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 1991, the MRTA (Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement) conducted multiple incursions into the village of Grau in the San Martín region of Peru. They coerced the local population and authorities into attending meetings where they engaged in propaganda and issued threats of violence against non-compliance. The situation escalated to the …
On July 30, 1991, there was a confrontation between the 'ronderos' (members of the Self-Defense Committees) of Santa Rosa and the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the province of Grau, Apurímac. This confrontation is framed in the period of counter-subversive strategies (1989-1992), when the Armed Forces established an alliance with the peasantry …
The PCP-SL harassed the military base located on the Abancay-Chuquibambilla highway, in the province of Grau. This harassment is evidence of the continuity of armed actions by the PCP-SL against military installations.
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