On January 1, 1986, a group of sixty subversives from the PCP-SL attacked the village of Agua Blanca in the Monzón Valley. They targeted a Committee of Self-Defense led by Andrés Cornelio Castañeda. In a brutal display, Castañeda and 15 others were tortured and killed, with Castañeda's body being decapitated …
On January 1, 1986, a group of 60 members of the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) attacked the hamlet of Agua Blanca in the Monzón district. They targeted the local Self-Defense Committee, led by peasant Andrés Cornelio Castañeda, who was brutally murdered along with 15 others after a 'popular trial'. This …
On January 1, 1986, a group of sixty PCP-SL subversives raided the village of Agua Blanca, where a Self-Defense Committee had been organized under the leadership of peasant Andrés Cornelio Castañeda. In a popular trial, Castañeda was killed along with 15 other people. The peasant leader was tortured and brutally …
A group of 60 hikers raided the village of Agua Blanca, where a Self-Defense Committee had been organized under the leadership of peasant Andrés Cornelio Castañeda. They surprised and killed him, after a 'popular trial' in the soccer field, along with 15 other people. They went on a rampage against …
After the capture of Juanjui on November 6, 1987, the MRTA returned to the same camp they had used before the attack. The Peruvian Army pursued them after the declaration of a state of emergency in the department of San Martin and the establishment of the Political-Military Command of the …
On 23 December 1987, a clash occurred in Agua Blanca between the Peruvian military and members of the MRTA (Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement). The military response included patrols, airborne operations, and the detention and alleged extrajudicial execution of suspected subversives. This event was part of broader efforts to combat subversive …
After the seizure of Juanjui in November 1987, the MRTA returned to the same camp used before the attack. The Peruvian Army pursued them after a state of emergency was declared in the department of San Martin. Believing they had escaped the army, the MRTA fighters were surprised in Agua …
More than 200 hikers took over the villages of Bella, Inti, Rondos, Agua Blanca and Palo Acero. For hours they gathered the villagers in their respective places, located the alleged informers, assailants and traffickers who were cheating the small drug producers, gathering 24 people in the Lota hamlet, where they …
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