The World - News from Sept. 19, 1985
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Peru disclosed that soldiers massacred about 40 peasants in an Andean village last month. The military command removed two generals because of the incident but did not accuse them of direct involvement. The disclosure by President Alan Garcia’s new administration was the first time in the five-year war against Maoist guerrillas that Peru has admitted that soldiers have killed civilians.
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