ABSTRACT
The methodology for forensic anthropological investigations was implemented in Peru by the Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team (EPAF). The lack of a strategy in response to violence problems caused Belaunde to hand over emergency or “red” areas first to the National Police of Peru and to the armed forces. The 1970s and 1980s were marked by regional political violence that penetrated the Southern Cone countries, mostly ruled by military dictatorships. In the Southern Cone, there was a coordination agreement between intelligence services led by Chile. In countries where national or international wars were fought, resulting in thousands of victims of human rights and international humanitarian law violations, investigations are conducted post facto, usually after many years, by United Nations missions, humanitarian missions, or truth commissions. Since its inception, the EPAF has worked to implement the search for missing persons in Peru under a “humanitarian umbrella”.
