Fortunato Gavilán García

Timeline Events 2

1. May 20, 1983

   First Shining Path PCP attack on Uchuraccay

   On May 20, 1983, during the feast of the Holy Spirit (Corpus Christi), the Shining Path PCP carried out its first reprisal attack against Uchuraccay for the participation of its community members in the death of the journalists on January 26. The attackers shouted threats saying that they would finish …

   Uchuraccay, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 142-143

   #uchuraccay #pcp-sendero-luminoso #represalias #masacre #ayacucho #huanta #corpus-christi #violencia-política
2. Aug. 2, 1983

   Murder of Fortunato Gavilán

   Fortunato Gavilán García, lieutenant governor of Uchuraccay, was killed by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso when he tried to flee into the jungle. Gavilán had been a central figure in the events of January 1983, actively participating in the capture and threatening of peasants from Iquicha, whom he threatened to kill by …

   Tacctaca, km 48 carretera Tambo-Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 143

   #asesinatos #sendero-luminoso #uchuraccay #autoridades-comunales #represalias #ayacucho #huanta