Timeline Events 24

  1. Attack in Cutivireni

    On May 17, 1984, an event occurred that disconcerted the population of Cutivireni, in the district of Rio Tambo. This event marked one of the first significant moments of the PCP-SL presence in the area. The news of the war initiated by the PCP-SL years before arrived late to the …

    Cutivireni, distrito de Río Tambo, provincia de Satipo, departamento de Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 228
  2. Fire in the Franciscan Mission of Cutivireni

    The PCP-SL set fire to the Franciscan Mission of Cutivireni in the Tambo River, along with a farm and nearby houses. This attack marked the beginning of systematic violent actions by the PCP-SL in the central jungle, after a work of penetration and recruitment of native community leaders that began …

    Cutivireni, Río Tambo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 277
  3. Fire at the Franciscan mission of Cutivireni

    In October 1984, the Shining Path PCP carried out an attack by setting fire to the Franciscan mission of Cutivireni, located on the Tambo River. The attack also included the destruction of a farm and houses near the mission. This event was part of the systematic work of penetration and …

    Cutivireni, río Tambo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR
  4. Junín and Oxapampa declared in state of emergency

    In October 1988, the entire department of Junin and the province of Oxapampa were declared in a state of emergency. By that time, the Shining Path PCP had organized numerous Popular Committees in the Ene valley, which were set up as support bases for their incursions. Despite the state of …

    Junín y Oxapampa, Perú Informe CVR (página 122)
  5. Kidnapping and murder of native leader Isaías Charete Quinchoquer

    On February 13, 1989, PCP-SL militants kidnapped and murdered native leader Isaías Charete Quinchoquer, who was president of the Campa Asháninka Río Ene Organization (OCARE). The murder occurred in the native community of Centro Tzomaveni, located in the district of Pangoa, province of Satipo. This crime was part of the …

    Centro Tzomaveni, distrito de Pangoa, provincia de Satipo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 236
  6. PCP-SL achieves control of the Ene and Tambo river basin

    In mid-1989, in the central jungle, the PCP-SL achieved absolute control of the Ene River basin and part of the Tambo River basin, thus gaining control of the entire province of Satipo (Junín). This territorial control was achieved at the cost of the razing of dozens of communities, the murder …

    Cuenca del río Ene y río Tambo, provincia de Satipo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, pág. 148
  7. Attacks by the Asháninka Army against the PCP-SL Main Force in Cheni and Anapati

    During 1990, the Asháninka Army, organized through the Asháninka Self-Defense and Development Central Committee No. 1, began patrolling the Bajo Tambo area. The same year there were several attacks against the PCP-SL Main Force, concentrated mainly in Cheni and Anapati, communities neighboring Otica. These attacks were part of the organized …

    Cheni y Anapati, comunidades vecinas a Otica, río Tambo, Satipo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 252
  8. Kidnapping and assassination of indigenous Ashaninka leaders

    After the ordinary congress of the Central Asháninka del Río Tambo from July 18 to 20, 1990, an armed column of the Shining Path PCP, made up of more than sixty people, including settlers and natives, kidnapped three indigenous leaders. Those kidnapped were Pablo Santoma Santos, president of CART (Central …

    Río Tambo, Perú Informe CVR, página 142
  9. Assassination of Indigenous Leaders in Anapati

    On July 22, 1990, in the native community of Anapati along the Tambo River, the Shining Path (PCP-SL) assassinated three prominent indigenous leaders of the Central Jungle: Pablo Santoma Santos, Oscar Chimanga Chanquete, and Dante Martínez López. This event occurred following the annual assembly of the Asháninka federation of the …

    Anapati, Río Tambo, Peru 705
  10. Installation of counter-subversive base in Cutivireni

    In 1991, the Peruvian Army installed a counter-subversive base in Cutivireni, located in the district of Rio Tambo. This installation was part of a broader military strategy in which the Army established bases in strategic areas of the central jungle to combat the Shining Path PCP. The base was established …

    Cutivireni, distrito de Río Tambo, Perú Informe CVR, página 142
  11. Consolidation of the defeat of the PCP-SL in central region

    Between 1993 and 1995, the defeat and disarticulation of the PCP-SL was consolidated in the central region. Its presence was reduced to some rural areas, such as the left bank of the Ene River basin in Satipo, from where it sporadically made incursions into communities in the districts of Pangoa …

    Región central, Perú Informe CVR, págs. 150, 162
  12. Recovery of residents of Selva de Oro

    In 1994, the inhabitants of the settler community of Selva de Oro, Rio Tambo district, who had crossed the Ene River fleeing the military offensive, left the area where they were located with the consent of the subversive commanders of the PCP-SL. The villagers had been living in extreme conditions …

    Selva de Oro, distrito de Río Tambo, provincia de Satipo, departamento de Junín, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 241-242
  13. Massacre of captive natives in Quenteroni by the PCP-SL

    Between June and July 1994, the PCP-SL murdered around 70 natives it held captive in Quenteroni, located in the upper zone of the native community of Samaniato, in the Ene River basin. This event occurred in the context of the absolute control that the PCP-SL had achieved over the Ene …

    Quenteroni (zona alta de la comunidad nativa de Samaniato, río Ene), Satipo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, pág. 154
  14. Official start of the return process of Asháninka communities in Río Tambo

    On September 17, 1994, the process of returning the Asháninka communities to their places of origin in the district of Río Tambo officially began as part of a campaign promoted by the government to generate a psychosocial impact on the Peruvian population. The media called this event 'the great Asháninka …

    Río Tambo, Satipo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 3251
  15. Ronda de Puerto Ocopa seeks independence from the Colonist Command

    In 1995, the Puerto Ocopa patrol or Self-Defense Committee, which had been created on its own initiative in 1991, sought independence from the colonist patrol command led by Natalio Sánchez. Until then, this Asháninka round had been under the direct dependence of the Army and the colonist patrols, which caused …

    Río Ene, Puerto Ocopa, Satipo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 259
  16. PCP-SL kills three ronderos in San Martin Pangoa

    On January 24, 1996, in San Martin Pangoa, a district of Satipo province in Junin, there was a confrontation between peasant ronderos and PCP-Sendero Luminoso forces. During this confrontation, the PCP-SL killed three ronderos. This event occurred in the context of the final period of the cycle of violence in …

    San Martín Pangoa, Satipo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR
  17. Murder of ronderos in San Martin Pangoa

    On January 24, 1996, in San Martin Pangoa, a district in the province of Satipo in Junin, there was a confrontation between ronderos and militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. During this confrontation, the PCP-SL killed three ronderos. This event occurred in the context of the final phase of the internal …

    San Martín Pangoa, Satipo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 244
  18. Diagnóstico sobre derechos individuales y colectivos vulnerados en las comunidades de los distritos de Río Tambo y San Martín de Pangoa

    This report, prepared by Connie Gálvez Revollar and Beatriz Fabián Arias, examines the individual and collective rights violations in the communities of Río Tambo and San Martín de Pangoa. These communities were affected by political violence from 1980 to 1995. The document provides an in-depth analysis of the impact of …

    Río Tambo and San Martín de Pangoa, Peru

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