The province of Cotabambas was declared an emergency zone for 30 days. It was the first province in the southern Andean region, besides Andahuaylas, to be declared in emergency, demonstrating the seriousness of the situation of violence in the area.
Between July and August 1987, the province of Abancay went through a violent period. The PCP-SL fought for control of highways and bridges, resulting in several attacks on towns and peasant communities. During the rest of the year, violence extended to the provinces of Grau and Cotabambas.
On August 9, 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated the prefect of Abancay, Víctor Urbiola Valer, who was a militant of the Peruvian Aprista Party. This assassination took place in the context of the victory of the PAP in the general and municipal elections, after which the authorities of this party …
On September 12, 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the police post in Chuquibambilla, capital of the province of Grau in Apurimac. This attack was part of an escalation of violence in the department during 1987, a period in which the authorities of the Peruvian Aprista Party became the focus of …
In 1988, a column of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the town of Haquira, killing two locals, two French cooperants, and a Peruvian technician working with the NGO CICDA. Over the following months, the group terrorized the provinces of Cotabambas and Chumbivilcas, leading to the murder of local leaders and causing …
On June 13, 1988, the province of Cotabambas in the department of Apurimac was declared an emergency zone for 30 days. This measure was taken in the context of the increase of PCP-Sendero Luminoso actions in the region. The declaration of emergency was part of the government's strategy to confront …
On June 13, 1988, the province of Cotabambas was declared in a state of emergency, becoming the first province in the southern Andean region to receive this declaration. This measure was intended to counteract the control that the Shining Path PCP had managed to establish in the area through the …
As a result of the murder of three development workers in Haquira, Cotabambas district in Apurimac, the International Center for Agricultural Development Cooperation (CICDA) withdrew its promotion programs in the provinces of Chumbivilcas and Espinar. This withdrawal is evidence of the impact of violence on development programs.
A detachment of the PCP-SL raided the town of Haquira, in the province of Cotabambas, Apurimac, where they killed five people. This action was part of a PCP-SL campaign that lasted for almost three months throughout the border area between Cotabambas and Chumbivilcas. As a consequence of the murder of …
On December 3, 1988, a senderista detachment from the PCP-SL attacked the town of Haquira in Cotabambas, Apurímac, killing five people. This action was part of a larger campaign by the PCP-SL that lasted nearly three months in the border area between Cotabambas and Chumbivilcas. The attack led to the …
On December 5, 1988, the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) conducted a violent incursion in the town of Haquira, Cotabambas, Peru. During this attack, they killed two local residents and three aid workers, including two French nationals and one Peruvian, who were part of the CICDA organization. This event was part …
The PCP-SL killed two French and one Peruvian aid workers from the International Center for Cooperation for Agricultural Development (CICDA) in Haquira district, Cotabambas province. Two more people died in the incident. During the following month, the PCP-SL assassinated nearly 50 people in the highlands, including lieutenant governors, peasant leaders …
On December 5, 1988, a column of the Shining Path PCP took the town of Haquira in the province of Cotabambas, Apurimac. During this raid, the subversive group murdered two local villagers, two French aid workers and a Peruvian technician. The foreign victims and the Peruvian technician worked for the …
On December 6, 1988, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso murdered three aid workers from the International Cooperation Center for Agricultural Development (CICDA) in the district of Haquira, province of Cotabambas, Apurimac. The victims were two French aid workers and a Peruvian, as well as two other people. This attack was part of …
There was a confrontation between the PCP-SL and an army patrol in Cotabambas. From that moment on, Self-Defense Committees began to be organized in the different provinces of the department, as part of the counter-subversive strategy.
On May 6, 1989, there was a confrontation between the Peruvian Army and the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in Tambobamba, capital of the province of Cotabambas in Apurimac. This confrontation took place in the context of a new counter-subversive strategy implemented by the Armed and Police Forces, which established Counter-Subversive Bases and …
The Italian priest José Viscardi was kidnapped and threatened with death in Tambobamba, Cotabambas province. This is evidence of the violence of the PCP-SL against representatives of the Catholic Church in rural areas.