Takeover of the town of Villa Virgen
On May 3, 1984, the town of Villa Virgen in Vilcabamba was taken over by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This event was part of a series of subversive actions in the Apurimac River Valley during 1984. Days later, on May 17, the town of Pomabamba in the same province of Vilcabamba …