In August 1984, the Carmen Chico military base was installed in Cerro de Pasco, near the mining centers in the area. This military base was established as part of the Peruvian State's counter-subversive strategy in the central region of the country. From this base, the military carried out control and …
On March 19, 1986, a march organized by miners demanding the approval of their claims was disrupted when Tomás Miranda, a union leader opposed to the PCP-SL ideology, was shot in the head. The shooter, Florentino Cecones, was captured and confessed to being a PCP-SL militant. Following the incident, the …
On June 23, 1986, the military arrived at the house of Teófilo Rímac Capcha, leader of the FOCEP (Frente Obrero Campesino y Estudiantil del Perú), whom they arrested along with others and transferred to the Carmen Chico military base. He was the only one who never left the military base. …
In November 1986, a military base was installed in Quillacocha, located in Cerro de Pasco. This installation was part of the Peruvian State's military strategy to control subversive activity in the mining region of the central highlands. The base was established in a context of increasing Shining Path activity in …