If I Don't Come Back, Look for Me in Putis
27th February 2009 |
Peruvian forensic anthropologists exhume the remains of one of the most brutal incidents in the country's 20-year internal conflict, finally offering some answers for relatives who have wondered about their loved ones fates for decades.
The largest of Peru’s mass graves, Putis marks one of the most brutal incidents in the country’s 20-year internal conflict. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission found that in December 1984, 123 men, women and children from the communities of Cayramayo, Vizcatampata, Orccohuasi and Putis were executed by units of the Peruvian Army and buried at Putis.
The documentary was produced by The Advocacy Project (AP) and follows the Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team (EPAF) in their efforts at exhuming the graves at Putis this past May. AP Executive Director Iain Guest and AP Peace Fellow Ash Kosiewicz, a graduate student at Georgetown University, accompanied the team and provided footage for the documentary.
From: The Advocacy Project
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