Victims of Peru's 'Dirty War' Laid to Rest

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Families came from remote mountains and jungle valleys to receive the exhumed remains of loved ones slain 30 years ago during Peru's dirty war.

Image: A student carries a coffin containing the exhumed remains of a victim of the country's dirty war, in a procession in Huamanga, Peru

A student carries a coffin containing the exhumed remains of a victim of the country's dirty war, in a procession in Huamanga, Peru, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014. Hundreds arrived in the Ayacucho state capital for Monday’s handover of 80 sets of remains. Simple white coffins bore the bones of fathers, mothers, wives, children and brothers slain three decades ago during Peru’s dirty war. Forensic teams have been exhuming victims of Peru’s 1980-2000 internal conflict since 2006, recovering 2,925 sets of remains. Rodrigo Abd / AP

Oct. 30, 2014, 9:42 PM EDT / Updated Oct. 30, 2014, 9:54 PM EDT

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