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Juliaca Anniversary Sees Outcry Over Eficavip’s Deactivation

Relatives say dissolving the special prosecutors’ team jeopardizes looming charges in the 2023 killings.

Overview

  • Hundreds of relatives and supporters held a memorial mass and a funeral-style march in Juliaca, walking to the Inca Manco Cápac airport with symbolic coffins.
  • Interim Attorney General Tomás Gálvez deactivated specialized units including Eficavip, drawing denunciations from victims' groups who call the move a bid for impunity.
  • La República reported that Eficavip had advanced the Puno case and prosecutors were close to filing criminal charges against the police and military chain of command.
  • Families say no police or military personnel are in preventive detention and some have received promotions or bonuses instead of sanctions.
  • Relatives recount lasting harm from the 2023 crackdown, citing 18 people killed, dozens wounded with more than 50 left with permanent injuries, and 18 children orphaned.