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 …
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 …
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 …
In 1987, the Shining Path (PCP-SL) established operational bases in the district of Río Tambo, particularly in the Ene river basin. These bases were located in settler communities such as Santo Domingo. The presence of the Shining Path in this region was supported by local settlers involved in narcotics trafficking, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The ordinary congress of the Central Asháninka del Río Tambo (CART) was held from July 18 to 20, 1990. At the end of the congress, an armed column of the Shining Path PCP, made up of more than sixty people including settlers and natives, kidnapped three indigenous leaders: Pablo Santoma …
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 …
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 …
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 …
In May 1991, teachers working in the Satipo jungle were captured by the PCP-SL. This event occurred in the context of the expansion of Shining Path control in the province of Satipo, particularly in the Ene River basin and part of the Tambo River basin. By the end of 1991, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Oscar Ramírez Duran, known as 'Feliciano', a Shining Path leader of the PCP-SL, was captured in July 1999. His capture represented a definitive blow to the PCP-SL in the central jungle, which until then had maintained a presence on the left bank of the Ene river basin, from where it …
Oscar Ramirez Duran, known as "comrade Feliciano", was captured by the police in July 1999. His capture marked the definitive end of the PCP-SL's operational capacity in the central region, specifically in the area of Satipo where the group maintained a presence on the left bank of the Ene River …
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 …
The declarant recounts the murder of his son in Poyeni, a locality located in Rio Tambo, province of Satipo, department of Junin. The testimony was recorded in 2002 as part of the statements compiled by the CVR. The case reflects the devastating emotional impact on the victims' families, who expressed …
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