In 1985, there was an armed confrontation between a military patrol of the Peruvian Army and a contingent of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in a place known as Llanaslla, very close to the community of Santa Barbara, in the district of Huachocolpa. The confrontation resulted in the death of around 45 …
On April 19, 1987, a military convoy was ambushed on its way to the district of Huachocolpa in the province of Huancavelica. The attack was perpetrated by a column of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. As a result of this armed action, ten military personnel and four civilians were killed. This was …
The elected mayor of Izquierda Unida of the district of Huachocolpa was assassinated by members of the PCP-SL. This assassination was part of the Shining Path policy of eliminating elected local authorities, particularly those linked to legal leftist parties that they considered 'revisionist'.
On June 25, 1990, on a stretch of the Huachocolpa-Caudalosa highway, a subversive detachment of the PCP-SL attacked a police convoy. One police officer and five subordinates were killed in the attack. This was the last major military action carried out by PCP-SL detachments in the province of Huancavelica, although …
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