Timeline Events 5

  1. Seizure of Villa Virgen and Pomabamba

    In May 1984, the towns of Villa Virgen and Pomabamba were taken over by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This event is part of the expansion of violence in the department of Apurimac during 1984, when the internal armed conflict began its upward trend in the southern Andes. The seizures of these …

    Villa Virgen y Pomabamba, Apurímac, Perú Informe CVR, página 263
  2. Clash in Vilcabamba

    On November 24, 1984, there was a confrontation with the Vilcabamba police. At the same time, that same day, a combined police, military and self-defense committee operation was carried out, apparently coming from the province of La Mar, in the department of Ayacucho, which disappeared the community of Lucmahuayco, assassinating …

    Vilcabamba, Perú Informe CVR, página 262
  3. Military Incursion in Chuschi

    On March 14, 1991, a military patrol led by Lieutenant Colins Collantes Guerra entered the district of Chuschi, following an attack by Sendero Luminoso in Pomabamba. The patrol, along with local police, forcibly entered the home of the Mayor of Chuschi, Manuel Pacotaype Chaupin, and physically assaulted him and his …

    Chuschi, Peru CVR. UIE. Entrevistas realizadas por la Unidad de Investigaciones Especiales a los vecinos de Chuschi. 14 de septiembre del 2002

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