In 1987, the PCP-SL began its violent activities in the Tulumayo basin, which includes the districts of Comas, Cochas and Mariscal Castilla in the province of Concepción. The key date was September 12, 1987, when a Shining Path column successively raided the capitals of Comas and Cochas, threatening authorities and …
From the second half of 1987, the PCP-SL organized popular committees in the territory of many communities in Junín, settling in the Canipaco valley in mid 1988. By the end of 1987, the PCP-SL had armed columns that moved relatively freely from one zone to another in the highlands and …
Since the second semester of 1987, the PCP-SL organizes popular committees in the territory of many communities of Junín, settling in the Canipaco valley since mid 1988. The communities of Alto and Bajo Tulumayo are convulsed by the action of the PCP-SL columns, as well as the communities of San …
In March 1990, delegates from various communities in the Alto and Bajo Tulumayo regions of Peru convened a general assembly. During this meeting, they agreed to form the Central Committee of the Peasant Patrols. This organization was part of a broader effort to resist subversive groups and maintain local security.
Between 1993 and 1995, the defeat and disarticulation of the PCP-SL was consolidated in the central region. Its presence was reduced to some rural areas, such as the left bank of the Ene River basin in Satipo, from where it sporadically made incursions into communities in the districts of Pangoa …