On November 26, 1984, police captured a dozen MRTA activists in Cuzco and seized about twenty rifles, uniforms and ammunition. The police operation disarticulated MRTA plans to start a guerrilla movement in the Paucartambo area. Among those captured was MRTA member Luis Varese Scotto. Subsequently, on December 8, MRTA members …
On November 27, 1984, nine members of the MRTA (Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement) were captured by the police in Paucartambo, Cuzco. The police seized war rifles, a large amount of ammunition, and uniforms from the group. This event was a significant setback for the MRTA, highlighting issues of liberalism, superficiality, …
Nine guerrillas were captured by the police in the province of Paucartambo, department of Cuzco, confiscating rifles, a large quantity of ammunition and uniforms. For the MRTA it was a very hard blow as a consequence of the liberalism, superficiality and disorder with which its militants worked. They had been …
On December 8, 1984, members of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) kidnapped two journalists from Channel 2: Vicky Pelaez and her cameraman. During the kidnapping, the journalists were forced to do a report in which MRTA members explained their differences with the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The kidnappers also took advantage …
The MRTA kidnapped Vicky Pelaez and a cameraman from the 90 Segundos news program in the morning hours, in order to publicly denounce the arrest of their militants in Paucartambo, thus preserving their integrity. The statement read by a hooded Víctor Polay was not broadcast on Channel 2 due to …
The presence of PCP-SL militants in the districts of Ninacaca and Vicco, province of Pasco, has been registered since 1986, arriving later than in other areas of the department. Two years later, in 1988, the leaders of the Ninacaca Communal Cooperative were assassinated, while some animals were slaughtered to supply …
On June 8, 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Paucartambo police post in the province of the same name in the department of Cuzco. This attack was part of a series of PCP-SL raids against various police posts in the upper provinces of Cuzco during June 1987. The attack took …
The districts of Paucartambo and Huachón, located in the department of Pasco, together with Ninacaca, Vicco, Carhuamayo and Ulcumayo were part of the same PCP-SL area of operations. Subversive activity in these districts began around 1988, approximately six years later than in other districts in the north of Junín province. …
In 1992, the Shining Path (PCP-SL) intensified its violent activities in the provinces of Pasco and Junín, Peru. On February 2, 1992, a contingent of approximately 50 militants entered the districts of Tambillo, Auquimarca, and Huallamayo, executing local authorities and community members. The violence continued in May 1992, targeting other …
On May 13, 1992, a contingent of the PCP-SL entered the town of Chupaca, in the district of Paucartambo. During this incursion, the Shining Path militants slit the throats of villagers and also murdered Alberto Miranda Córdova and Porfirio Fuero Anco. This action was part of a series of violent …
On May 13, 1992, in the context of a campaign of violence by the Shining Path PCP in the districts of Paucartambo, Huachón and Ulcumayo, the accidental mayor of the small town of Chupaca was murdered by slitting his throat. Despite having previously announced by radio his resignation to avoid …
On May 14, 1992, a contingent of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso entered three annexes of the district of Ulcumayo, in the province and department of Junin. This action was part of a series of terrorist incursions that the PCP-SL carried out in May 1992 in various districts of the area, as …
On May 17, 1992, the Shining Path PCP raided the annex of Quiparacra, located in the district of Huachon. In the presence of the assembled villagers, the subversive column assassinated seven local authorities who had decided to confront the threats and remain in their posts. This attack was part of …
In October 1993, two significant events marked the symbolic end of subversive violence in Cuzco. On October 8, General Petronio Fernández Dávila declared that the region was practically free of subversive elements and encouraged militants to take advantage of the 'law of repentance'. Later, on October 20, the military distributed …
On October 20, 1993, shotguns and ammunition were delivered to nine Self-Defense Committees in the province of Paucartambo, in the department of Cuzco. This delivery of weapons was part of the counter-subversive strategy implemented by the Armed Forces in the southern Andean region during the pacification period. The Self-Defense Committees …
On October 20, 1993, the military command delivered shotguns and ammunition to nine self-defense committees in the province of Paucartambo. This event occurred in the context of the end of the cycle of violence in Cuzco, just days after General Petronio Fernandez Davila declared that there were practically no more …
Shotguns and ammunition were delivered to nine Self-Defense Committees in the province of Paucartambo. This delivery of weapons is evidence of the State's strategy of arming the civilian population to confront subversive groups.
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