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THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2002

The Peruvian government has been holding public hearings to document two decades of violence brought on by separatist political movements.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was created last June to look into murders, 25,000 deaths and 10,000 disappearances of Peruvians. Many poor and rural members of Indian tribes were affected by the violence.

Groups like the Shining Path, which bases its belief in Marxism, and the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, named after an Indian leader executed by the Spanish in the 1700s, are deemed responsible. But forces aligned with the military are also targeted, which brings worry to military leaders.

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Peru Goes Public on 20 Years Of Guerrilla and Army Violence (The Washington Post 5/30)

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