Timeline Events 14

  1. Establishment of the Huayabamba detachment

    In 1988, the MRTA established the Edward Cumapa military detachment in the Huayabamba valley as part of its organizational structure in the Northeastern Front. This detachment was part of the eight zones controlled by MRTA in the department of San Martin. The Huayabamba valley was considered a strategic zone because …

    Valle del Huayabamba, San Martín, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 313-314
  2. MC returns from Huancayo and supports MRTA

    In 1990, in the Tsiriari valley, Mazamari district, some colonist communities had some sympathy for the MRTA, as they offered them protection from PCP-SL. In the colonist community Dos de Mayo, MC, who had previously sympathized with PCP-SL, decided to support MRTA after returning from Huancayo in 1990. Upon returning …

    Dos de Mayo, valle de Tsiriari, distrito de Mazamari, Satipo, Perú Informe CVR, página 265
  3. Targeted killings in colonist communities

    In 1990, the PCP-SL committed selective assassinations in the colonist communities of Unión, Santa Isabel, Dos de Mayo and San Francisco de Cubaro in the province of Satipo. These assassinations were part of the terror strategy implemented by the Shining Path to control a large part of the province. The …

    Unión, Santa Isabel, Dos de Mayo, San Francisco de Cubaro, Satipo, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 264-265
  4. First slaughter in Monterrico community

    In 1990, the PCP-SL (Shining Path) carried out a first massacre in the settler community of Monterrico, located in the Tsiriari valley, Mazamari district, Satipo province. This attack was part of a series of selective assassinations that the PCP-SL committed that year in several colonist communities in the area, including …

    Monterrico, Satipo, Perú Informe CVR, página 265
  5. Killing of fifteen ronderos in Dos de Mayo

    In 1990, the PCP-SL committed selective assassinations in colonist communities in the Tsiriari valley, including Union, Santa Isabel, Dos de Mayo, San Francisco de Cubaro and Monterrico. The massacre of fifteen ronderos in Dos de Mayo was a crucial event that marked the massive displacement of Tsiriari valley communities to …

    Dos de Mayo, Satipo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 235
  6. Sympathy of settler communities towards the MRTA in the Tsiriari valley

    In 1990, in the Tsiriari valley, Mazamari district, some colonist communities developed some sympathy for the MRTA, since this group offered them protection from the PCP-SL. In the colonist community of Dos de Mayo, a villager named MC, who had previously sympathized with PCP-SL, decided to support the MRTA after …

    Valle de Tsiriari, distrito de Mazamari, Satipo, Perú Informe CVR, página 265
  7. 15 Ashaninka ronderos murdered in Dos de Mayo

    The Shining Path PCP assassinated 15 ronderos from the Tsiriari valley communities in Dos de Mayo. This provoked the affected communities to move to Mazamari in search of protection. The assassination occurred in the context of the control that the PCP-SL had been developing in the Satipo area, which turned …

    Dos de Mayo, Satipo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 142
  8. Violence and Displacement in Selva Central

    In 1990, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) committed selective assassinations in various communities, including Dos de Mayo, leading to widespread insecurity. This prompted mass displacement of communities from the Tsiriari Valley to Mazamari. The Confederation of Amazonian Nationalities of Peru (CONAP) issued a statement condemning the …

    Selva Central, Peru
  9. CONAP press release denouncing violence in the Central Rainforest

    On February 17, 1990, the Confederation of Amazonian Nationalities of Peru (CONAP) published a communiqué denouncing the violence in the central jungle. This communiqué followed the massacre of fifteen ronderos in the community of Dos de Mayo and in a context of intolerable conditions of insecurity in the region. CONAP …

    Selva Central, Perú Informe CVR, página 265
  10. Destruction of MRTA camp in Dos de Mayo

    In January 1992, an MRTA camp located near the town of Dos de Mayo, Mazamari district, in Satipo, was destroyed by the army. Nine subversives were killed in the attack. This event occurred one month after the failed attempt by the MRTA to take Pichanaki in December 1991. The destruction …

    Dos de Mayo, Mazamari, Satipo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 239
  11. Seizure of Dos de Mayo and death of residents

    On June 19, 1992, subversives took over the town of Dos de Mayo in the district of Mazamari, province of Satipo. During this incursion, the subversives killed 7 villagers. This attack took place in the context of the intense activity of the PCP-SL in the province of Satipo during 1992, …

    Dos de Mayo, Mazamari, Satipo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 243
  12. Takeover of Dos de Mayo by Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path)

    Between 1991 and 1992, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso consolidated its new popular committees in the Bellavista area and formed a battalion on the banks of the Abiseo River with the objective of definitively taking Dos de Mayo. In November 1993, the Shining Path managed to take the town of Dos de …

    Dos de Mayo, Valle del Huallabamba, Provincia de Mariscal Cáceres, San Martín, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 313-336

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