The anti-drug operations Verde Mar I and II were carried out by the Sinchis commandos along the right bank of the Huallaga River in 1979 and 1980, respectively. These operations inaugurated a series of large-scale interdictions against drug trafficking in the region. These operations are remembered in local memories as …
The first armed action of the PCP-SL in the Huallaga was an attack on the Forest Police post of Pucayacu in 1982. This attack took place near the Gocen-Nueva Esperanza area, which would have been the first PCP-SL nucleus in the Upper Huallaga. At the beginning of 1982, groups of …
In early 1982, advance groups of the PCP-SL began visiting communities along the left bank of the Huallaga River from Venenillo to La Morada and Huamuco. These groups would gather the villagers, tout their politics and announce the new rules that the villagers would have to abide by if they …
The first armed action of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) in the Huallaga region occurred in 1982 with an attack on the Police Forestry post in Pucayacu. This event marked the beginning of PCP-SL's active presence in the region, which was characterized by a complex interplay …
The first armed action of the PCP-SL in the Huallaga region was an attack on the forestry police post in Pucayacu in 1982. This event is linked to the early activities of the PCP-SL in the Gocen-Nueva Esperanza area, which is considered one of the first strongholds of the group. …
In the Huallaga basin, in the jungle, the spiral of violence began in these years and continued uninterruptedly until the second half of the 1990s with a death toll of several thousand people. The violent actions began in 1983 with the death of a Ministry of Agriculture worker and a …
In 1984, the PCP-SL took the town of Aucayacu twice, attacking the police post with a death toll of twenty. These attacks were part of the Shining Path expansion in the Huallaga basin, where violent actions had begun in 1983.
In 1984, a State of Emergency was declared and the army entered the upper Huallaga jungle. This measure was taken in the context of growing violence related to drug trafficking and the presence of subversive groups. The militarization of the area marked a change in the State's security strategy, although …
In 1984, the PCP-SL took the town of Aucayacu twice, attacking the police post with a death toll of twenty. These actions were part of the PCP-SL's territorial control strategy in the Huallaga basin. Between one assault and another, the mayor of Tingo Maria, Tito Jaime Fernandez, was assassinated on …
In 1984, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Pucate cooperative located in the district of José Crespo y Castillo, in the Huallaga basin. During this attack, the PCP-SL assassinated the President of the cooperative along with six leaders and members. This attack was part of a series of violent actions that …
The PCP-SL assassinated the mayor of Tingo Maria, Tito Jaime Fernandez. This assassination was part of the Shining Path campaign to eliminate municipal authorities in the Huallaga area during 1984.
The mayor of Tingo Maria, Tito Jaime Fernandez, was assassinated on April 19, 1984 by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This assassination occurred between two assaults on the town of Aucayacu, where the PCP-SL had attacked the police post with a death toll of twenty. The assassination of the mayor was part …
The PCP-SL assassinated the mayor of Pumahuasi, an APRA militant. This assassination continued the pattern of elimination of municipal authorities in the Huallaga area during 1984.
Between 1985 and 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso entered a stage of retreat after the violent state repression in Ayacucho and penetration into other social and geographic spaces. It sought to generate support bases and expand its actions in the central, northeastern and southern Andean regions and in the cities. It …
On the night of August 21, 1986, a detachment of the PCP-SL tried to take the town of Uchiza. The population confronted the subversive detachment, forcing it to retreat. This failed attempt to take the town occurred in the context of the growing presence of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the …
In March 1987, the Shining Path PCP took the town of Tocache as part of its territorial control strategy in the Huallaga basin. This action took place in the context of subversive domination of the area, where the PCP-SL had established open Popular Committees and maintained a complex relationship with …
On May 31, 1987, a detachment of approximately 200 PCP-Sendero Luminoso subversives attacked the Uchiza police post. The attack resulted in the death of six policemen. This was the second attempt to take the town of Uchiza, after a first failed attack in August 1986 when the population confronted the …
In mid-1987, the PCP-SL expanded the organization of the committees on the left bank of the Huallaga River, diversifying the chain and responsibilities of the Party representatives. The committee no longer depended on one delegate but on five representatives, of which three were principal: political command, military command and logistical …
On 15 July 1987, specialized police paratroopers launched a major operation called 'Relámpago' to take control of the town of Tocache in Peru. This operation marked a significant turning point as the PCP-SL (Shining Path) and narco-traffickers withdrew from the urban area before the police arrived. The operation was successful …
On October 15, 1987, the Army carried out an operation with helicopter gunships against the town of Paraíso, the headquarters of drug traffickers in the Huallaga area. The attack allegedly originated in a request for help from a drug trafficker nicknamed 'Machi', who was attacked in his refuge by the …
Document of the Huallaga Regional Committee on the military campaign from December 1987 to February 1988. It shows the structure of the People's Guerrilla Army in the region with Main Force (83 troops), Local Force (239) and Base Force (21,170). The document details the available armament including FAL, HK, AKM, …
In 1988, a remarkable event occurred in the hamlet of Nuevo Chilia that demonstrated the relationship between the PCP-SL and drug traffickers. Instead of staying in the house of a peasant farmer as was their usual practice, a group of PCP-SL fighters stayed in the house of a Colombian drug …
In 1989, during the presidency of Alan García, the Comando Político Militar del Huallaga was established as part of a strategy to combat subversive activities and narcotics trafficking in the region. This initiative included the installation of military bases and a shift in focus from persecuting coca farmers to targeting …
On 27 March 1989, the largest anti-narcotics police base in Peru, located in Uchiza, was attacked by hundreds of narcoterrorists armed with military-grade weapons. Despite being in contact with Lima and nearby military bases, the police received no assistance and eventually surrendered after sustaining significant casualties. This event highlighted the …
President Alan Garcia Perez, accompanied by the Minister of Defense General EP Enrique Lopez Albújar Trint and the head of the Joint Command General EP Artemio Palomino Toledo, presented in Uchiza General EP Alberto Arciniega Huby as political-military chief of Huallaga. This appointment took place in a context of intense …
On May 2, 1989, one month after the Uchiza disaster, President Alan Garcia appointed Gen. Alberto Arciniegas as Political and Military Chief of Huallaga. He was installed in his position in a public ceremony in Uchiza, attended by the President of the Republic, the Minister of Defense Gen. Enrique López …
In 1990, the local leadership of the MRTA (Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement) in the Huallaga region of Peru became involved in drug trafficking by charging fees for drug flights. This involvement was coordinated with the military to control narcotics operations. The MRTA also committed human rights abuses, including the killings …
On February 7, 1990, 11 members of the Army entered the Tambillo Grande hamlet and detained 12 people, of whom the names of 6 are known, including a 14-year-old adolescent. Four of them were released. One of those identified was found dead on the banks of the Huallaga River; others …
In 1991, the armed forces implemented a significant change in their counter-subversive strategy that improved their image in the emergency zones of the Alto Huallaga. This change reversed the negative image that the population had of the way the armed forces acted. Military actions in the villages on the right …
In 1991, the mayor of Tocache, Fredy Aliaga, was assassinated along with a coca growers' leader. This assassination occurred in the context of the advance of the Shining Path PCP in the region, where the subversive organization was forming popular committees in different towns in the provinces of Bellavista and …
On November 27, 1991, Cayo Silvestre Carhuancho was detained in Nuevo Copal by military personnel from the Aucayacu base. When family members arrived to ask for him they were denied detention and were threatened with death, finally they were 'suggested' to look in the body dumps near the Huallaga. Seven …
In 1992, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) exerted control over several areas in the Huallaga region, which they considered 'liberated zones. These areas, known as Bolsón Cuchara and Bolsón Primavera, were organized with a structured hierarchy of bases, committees, and a guerrilla army. The local population …
In 1991, while President Alberto Fujimori was negotiating with the United States for military aid to combat drug trafficking, his intelligence chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, and military leader, Hermoza Ríos, were monopolizing state presence in the Huallaga region, leading to widespread corruption within the Peruvian military. This situation culminated in Fujimori's …
The third stage of the counter-subversive military battle took place from August 1, 1992 to 1994, focused on clearing operations against the PCP-SL in Alto Huallaga. This phase followed the capture of Abimael Guzmán in September 1992 and was characterized by intensive military operations to regain territorial control. During this …
In 1993, the Peruvian military launched a new offensive in the Huallaga region, a key area for coca production controlled by the PCP-SL. This campaign marked a shift from the 1989 counterinsurgency strategy, focusing instead on massive firepower and the destruction of subversive bases, including coca-growing villages. The operations were …
In July 1993, the Shining Path PCP succeeded in ambushing a military convoy in Yanajanca. The attack resulted in the death of five soldiers and left 15 wounded. This event occurred in a context of continuing violence in the Huallaga region, despite the capture of Abimael Guzman in September 1992. …
In August 1993, the Shining Path PCP assassinated a councilman in Naranjillo, a town very close to Tingo Maria. This murder was part of a series of violent actions carried out by the Shining Path in the region during that period, which also included the murder of five soldiers in …
In September 1993, more than 200 subversives of the Shining Path PCP took over several villages in the Monzon valley. During this action, the subversives located suspected informers, criminals and coca intermediaries, approximately 24 people in total. These people were killed in a bloody public act. This event was part …
On October 16, 1993, in a ceremony similar to those held in Ayacucho and Huallaga, the army gave weapons to the ronderos to fight for pacification in the communities of Pasqueña in the Chaupihuaranga ravine. The communities benefited were Paucar, Tangor, Vilcabamba, Chango, Mito, Huarautambo, Choquicancha, Chipiputa, Hualacircas, Rocco, San …
In January 1994, the Peruvian military captured key leaders of the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) insurgency, including individuals known as Viajero, Rayo, and Pescador. These captures were the result of intelligence operations and provided crucial information that enabled the military to launch a comprehensive offensive against the insurgency. The offensive …
Beginning in 1994, the department of Huánuco, and especially the province of Leoncio Prado in the Huallaga valley, became one of the main scenarios of the internal armed conflict during its final period. This province accounted for more than a quarter of the fatalities during the final period of violence. …
Operation Aries was a large-scale military operation launched in April 1994 in the Huallaga region, as part of the counter-subversive strategy in an area that remained a hotbed of violence while the rest of the country was increasingly pacified. The operation was part of the Army's concentrated efforts to combat …
In April 1994, during Operation Aries, the International Red Cross was unable to access conflict zones in Huallaga, Peru, where clashes between the armed forces and the PCP-SL were occurring. Despite an invitation from the Commander General of the armed forces, Nicolás de Bari Hermosa, to inspect the area, the …
In April 1994, the Peruvian government implemented a counterinsurgency operation known as 'Operativo Aries' in the Huallaga region. The operation involved special military units trained in anti-subversive strategies, with support from international experts. Despite official reports denying mass civilian casualties, evidence of violence was found, raising concerns about the operation's …
In April 1994, the Peruvian military conducted an operation known as 'Aries' targeting subversive groups in the Huallaga region. General Rodríguez Riveros admitted to the operation's activities, which included confrontations with alleged subversives. Reports emerged of human rights violations, including the execution of civilians, as denounced by Amalia Tolentino Hipolo, …
In April 1994, the Democratic Constituent Congress of Peru condemned the National Coordinator of Human Rights (CNDDHH) for allegedly spreading unfounded accusations against the armed forces. These accusations were related to the military's actions in the Huallaga region during their campaign against subversive groups. Despite evidence of human rights abuses, …
Between April and May 1994, the Armed Forces carried out Operation Aries with the objective of eliminating the presence of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the area. The operation involved intense military patrol activity and even aerial bombardment of villages and homes with rocket grenades from helicopters. The areas of greatest …
Since April 5, 1994, Operation Aries was implemented with aerial bombardments using helicopter gunships and rocket fighter planes. The Armed Forces prepared special companies trained with Israeli techniques. The operation caused indiscriminate death of villagers. In Puerto Moyuna, on April 8, the military tortured and executed Jesús Vera Virgilio and …
On April 20, 1994, Colonel Jano, Chief of the Operational Staff of the Huallaga Front, made a public statement on the development of Operation Aries. He mentioned that the success of the operation was measured by the effectiveness of controlling all the existing exits on the left bank of the …
The Prosecutor of the Nation, Blanca Nélida Colán, made an inspection visit to Venenillo and other towns in the area where Operation Aries was taking place, flying over the area by helicopter. During this visit, the Prosecutor stated that the allegations made by the National Human Rights Coordinator about alleged …
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