On May 7, 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Civil Guard police post in Urubamba, province of the department of Cuzco. This attack was part of a series of violent actions that the PCP-SL carried out against police posts in the provinces of Cuzco during the period of expanding violence …
Since 1988, the PCP-SL made incursions into the Asháninka community of Cutivireni, where it indoctrinated the population and recruited young people. The incursions, looting, kidnappings of young people and assassinations of opponents multiplied progressively. The community of Cutivireni showed greater resistance to the advance of the PCP-SL along with the …
In 1991 there was a turning point in the Shining Path offensive in the Central Jungle region. The Armed Forces, together with the Asháninka population organized in Rondas or Self-Defense Committees, began an important counter-offensive that hit the PCP-SL hard, especially in the Ene River area. Between 1991 and 1993, …
The year 1991 marked a decisive turning point in the PCP-Sendero Luminoso offensive in the Central Jungle region. Beginning that year, the Armed Forces, together with the Asháninka population organized in Rondas or Self-Defense Committees, began an important counter-offensive that hit the PCP-SL hard, especially in the Ene River area. …
On April 3, 1991, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) attacked the Ollantaytambo police post in the province of Urubamba, department of Cuzco. This attack marked the emergence of the MRTA in the department of Cuzco. As a result of the attack, three policemen were killed. This event took place …
In September 1991, a group of 169 Asháninkas from Cutivireni were transferred by air to the Urubamba valley with the support of the Franciscan priest Mariano Gagnon, after suffering multiple attacks by the PCP-SL. In 1991, the Peruvian Army installed a military base in Cutivireni. Along with the installation of …
Between December 1991 and January 1992, police and military forces launched a counter-offensive that succeeded in dismantling the MRTA column in the department of Cuzco. This operation took place after the MRTA made its appearance in the department by attacking the Ollantaytambo police post in the province of Urubamba on …
Seventeen presumed hikers captured in Huayllabamba, in the province of Urubamba were presented. This massive capture is evidence of counter-subversive operations in the Sacred Valley region.
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