The reopening of the San Cristobal de Huamanga National University in 1959 revitalized the city of Huamanga and connected the region with the country's renewal and progress movement. The university became a focus of cultural, political and economic development, spreading progressive ideas and distancing itself from traditional sectors. This event …
The Communist Party of Peru Shining Path held the I Conference called Define and Decide. This conference was a key moment in the preparation of the organization for the beginning of the armed struggle. During this event, the PCP-SL defined its political and military strategy for the coming years.
In May 1980, the internal armed conflict began when the Communist Party of Peru Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) started its subversive actions. The PCP-SL developed a strategy that consciously incorporated terror as an instrument in the service of its objectives and explicitly rejected the rules of international law. The Shining …
Declaration of the Beginning of the Armed Struggle by the Communist Party of Peru Shining Path. The action in Chuschi surprised the police forces and a large part of Peruvian society. The police forces were neither doctrinally nor logistically and operationally prepared to face this threat. Between 1980 and 1982, …
PCP-SL attack on the Quinua police post. In this attack, Sergeant Ramiro Flores Sulca was killed, becoming the first policeman to die due to PCP-SL actions. This attack was part of the PCP-SL's strategy of attacking rural police posts to gain weapons and means, as well as to train its …
PCP-SL attack on the Toctos police post. This attack occurred after the lifting of the first state of emergency in Ayacucho on December 12. The PCP-SL began to attack public buildings, police posts, especially the more rural ones, and members of the forces of law and order, in a campaign …
PCP-SL attack on the police post of San José de Secce. This attack was part of the series of attacks on police posts that the PCP-SL carried out after the lifting of the first state of emergency, as part of its strategy of systematic intimidation of police elements and overexcitement …
Assault by the PCP-SL on the Center for Reclusion and Social Adaptation (CRAS) of Huamanga. A group of approximately 100 subversives attacked the prison. A total of 247 inmates escaped, of which at least 50 were sentenced or being prosecuted for alleged terrorism. The assault left two policemen dead: Florencio …
Attack by the PCP-SL on the Vilcashuamán Line Headquarters. The policemen were harassed by snipers at night and feared that a similar event to the one that occurred at CRAS could happen. The line chief called for help and General GC Jorge Monge Llanos, head of the II Police Region, …
A PCP-SL annihilation group attacked the mayor of Huamanga, Víctor Jáuregui, after he inaugurated a post on the outskirts of Ayacucho. After this attack, the government sent more police and tried to provide the FFPP with better equipment.
A PCP-SL annihilation commando entered the headquarters of the National Institute of Culture in Huamanga and shot its chief Walter Wong at point blank range. The subversives acted coldly, they did not even cover their faces and walked away from the premises with total tranquility. Wong died at the Huamanga …
Civil guard Edwin Heredia Sotomayor was murdered by the PCP-SL two blocks from the Ninth Police Station of the Civil Guard in Huamanga as he was leaving work. A few days later, economist Flavio Quispe Huamán died of a bullet to the head. The murder, which occurred in unclear circumstances, …
Electric power was interrupted in Huamanga and there was a severe attack by the PCP-SL on the Ninth Command of the Civil Guard. Attacks were also carried out in other areas of the city. These events led the Political Military Command to order the execution of an operations plan for …
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, …
Balance of the Great Plan to Develop Bases in Function of Conquering Power - I Campaign to Promote the People's Guerrilla Army of the Shining Path. The document was seized by DINCOTE on January 31, 1991. It shows the military structure of the PCP-SL with the Main Force (816 militants), …
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