A Shining Path detachment took the town of Lagunas, near Yurimaguas, attacking the police post and killing two policemen and an official of the Agrarian Bank. The group was led by the doctor Luis Castillo Tapia, head of the Lagunas hospital. In their retreat, the hikers clashed near the small …
On 29 June 1985, a group of Shining Path militants attacked the town of Lagunas, near Yurimaguas in Alto Amazonas, Peru. The attack targeted a police station, resulting in the deaths of two police officers and a bank official. The group, led by Dr. Luis Castillo Tapia, faced a police …
The Ministry of the Interior issued a communiqué informing about the capture of Benedicto Peña, mayor of the district of Lagunas, Yurimaguas. Peña was arrested in the company of other apristas while they were handing out leaflets of the Comando Rodrigo Franco. The Comando Rodrigo Franco was a paramilitary group …
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