A PCP-SL column attacked a military convoy of the 'Mosca' Patrol belonging to the Counter-Subversive Base No 34 of Pampa Cangallo when it was returning from Huancasanccos. As a result, Infantry Captain José Arbulú Sime, Second Sergeant Ángel Vargas Tamara, Corporal Fabián Roldán Ortiz and Corporal Carlos Espinoza de la …
On May 13, 1988, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso ambushed a military convoy in Erusco, near Cayara. Four members of the armed forces were killed in the attack: a captain, two corporals and a sergeant. This attack took place in the context of a new offensive by the PCP-SL in search of …
Military personnel arrived at Cceschua where most of the Cayara population had taken refuge. In the place called Ccahuaypampa they gathered all the villagers and accused them of having participated in the Erusco attack. They selected approximately 20 men (young and adult) whom they physically abused, put prickly pear cactus …
Law enforcement forces arrested Samuel García, Alejandro Echeccaya García and Jovita García Suárez, whose names appeared on a 'black list' of alleged subversives. For three days they remained locked up in the premises of the Erusco School. On May 20 they were taken to the upper part of the community, …
On May 18, 1988, several residents of the communities of Cayara and Erusco were detained by military forces due to their names being on a list of suspected subversives. Among those detained were Samuel García, Alejandro Echeccaya García, and Jovita García Suárez, who were later executed. The bodies were initially …
On 30 May 1988, military authorities conducted a repressive operation in Cceschua, Peru. They gathered the local population, accusing them of participating in a subversive attack in Erusco. The military subjected approximately 20 men to physical and psychological abuse to force confessions, while women were threatened to leave the area …
