On February 26, 1987, several high-tension towers fell in the district of Pilcomayo, province of Huancayo. This attack was perpetrated by PCP-Sendero Luminoso militants as part of their strategy of sabotaging the electrical infrastructure. The attack caused one of the innumerable blackouts suffered by the city of Huancayo during that …
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 …
In November 1989, near the Pilcomayo district, three authorities of the Chaquicocha annex were ambushed and murdered by the PCP-SL. The victims were Viviano Cueva Macha, Onedino Damian Macha (Administrator) and Javier Macha Tacza (Community Prosecutor). This attack was part of a wave of systematic assassinations against local authorities that …
On March 24, 1992, the PCP-SL assassinated three leaders of the peasant patrols of the Chaquicocha peasant community as they were on their way to Huancayo. This occurred in the district of Pilcomayo, province of Huancayo, in the context of the confrontation between the peasant self-defense organizations and the subversive …
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