The PCP-SL executed seven workers in the Plaza de Armas of Paraíso. According to some versions, the victims were part of a group of eleven Machi workers that PCP-SL personnel saw talking on the radio with their boss and mistakenly thought they were communicating with the army. The Shining Path …
On October 15, 1987, the Army carried out an operation with helicopter gunships against the town of Paraíso, the headquarters of drug traffickers in the Huallaga area. The attack allegedly originated in a request for help from a drug trafficker nicknamed 'Machi', who was attacked in his refuge by the …
In November 1987, a significant conflict erupted between Machi, a drug trafficker, and the PCP-SL (Shining Path) in Paraíso, Peru. The conflict escalated when Machi declared war on the PCP-SL and formed a militia with police support. A decisive battle occurred when the PCP-SL ambushed Machi, leading to a 24-hour …