Since 1984, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) intensified the forced recruitment of adolescents and young people in various rural areas of the country. This practice became frequent in the department of Pasco and other regions, forcing many rural families, especially those with greater resources, to migrate …
The province of Churcampa was created in 1985 in the southern part of the province of Tayacaja. This new province was linked to both the Mantaro Valley and the province of Huanta. The districts that made up the new province were Churcampa, Anco, Chinchihuasi, El Carmen, La Merced, Locroja, Paucarbamba, …
In 1986, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) carried out forced recruitments of adolescents and youths in several districts of the province of Churcampa, specifically in San Miguel de Mayocc and Locroja. These compulsive recruitments were part of the PCP-SL's strategy to rebuild its ranks after the …
In the district capital of Locroja, the villagers, tired of the constant abuses and demands of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso subversives, decided to take action against the Shining Path Shining Path presence in their town. In mid-1990, the villagers assassinated "comrade Samuel", who was the local Shining Path commander in the …
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