The witness's sister was sexually assaulted by two subversives in 1989. When the first one finished, the other abused her in the same way. Then they left her and fed her some cookies, threatening to disappear her if she told her family. The victim began to bleed, did not scream …
In October 1989, tensions escalated in Cochas, Peru, as the local population faced severe food shortages and oppressive control by the militant group Sendero Luminoso. The execution of several community members accused of opposing the group led to widespread fear and unrest. In response, the villagers began organizing to resist …
In the early morning of October 11, 1989, a large group of armed and hooded Shining Path militants entered Runatullo and murdered Emilio Kamel Llacua, Rigoberto Pariona, Andres Unchupaico and Antonio Barja, accused of "opposing the party". This event occurred days after the disappearance of Valuis Maravi, a resident of …
At the end of December 1989, villagers from communities in Tulumayo gathered in Talhuis, tired of Shining Path abuses, harassed by hunger and death threats. This meeting was motivated by the death of Runatullo villagers in October of that year, who had been murdered for opposing the Shining Path party. …
On January 19, 1990, the few remaining inhabitants of the town of Cochas agreed to plant a white flag and organize the peasant patrols, and then went to the town of Tunzo. There, together with residents from the communities of Parco, Huancamanta, Lucmayo and Macon (annexes of the Cochas district), …
After the organization of peasant patrols in January 1990, the confrontation with the subversive detachments took place very close to the community of Talhuis in February 1990. The community members proceeded to cut off the heads of the fallen subversives, and those who managed to escape were found the following …
In March 1990, delegates from all the communities of Upper and Lower Tulumayo met in a general assembly, agreeing to form the Central Committee of the Rondas Campesinas of Upper and Lower Tulumayo. This organization emerged as a response to the violence exercised by the PCP-SL in the area, which …
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