1.   And who exactly was performing the sacrifices?

2.   The smugglers had performed human sacrifices, authorities said, in the belief that they would provide magical protection from police and rival drug organizations.

3.   These new discoveries raise a host of questions, not the least of which is why the Moche performed human sacrifices.

4.   They set fires and performed sacrifices to appease the spirits.

5.   While new evidence explains much about how sacrifices were performed, it falls far short of answering why.

6.   The sacrifices are performed by groups demonstrating Afro-Caribbean religious ceremonies.