Osmán Morote Barrionuevo, an anthropologist who had participated in the II National Meeting of Organisms Generated by the PCP-SL in March 1977, was hired as an assistant professor in the Social Sciences Program, Academic Department of Anthropology of the UNCP. He taught courses such as Introduction to Social Sciences, History …
The student movement emerged strongly against the Government Commission headed by Renán Ruiz, Jesús Véliz and Carlos Carvo, who were considered corrupt. The students carried out a takeover of the central premises of the university that lasted a little more than two months in 1980. This action resulted in a …
In 1980, students at the Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú (UNCP) staged a significant protest by occupying the central premises of the university for over two months. This action was in response to dissatisfaction with the university's governance, led by a discredited commission accused of corruption. The occupation marked …
Four men and a woman hikers took over the university canteen, distributed leaflets on 'guerrilla warfare' and solicited economic support. Hours later, members of the Republican Guard and the Peruvian Investigative Police entered the university campus in response to this action.
On January 20, 1983, four armed militants of the PCP-SL burst into the dining room of the National University of Central Peru. After a brief speech, they distributed a document referring to the development of the guerrilla war throughout the country. During the action, they asked for economic collaboration from …
A red flag was hoisted on top of the UNCP library, where it remained for several days. This symbolic act evidenced the growing presence and audacity of the PCP-SL in the university.
Melvi Zacarías Espinoza, Vice President of the Student Federation and militant of Pueblo en Marcha (a legal MRTA organization), was arrested along with other students in January 1987. This arrest marked the beginning of the Pueblo en Marcha debacle in the UNCP, while the PCP-SL began to express itself openly.
Supreme Decree 049-88-IN declared a State of Emergency in the department of Junín and the Political Military Command assumed political control. This measure was part of the State's counter-subversive strategy and had important repercussions in the UNCP and the region.
The first incursion of combined forces (Army and Police) into the UNCP took place. This intervention marked the beginning of a series of military-police operations at the university with the objective of dismantling the subversive activity.
On March 12, 1989, militants of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) assassinated a police officer in the university campus of the UNCP. This event occurred in the context of the struggle between the PCP-SL and the MRTA at the university, which reached bloody proportions in 1989. …
On April 28, 1989, PCP-SL militants assassinated three students of APRA affiliation on the campus of the National University of Central Peru (UNCP). This event took place in the context of a bloody struggle between the PCP-SL and the MRTA for control of the university, which became visible in 1989. …
In April 1990 new university authorities were elected with strong influence from the PCP-SL. The student movement was strongly influenced by this group and the professors showed opportunism. The PCP-SL decided that Vizcardo would be rector and Cerrón vice academic rector, considering them more manipulable. This was the moment of …
The academic vice-rector of UNCP, Jaime Cerrón Palomino, was kidnapped as he left his home on June 9 along with his driver Armando Tapia Gutiérrez. Their bodies were found on June 17 in the district of Sincos, approximately 20 km north of Huancayo. They were found with their limbs severed, …
President Alberto Fujimori visited the UNCP in the company of the Ministers of Defense, Transportation, the Political and Military Chief of the Mantaro Front and the Rector. In the Central Library, he declared that it was necessary to put order in the universities and that terrorist groups should not dominate …
In 1992, a military base was established in the UNCP university cafeteria, at the entrance to the campus. The military intervention was carried out peacefully, and the troops proceeded to clean and paint the walls. The base remained for many years until it was removed when Javier Valle Riestra became …
Fifteen UNCP students were captured accused of belonging to subversive groups. These arrests occurred after several students captured 15 days earlier took advantage of the law of repentance and gave names of university students, professors or workers, possibly innocently implicating them.