Witch hunt / Christo Geoghegan.

First edition.

Barcelona, Spain : RM, [2022]-

volumes : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 23 cm.

Translated from the Spanish.

At the end of 2011, Peruvian national news broke a story about a series of barbaric murders that took place deep in the Peruvian Amazon, in a region called Balsapuerto, home to the indigenous Shawi. In the space of just ten months, 14 traditional Shawi healers (or 'curanderos', as they are known locally) are reported to have become victims of a wave of brutal killings. According to local reports, the suspected orchestrator behind these murders was Balsapuerto's acting mayor at the time, Alfredo Torres Rocuba. Accused of carrying out a politically motivated campaign of witch killings he, and his brother Augusto, in turn earned themselves the local nickname 'Los Matabrujos'. The Banished of Balsapuerto is an ongoing investigation into these deaths and the theories behind them, using a mix of on-location interviews, previously unreleased police and cour materials, excerpts from local press coverage as well as original photographs and illustrations.'

Bbanished of Balsapuerto.

English

August 24, 2023

Includes bibliographical references (volume 1, pages 251-254) and index.

Vol. I. The banished of Balsapuerto