Between 1979 and 1981, an attempt was made to organize peasant patrols in Cajabamba under the guidance of Izquierda Unida. These peasant patrols were originally born in Chota in 1977 in order to combat cattle rustling and other crimes. Beginning in 1985, the rondas began to spread their organization to …
Edmundo Cox Beuzeville, a mathematics teacher who had come from the district of San Anton in Azángaro, Puno, was denounced and later captured by the police in 1981. He was accused of 27 attacks in the city of Sicuani and the province of Canchis, including an attack on the Communal …
On November 28, 1984, peasant patrols were organized in several villages in Cajamarca, specifically in Puruay, Perolitos and El Grauro. This organization of peasant patrols was part of a broader process that had been developing in the region since the early 1980s. The rondas campesinas were originally established in Chota …
In 1986, peasant patrols were organized in the province of San Marcos, initially forming approximately 80 committees to combat cattle rustling, with the support of the United Left. Later, in 1987, autonomous patrols were organized in the same province, reaching a total of 112 committees. These autonomous peasant patrols, dominant …
In 1987, Patria Roja experienced its second split when its Bolshevik faction decided to move away from the official party line. This split was due to ideological differences, with the Bolshevik faction adopting a discourse closer to the PCP-SL. The split affected the political work that Patria Roja was developing …
On February 13, 1987, during the state of emergency and in the middle of the curfew imposed in Lima, around four thousand policemen entered the university residences of three state universities in Lima: San Marcos, Engineering and La Cantuta, in the early hours of the morning. The Minister of the …
In 1989, an armed group of Shining Path guerrillas destroyed the Huagal cheese plant in San Marcos province. As part of the PCP-SL's strategy of liquidating associative enterprises, the attackers distributed the cattle and land among the members and set fire to the machinery. This attack was part of a …
On April 19, 1989, combined Army and police forces carried out a simultaneous raid on the universities of San Marcos and La Cantuta in Lima. More than 500 students were arrested during the operation. This operation was part of the counter-subversive strategy of the APRA government in a context of …
In the early morning of April 20, 1989, joint army and police forces again entered the universities of San Marcos and La Cantuta, arresting more than 500 people. During the process that led to the military intervention (1991-2000), the government proceeded to produce a counter-subversive manual, in which San Marcos …
In the early morning of April 20, 1989, soldiers and police entered San Marcos and La Cantuta universities. This military intervention took place in a context of intensification of the anti-subversive struggle by the APRA government. The operation was part of the actions of the forces of law and order …
In May 1989, the PCP-SL set fire to the SAIS 'La Pauca', one of the last associative enterprises in the San Marcos region. This attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy of systematic liquidation of the associative enterprises created during the Agrarian Reform. The destruction of La Pauca was …
In May 1989, the PCP-SL assassinated the mayor of the district of Cachachi along with his wife, as part of its strategy to eliminate local authorities. The attack included the dynamiting of the municipal building. This event is part of the Shining Path offensive to liquidate associative enterprises and eliminate …
In December 1989, a significant confrontation occurred between the Peruvian National Police and the PCP-Sendero Luminoso (PCP-SL) in Hierba Buena, a hamlet near Calluán in the province of San Marcos. The police surrounded a PCP-SL detachment meeting in a local's house, leading to an engagement where the PCP-SL suffered substantial …
A detachment of the PCP-SL that was gathered in the house of a villager in the hamlet of Hierba Buena, located one hour from Calluán, was surrounded by a platoon of the Peruvian National Police. A confrontation ensued in which the PCP-SL lost more than seven important cadres, among them …
On June 19, 1991, a day commemorated as an important date by Sendero Luminoso, an attack took place that led to a police operation. Julio, a psychology student at San Marcos and a professor, was arrested as a suspect along with other people. In the Mirones police station they were …
Operation of the Dircote (Directorate against Terrorism) that intercepted one of the main 'health depots' of the PCP-SL. In this operation, various members of the PCP-SL's health management cell were captured, many of them students from San Marcos. These captures were made possible by the previous arrest of Tito Valle …
On June 12, 1992, the PCP-SL carried out a simultaneous takeover of several towns in the provinces of Cajabamba and San Marcos. The Shining Pathists took the towns of Chuquibamba, Carrizal, Chingol and Huanza in Cachachi, as well as Shirac in the José Manuel Quiróz district of San Marcos. This …
In September 1992, in Campo Alegre La Grama, San Marcos province, the PCP-SL assassinated Alipio Arroyo. The victim was the father of the then mayor of Cajamarca. This assassination took place in the context of the Shining Path strategy of selective assassinations against authorities and people linked to local political …
On December 25, 1994, in the town of Muyoc, province of San Marcos, department of Cajamarca, the police killed three members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This confrontation took place in the context of the decline of Shining Path violence in the region, after the capture of Abimael Guzmán in 1992 …
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