La Hoyada massacre

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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]