La Hoyada massacre

On September 12, 1988, Shining Path killed eight people in La Hoyoda, Pucallpa, Peru.[1] The victims were accused of being homosexuals (cabros), sex workers (prostis) and drug users (fumos).[2]

The massacre was one of four incidents of violence against LGBT people included in the final report of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Almenara, Erika (2022). The Language of the In-Between: Travestis, Post-hegemony, and Writing in Contemporary Chile and Peru. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 9780822947271.
  2. 1 2 "LGTBIQ+: Pucallpa, persecución y muerte". Conexión Vida (in Spanish). 2023-06-23. Retrieved 2024-02-21.

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