Between the end of 1988 and the first months of 1989, the PCP-SL carried out approximately five to six raids in the Llamapsillon annex. During these raids, people were forced to burn documents and women were forced to weave hoods for them. The PCP-SL prohibited parties and punished people when …
In January 1988, the PCP-SL stormed the community of Chongos Alto with the objective of organizing a Popular Committee. This event occurred in the midst of disagreements and land claims between different communities in the area, including disputes between Chongos Alto as the 'mother' community and the 'daughter' communities (Llamapsillon, …
Faced with the possibility of a similar event to that of Chongos Alto, where the PCP-SL had organized a Popular Committee and later carried out a massacre on April 12, 1989, the Llamapsillón community members decided to organize a self-defense patrol. This round was officially recognized by the Armed Forces …
At the beginning of 1989, the PCP-SL attacked the Laive Production Unit, destroying the milk processing machinery. The neighboring communities of Palmayoc, Palaco, Llamapsillón and Chongos Altos, spurred on by the Shining Path, ended up looting and distributing goods from these production units. All the facilities of the LAIVE Sub-Unit …
On April 11, 1989, the day of the weekly fair in the district of Chongos Alto, authorities and residents representing the communities of Chinche, Chongos Alto, Llamapsillón, Palaco, Vista Alegre and Palmayoc met clandestinely somewhere in this district with the purpose of planning defense actions against the presence of the …
On April 12, 1989, between 4:30 and 5:00 a.m., a column of approximately fifty Shining Pathists took the main square of Chongos Alto and carried out a massacre against villagers who had agreed to oppose the PCP-SL. This repressive action was a response by the PCP-SL to the agreements made …
In the early morning of April 12, 1989, the PCP-SL perpetrated a massacre in Chicche. The day before, April 11, authorities and residents representing the communities of Chicche, Chongos Alto, Llamapsillón, Palaco, Vista Alegre and Palmayoc had met clandestinely in Chongos Alto during the weekly fair to plan defense actions …
Faced with the possibility of an event similar to the April 12, 1989 massacre in Chongos Alto, the Llamapsillón community members decided to organize a self-defense patrol. This patrol was officially recognized by the Armed Forces in the town of Chaquicocha on June 24, 1989. This recognition is framed in …
The Llamapsillon community members formed a peasant patrol and requested recognition by the Army on June 24, 1989. This organization was formed in the context of increasing violence by the Shining Path PCP in the highlands of Cunas and Canipaco. The formation of this round was part of a broader …
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