reporter: that t terrible experience took place here, at the alberto lorena hospital in cusco, a placeeant to be dedicated to preserving life. we meet a nurse who's willing to talk to us about what happened. libia pinares says the sterilizations were carried out systematically on the orders of the peruvian government. libia: it was a directive from the health ministry. so hospitals like us were required to carry out the procedures. reporter: the directive, applied here in cusco and in many other towns with a majority indigenous population. libia tells us it was a campaign directed against the indigenous quechuas. libia: we had to fulfil a monthly quota. otherwisise we'd have been fir. it was so extrtreme that nurss were even getting themselves sterilized to meet the quota. reporter: who gave the orders, we ask. libia: the health ministry in lima. it came from the government of president fujimori. reporter: throughout the 199990, peru was governed by alberto fujimori, who was later jailed for human rights abuses. his family planning program was officially aimed at fighting poverty. but