The city of La Oroya became the most important metallurgical center in the center of the country since the construction of the smelter in 1922 by the Cerro de Pasco Corporation. This smelter established La Oroya as a key industrial center in central Peru. In 1974, the company was nationalized …
On July 8, 1980, the subversives attempted to dynamite the water reservoir of CENTROMIN Peru in La Oroya. This attack was part of the first violent actions of the PCP-SL in the central region of Peru, specifically in the Mantaro Valley. The objective was to sabotage the infrastructure of the …
On July 20, 1980, militants of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) blew up a section of the railroad connecting La Oroya with Cerro de Pasco. This attack was part of the first violent actions of the PCP-SL in the central region of Peru, specifically in the …
In November 1981, Shining Path carried out a dynamite attack against the installations of the state-owned company Centromín Perú in La Oroya. The Shining Path dynamited the doors of the Industrial Relations and Social Service offices of the mining company. This attack was part of the Shining Path's first incursions …
In 1983, a military base was installed in Marcavalle, district of La Oroya, as part of the Peruvian State's counter-subversive strategy. This military installation had a significant impact on the presence of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the metallurgical zone of La Oroya, considerably limiting its capacity for action in the …
In October 1983, the Shining Path reappeared in Cerro de Pasco and the first Shining Path graffiti appeared in La Oroya. This event marked the return of subversive activity by the PCP-SL in these important mining areas of the central highlands of Peru. In response to this reappearance, that same …
In October 1985, Shining Path carried out a dynamite attack against a locomotive in La Oroya. This attack was part of a series of violent actions by the PCP-SL against the mining and transportation infrastructure in the central region of Peru. The attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy …
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 …
In 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso made its appearance in the mining settlement of Morococha. The Morococha unions were dominated by the 'Pukallacta' group, a radical faction of Patria Roja, with which the Shining Path would appear that year. It is considered possible that some Shining Path militants who had been …
On October 17, 1988, an indefinite national strike of mining and metallurgical workers began in Peru. This strike took place in a context of political violence in which the PCP-Sendero Luminoso had assassinated mining leaders who opposed the strikes, such as Fidencio Coronel in La Oroya and Alejandro Patiño Flores …
On October 17, 1988, an indefinite national strike of mining and metallurgical workers began in Peru. This strike took place in a context of political violence where the PCP-SL (Shining Path) had been carrying out attacks against mining infrastructure and assassinating union leaders who opposed the stoppages. On the same …
Alejandro Patiño, former leader of the Morococha Mine Workers Union (STMM) and an APRA militant, was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso on October 17, 1988. This assassination took place in the context of important mobilizations and strikes of mining workers demanding the recognition of the single national miners' list proposed …
On October 17, 1988, mining leader Alejandro Patiño Flores was shot in the head and killed in Morococha. The assassination was attributed to alleged Shining Path members of the PCP-SL. Patiño Flores had opposed the national mining strike, as had Fidencio Coronel in La Oroya, who was also murdered the …
Fidencio Coronel, former union leader and militant of the Communist Party of Peru, was assassinated near his sister's home on October 18, 1988. The day before, in the assembly of the Metalworkers' Union, he had opposed his union's compliance with the second national mining strike, and in fact, the metalworkers …
In December 1988, hikers dynamited three towers of the cable rail system that transported minerals from San Cristobal to Marh Túnel, both units located about 12 kilometers from La Oroya and belonging to Centromín Perú. This attack was part of a PCP-SL strategy to attack the mining infrastructure in the …
On December 25, 1988, Shining Path dynamited three towers of the cable rail system that transported minerals from San Cristobal to Marh Túnel, both production units of Centromín Perú in La Oroya. This attack was part of a series of terrorist actions against mining infrastructure in the central region of …
In the early morning of December 25, 1988, three towers of the cable rail system that transported tungsten from San Cristobal to Marth Túnel were dynamited. This attack was part of a series of attacks against Centromín Perú's facilities that occurred during the last days of December 1988. The attacks …
On December 26, 1988, at 00:15 am, twelve armed individuals dynamited the compressor house and a transformer at the Morococha mining camp. This attack was part of a series of actions perpetrated by Sendero Luminoso against Centromín Perú facilities during the 1988 Christmas season. The attacks occurred in the context …
On December 30, 1988, at 11:25 pm, three explosions blew up the 1.80 meter diameter pipe that fed water to the La Oroya hydroelectric plant. This attack was part of a series of attacks against Centromín Perú facilities during the 1988 Christmas season. The attacks occurred in the context of …
On December 31, 1988, Shining Path destroyed three diesel electric locomotives belonging to Centromín Perú that were transporting ore from the Cerro de Pasco unit to the La Oroya smelter. This attack was part of a series of terrorist actions against mining infrastructure in the central region of Peru. The …
On the night of February 13, 1989, mining leader Saúl Cantoral Huamaní and social promoter Consuelo García Filomenas were shot to death by a paramilitary group near the offices of the National Federation of Mine Workers in Lima. This murder occurred on the eve of a new national mining strike. …
On April 7, 1989, the PCP-SL dynamited locomotive No. 32 of the Centromín Perú company in Cerro de Pasco. This attack paralyzed the transfer of ore from the Cerro de Pasco unit to the La Oroya smelter. The attack was part of a series of violent actions by the PCP-SL …
On July 8, 1989, hikers dynamited an electrical substation near the Santa Rosa housing complex in La Oroya. As a direct consequence of this attack, the copper and lead refineries of Centromín Perú were paralyzed. The attack also affected the local electricity supply in the city. This attack was part …
On July 8, 1989, Shining Path dynamited an electrical substation in La Oroya. This attack was part of a series of terrorist actions against the infrastructure of the mining company Centromín Perú in the area. The dynamiting attacks continued throughout 1989, seriously affecting mining operations and the sector's economy. Days …
On July 22, 1989, a Shining Path column destroyed three electrical towers in La Oroya. This attack was part of a series of terrorist actions by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso against the infrastructure of mining companies in central Peru. Attacks against electrical towers and other mining facilities intensified during 1989, causing …
On November 7, 1989, the La Oroya police post was attacked by the Shining Path PCP. As a result of the attack, three policemen were wounded. This attack was part of a series of sabotage and armed propaganda actions that multiplied during the second half of 1989 in the central …
On November 7, 1989, the Peruvian government declared the strike call by the Mining Federation illegal. Simultaneously, the National Police raided several homes of workers and union leaders in the mining center of La Oroya. As part of the repressive measures, the right to assembly in the mining centers was …
On November 7, 1989, a group of PCP-SL militants assaulted the police post in the city of La Oroya. As a result of the attack, three policemen were wounded. This assault took place in the context of the V Shining Path Plan to 'Develop Bases in function of the Conquest …
In November 1991, during an indefinite strike by Centromín Perú workers over delays in payments, the military from the Marcavalle base intercepted a demonstration in the streets of La Oroya and arrested all the leaders and delegates leading the demonstration, accusing them of being terrorists. Among those arrested was Emiliano …
During a demonstration by mine workers in La Oroya in November 1991, the military arrested all the leaders participating in the mobilization. This repressive action was part of the military's strategy to control the mining union movement in the central region. The arrests were part of a systematic pattern of …
In 1992, union leader Donato Bernal was murdered in La Oroya. His body was found dead near the Club Peruano neighborhood with a bullet in his head. This assassination occurred in a context of violence against union leaders in the mining region, where both the PCP-SL and the forces of …
In July 1992, the lifeless body of mining leader Donato Bernal was found near the Peruvian Club of La Oroya. The murder occurred in a context of intense repression against mining union leaders in the central region of Peru. The alleged perpetrators of the murder are allegedly members of the …
In September 1998, the provincial prosecutor Gilberto Féliz confirmed the discovery of clandestine graves in La Oroya, Peru. The remains of eight men were found, who had been tortured and shot. This event highlights the ongoing violence and human rights abuses in the region during this period.
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