In 1987, the PCP-SL made its public appearance in the Cunas area, after 7 years of political and military experience in Ayacucho and Huancavelica. The communities of San Juan de Jarpa and San José de Quero (Alto Cunas) were convulsed by the action of the PCP-SL columns. This appearance marked …
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 …
On June 9, 1988, in Chala, district of San José de Quero, the PCP-SL assassinated an engineer employed by an auditing company with two bullets in the head. This murder occurred in the context of the expansion of PCP-SL threats in the district of San José de Quero, in Alto …
On August 21, 1988, the PCP-SL assassinated the brother and son of a former leader of the Peruvian Aprista Party in Chaquicocha, district of San José de Quero. This murder occurred in the context of a campaign of violence by the PCP-SL in Alto Cunas, where the subversive group had …
At the beginning of 1989, the PCP-SL attacked the Laive Production Unit, destroying the milk processing machinery. The neighboring communities of Palmayoc, Palaco, Llamapsillón and Chongos Altos, spurred on by the Shining Path, ended up looting and distributing goods from these production units. All the facilities of the LAIVE Sub-Unit …
In the early morning of February 13, 1989, an undetermined number of hikers entered San José de Quero and violently extracted Ciro Clemente Cairo, Mayor of the district, from his home. The PCP-SL militants killed him with two bullets on the access road to the community. Subsequently, they proceeded to …
On May 10, 1989, an armed column of the PCP-SL raided Chaquicocha, an annex of the San José de Quero district. During this action, the Shining Path guerrillas murdered 10 community members, among them several local authorities. In addition to the murder of the villagers, the subversives set fire to …
In November 1989, Municipal Agent Antonio Bruno Quinto was murdered in the public square of the annex of Chaquicocha, district of San José de Quero. This murder occurred in the context of a wave of violence perpetrated by the PCP-SL against local authorities in the Alto Cunas area. In the …
One of the most shocking actions in the Alto Cunas area occurred on November 9 and 10, 1989, when the PCP-SL took the town of Quero, assassinating four villagers. This action was part of a wave of violence that included the systematic assassination of authorities and peasant leaders in the …
In 1994, the Cunas River Basin, comprising districts such as Yanacancha, San Juan de Jarpa, and San José de Quero, had a population of over 10,000, primarily composed of communal farmers. Despite its remote high-Andean location, the area had relatively good access to services, with 95% of the population having …