Asháninka people in Peru. Photo from Antônio Milena/Agência Brasil
The Peruvian government has begun to exhume the graves of members of the Ashaninka Tribe who were killed during a bloody conflict. Forensic teams are unearthing about 130 bodies from graves in two Ashaninka communities. Tribal members were killed because they resisted the Shining Path rebels. According to Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 10,000 Ashaninka were displaced, 6,000 died and 5,000 were taken captive from 1980 to 2000. Get the Story:
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