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 …
On September 12, 1987, a PCP-SL hiker column successively raided the districts of Cochas and Comas, in the Tulumayo basin. This event marks the beginning of the PCP-SL's violent activities in the Tulumayo region. The incursion is part of the new escalation of trekking operations that began in 1987 in …
In January 1988, the PCP-SL organized a meeting of residents of Chongos Alto with the objective of establishing a Popular Committee. During this period of Shining Path activity in the area, 9 military personnel and 2 civilians who were part of an army support group were killed by Shining Path …
In January 1988, the PCP-SL organized a meeting of residents of Chongos Alto with the objective of establishing a Popular Committee. During this meeting, some community members were designated as responsible for it. This event was part of the rapid expansion of the Shining Path's influence in the Cunas area, …
In 1989, violent confrontations took place between the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and organized peasants from the communities of Chupaca and Santo Tomás de Paca in the department of Junín. These confrontations resulted in thirty community members dead in Chupaca and twenty-five community members dead in Santo Tomás de Paca. The confrontations …
On February 2, 1989, PCP-SL militants took over the Colpa farm in Junin. During this raid, the hikers knifed to death 157 sheep and 6 cattle. In addition, they wounded another 10 animals and took 8 cattle. This attack was part of the systematic strategy of the PCP-SL to destroy …
The Llamapsillon community members formed a peasant patrol and requested recognition by the Army on June 24, 1989. This organization was formed in the context of increasing violence by the Shining Path PCP in the highlands of Cunas and Canipaco. The formation of this round was part of a broader …
In November 1989, a military patrol visited the community of Pusacpampa in the context of opposition to the Shining Path order in the region. The military gathered the population and urged them to organize themselves into peasant patrols. This visit was part of an Army strategy to encourage opposition to …
In November 1989, a military patrol visited the community of Pusacpampa in the context of the opposition to the Shining Path order that was developing in the highlands of Canipaco and Cunas. During this visit, the military troops gathered the local population and urged them to organize themselves into peasant …
In mid-July 1990, at the end of Alan Garcia's administration, General Delgado Rojas, Political and Military Chief of the Junin emergency zone, organized the First Regional Congress of Rondas in Bellavista, district of Jarpa, in the province of Chupaca. The congress was attended by rondero delegates from the valleys of …
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 …
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