The PCP-SL attacked the new Civil Guard post in the town's main market, resulting in the death of several policemen. When a UMOPAR patrol was on its way from Tingo Maria to provide support, it was ambushed at the Pacae bridge, killing two policemen. When they arrived in Aucayacu, they …
On July 4, 1984, the second attack by the PCP-SL against the Civil Guard post in Aucayacu took place. This attack occurred five months after the first attack on January 31, 1984. A UMOPAR unit arrived several hours after the attack, when the hikers had already withdrawn, and retaliated against …
Once the coca growers' union was organized, they went on strike in Aucayacu. The strike lasted between twenty-four and forty-eight hours. In the middle of the strike, a UMOPAR patrol arrived from Tingo Maria to confront a group of strikers who had gathered at the Aucayacu intersection with the Marginal …
During July 1988, the Shining Path PCP carried out an ambush against a patrol of the Mobile Rural Patrol Unit (UMOPAR) in the Alto Huallaga area. Seven policemen and the prosecutor of Leoncio Prado were killed in the attack. This action, together with the murder of homosexuals and prostitutes in …
Beginning with the armed strike of 1989, the PCP-SL began to kill traqueteros, supposedly for having disobeyed the order not to buy drugs, although in practice there was never a lack of justifications for eliminating the drug dealers. The prohibitions on the purchase/sale and transport of drugs were implemented through …