Members of the Chonta community approached the group of soldiers and accused Benigno Quichca Taipe of being an alleged terrorist. Faced with this accusation, the soldiers shot Benigno without explanation, then tied his mouth with a sweater and began to hang him. His stomach had been cut open and he …
On February 24, 1988, militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the 10th Police Command located in the city of Huancavelica. This attack was part of a series of large-scale military actions carried out by the PCP-SL during 1988, when the subversive organization had managed to recompose and reorganize its forces, …
In September 1988, PCP-Sendero Luminoso militants ambushed an army patrol in the town of Chonta, in Laria, Huancavelica province. The attack resulted in the death of one officer and six soldiers, while fourteen other military personnel were wounded. This ambush was part of the 1988 Shining Path offensive, when the …
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