The first period of the guerrillas, between 1961 and 1963, brought together the experiences of the Revolutionary Left Front (FIR) and the National Liberation Army (ELN), whose objective was to support the peasant mobilization of Chaupimayo, in the valleys of La Convención and Lares de Cuzco, led by the peasant …
At the end of 1962, a group of 40 militant men from the National Liberation Army (ELN), led by Héctor Béjar, tried to enter the country clandestinely through the Bolivian border to support the peasant leader Hugo Blanco in the valleys of La Convención and Lares de Cuzco. An advance …
Paraíso was colonized between 1969 and 1973, first by a group of Piuranos and then by families of Ancashinos affected by the Yungay earthquake. Most of the initial settlers decided to leave, leaving only 20% of the original group. It was not until 1978 that coca cultivation appeared in the …
In 1980, Paraíso experienced an unexpected burst of drug trafficking boom that transformed a purely rural spot into a bustling, affluent town. Coca cultivation had appeared in 1978, but only two years later it became a drug trafficking center. The transformation attracted people not only from all parts of the …
On January 21, 1983, the Marine Infantry, called 'the navy' by the local population, took control of the Huanta area under the leadership of Commander Vega Llona, who would later be assassinated by subversives in 1988 in La Paz, Bolivia. This entry marked the beginning of military control of the …
The Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) made its appearance in the department of Puno in April 1987, with propaganda and sabotage actions in the cities of Puno and Juliaca. The first recorded attack was on April 13, 1987 against the premises of the Puno Credit Bank, marking the beginning of …
On December 6, 1988, a PCP-SL commando, acting under the name of the Revolutionary Workers Movement (MOR), assassinated AP Navy Captain Juan Vega Llona, who was serving as naval attaché of the Peruvian embassy in Bolivia. Vega Llona was an expert in anti-subversive struggle and was stationed in the emergency …
Juan Vega Llona, the naval attaché of the Peruvian Embassy in Bolivia, was assassinated in La Paz on December 6, 1988, by a command of the PCP-SL operating under the name Movimiento Obrero Revolucionario (MOR). The assassination was in retaliation for his involvement in the suppression of a prison riot …
Captain Juan Vega Llona was assassinated by a Sendero Luminoso commando while stationed in La Paz, Bolivia, as a military attaché. This event is part of the broader context of political violence and insurgency in the region during the late 1980s. The assassination reflects the ongoing conflict between government forces …
In 1991, a member of a political group in Peru faced intense scrutiny and persecution from his peers due to ideological differences. Fearing for his safety, he meticulously planned his escape, eventually fleeing to Cusco and then to Brazil via Bolivia. He lived clandestinely in Brazil for about a year …
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