The population in the valleys of La Convención and Lares experienced significant demographic growth during the period 1940-1961. The population grew from 27,243 inhabitants in 1940 to 66,394 inhabitants in 1961, representing an increase of 144% in twenty years. This accelerated population growth occurred in the context of agrarian and …
The population in the valleys of La Convención and Lares experienced significant demographic growth between 1940 and 1961. From 27,243 inhabitants in 1940, the population increased to 66,394 inhabitants in 1961, representing an increase of 144% in twenty years. This population growth occurred in the context of important agrarian transformations …
The first period of the guerrillas, between 1961 and 1963, brought together the experiences of the Revolutionary Left Front (FIR) and the National Liberation Army (ELN), whose objective was to support the peasant mobilization of Chaupimayo, in the valleys of La Convención and Lares de Cuzco, led by the peasant …
At the end of 1962, a group of 40 militant men from the National Liberation Army (ELN), led by Héctor Béjar, tried to enter the country clandestinely through the Bolivian border to support the peasant leader Hugo Blanco in the valleys of La Convención and Lares de Cuzco. An advance …
In 1974, the Andahuaylas Provincial Federation of Peasants (FEPCA), led by Julio César Mezzich, Lino Quintanilla and Félix Loayza, organized the largest peasant mobilization of the decade with the objective of totally eliminating the hacienda system and adjudicating land to peasant families. Of the 118 haciendas in Andahuaylas and Chincheros, …
In 1977, after the 1974 land seizures in the provinces of Andahuaylas and Chincheros, the land was finally in the hands of those who participated in the peasant movement. Of the 118 haciendas in Andahuaylas and Chincheros, 68 were taken simultaneously in 1974. This process was almost similar to what …
In September 1982, a group of Shining Path militants, including two women, attacked the Guardia Civil post in Huayrapata, La Convención, Cusco. The assault resulted in the death of one civil guard and injury to a corporal. The attackers, numbering around 35, seized weapons and ammunition during the raid.
On September 27, 1982, there was an assault on the Erapata police post, in the district of Vilcabamba, province of La Convención, department of Cuzco. According to the official police communiqué, 27 armed terrorist elements participated and destroyed the police post. In the attack, the guard Luis Chávez Ordóñez was …
On October 1, 1982 there was an assault on the Civil Guard post located in Erapata, district of Vilcabamba, province of La Convención, Quillabamba. During this attack, one Civil Guard died. This event is part of the first armed actions of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the Apurimac river valley area. …
On May 3, 1984, the town of Villa Virgen in Vilcabamba was taken over by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This event was part of a series of subversive actions in the Apurimac River Valley during 1984. Days later, on May 17, the town of Pomabamba in the same province of Vilcabamba …
On May 17, 1984, the town of Pomabamba in Vilcabamba, province of La Convención, was attacked by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This attack was part of a series of subversive actions in the Apurimac River Valley during that period. Days earlier, on May 3, the town of Villa Virgen in the …
On November 26, 1984, the Shining Path clashed with the Civil Guard in Vilcabamba, province of La Convención, department of Cuzco. This confrontation occurred in the context of an intensification of Shining Path actions in the Apurimac river valley and surrounding areas. On the same day there was an attack …
On February 18, 1985, an armed confrontation took place in the area of Pichari, province of La Convención, department of Cuzco. As a result of the combat, 13 PCP-Sendero Luminoso terrorists were killed. Four civilian guards were also wounded in the confrontation. This event was part of the period of …
On April 14, 1985, the Shining Path assassinated the leader of the peasant patrols in Choquezafra, district of Vilcabamba, province of La Convención, Cuzco. This assassination took place in the context of the Shining Path offensive against the peasant self-defense organizations that had formed in the Apurimac River Valley. Three …
On May 13, 1985, authorities, heads of institutions and neighbors of Vilcabamba made a public statement about the presence of the PCP-SL in the area. In this declaration, they stated that for three years the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path had been making incursions in the district of …
On December 6, 1985, the ronderos of Totora confronted the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This confrontation occurred in the context of a series of Shining Path actions in the Vilcabamba area during November 1985, when the PCP-SL had restarted its actions by taking over several villages and recruiting youths between 10 and …
During the first half of 1986, multiple murders of peasants took place in the province of La Convención. On April 28 there were murders of peasants in Usnuyoc. This event was part of a series of attacks that also included murders in Totora and Vilcabamba on June 22, and of …
During the first half of 1986, a series of violent attacks took place in the province of La Convención. On May 10, there were attacks on the towns of Totora and Usmayo. These attacks were part of a wave of violence that included murders of peasants in different localities of …
In the province of La Convención, 50 ronderos were killed in the Quimbiri area. This event occurred during the first half of 1986, a period in which there were multiple murders of peasants and attacks on villages in the province. The event is part of the chronology of violence in …
During the first half of 1986, in the province of La Convención there were multiple attacks and assassinations perpetrated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. On June 22, 1986, specific attacks were registered in Totora and Vilcabamba. These attacks were part of a series of violent actions that included the murder of …
During a period of intense political violence that coincided with prison riots in Lima and Callao, twenty peasants were murdered in the province of La Convención, Cuzco. This event occurred between June 22 and 28, 1986, in the context of an escalation of subversive violence in the country. The event …
On June 27, 1986, there were simultaneous attacks against eleven bank branches and three premises of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) in Lima. These attacks occurred in a context of high political tension, a few days after the serious events in the prisons of Lima and Callao (June 18-19), where …
During the first half of 1986, multiple murders of peasants and attacks on villages took place in the province of La Convención. On July 7, 1986, the governor of Huallan and his son were assassinated as part of a series of violent actions that included murders in Usnuyoc (April 28), …
On December 21, 1991, there was an armed confrontation between law enforcement forces and MRTA militants in Cedroccasa, district of Vilcabamba, province of La Convención, in which four MRTA militants died. In this confrontation, four MRTA militants were killed. This was a definitive blow to the front that MRTA had …
In October 2002, a woman testified about a collective massacre that occurred in Pichari, located in La Convención, Cuzco, Peru. This event is part of a series of testimonies collected in Ayacucho, highlighting the impact of violence on local communities and the enduring trauma experienced by survivors.
Testimony of a former authority of Macamango, La Convención, Cuzco, collected at the South Andean Headquarters in December 2002. The declarant narrates experiences of humiliation and devaluation suffered during the internal armed conflict. The testimony is part of the documentation of attacks on individuals, families, communities and institutions that generated …