U.S. returns money traced to ex-Peruvian army general convicted of embezzlement

The U.S. has returned more than $750,000 in funds seized from U.S. accounts held by former Peruvian Gen. Marco Antonio Rodriguez Huerta – convicted in Peru for embezzlement and other related crimes.

Shining Path rebels attack military base in VRAE, two soldiers left wounded

At least two soldiers were wounded Monday in an attack apparently led by Shining Path guerrillas against a counterinsurgency military base in Peru’s isolated Apurímac and Ene River Valleys, or VRAE. According to daily El Comercio, an undetermined number of guerrillas positioned in the surrounding hills opened fired on the military base at approximately 8:00 [...]

Grieving families bury dead massacred by Peruvian military at Putis

The remains of 92 people murdered and buried in a mass grave by the Peruvian military in 1984 were laid to rest Saturday, nearly 25 years after one of the worst military massacres occurred in the remote Andean village of Putis. The burials culminated a two-day funeral procession that departed from the highland city of [...]

Two soldiers, four Shining Path guerrillas dead after shootout in Huancavelica

Two soldiers and four suspected Shining Path guerrillas were killed in the highland department of Huancavelica early Wednesday morning after an operation to capture “Comrade Raúl” turned violent, said Defense Minister Rafael Rey.

Peru soldier steps on land mine planted by Shining Path in VRAE

An 18-year old soldier stepped on a land mine in Peru’s remote Apurimac and Ene River Valleys, or VRAE, during a routine patrol of the densely forested San Judas mountain, reported daily El Comercio. Jhoni Kaynicelima Tabray lost his right foot on Saturday, after stepping on a homemade landmine in VRAE, where the army is [...]

Peru Defense Minister to put together photo exhibit to honor memory of fallen soldiers during civil war

Just over a week after Peru’s government came under fire for rejecting a $2 million donation to build a memorial museum, Defense Minister Ántero Flores Aráoz said that the Armed Forces will put together a photo exhibit to honor the memory of soldiers who died during Peru’s bloody 1980-2000 internal war. I got the idea for this [...]

Peru journalists remember fallen colleagues on 26th anniversary of Uchuraccay massacre

Peruvian journalists across Peru held marches and commemoration ceremonies on Monday to honor eight journalists that were murdered 26 years ago in the Andean hamlet of Uchuraccay, Ayacucho. At the same time, the victims’ families demanded that the case be reopened. “So that it never happens again, Uchuraccay martyrs never again!” chanted marchers in Juliaca, [...]