • Leaders call for Eficavip to be reinstated, warning that case transfers risk delays and the loss of investigative continuity in 2022–2023 protest death files.
  • Raúl Samillán, representing families in Puno, said participants plan routes through Cabanillas and Arequipa and warned a hunger strike could follow if demands are ignored.
  • Relatives also criticize limits on screening documentaries they view as key evidence of policing patterns and important to public memory.