Timeline Events 47

  1. PCP-SL contact with mining settlements in Huancavelica

    By the last months of 1980, the PCP-SL had already made contact with some mining settlements in Huancavelica, specifically those located near the department of Ayacucho. The mining centers contacted were Cobriza, Julcani and La Mejorada, located in the provinces of Churcampa and Angaraes respectively. This contact was relatively early …

    Cobriza, Julcani y La Mejorada, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 198
  2. Attack on San Miguel de Mayocc police post

    On October 4, 1982, PCP-SL militants attacked the police post in the district of San Miguel de Mayocc. This attack was part of a series of harassments of police posts that increased at the end of 1982 in the districts of Churcampa and Tayacaja. The attacks were aimed at eliminating …

    San Miguel de Mayocc, Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 218
  3. Confrontation in Maraypata, Churcampa

    On December 27, 1982, the inhabitants of the Maraypata annex in Churcampa clashed with a group of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso who wanted to punish them for having formed peasant patrols. In the confrontation, several subversives died and were buried nearby. This event represents one of the first cases of organized …

    Maraypata (anexo), Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR
  4. Creation of the Comando Político-Militar and Increased Violence in Tayacaja and Churcampa

    In January 1983, the creation of the Comando Político-Militar in the provinces of Tayacaja and Churcampa led to a significant increase in violence and deaths, particularly among the peasants. This period marked one of the most intense phases of violence in the region, with a notable concentration of deaths occurring …

    Tayacaja and Churcampa, Huancavelica, Peru página 217
  5. Counter-subversive base in Millpo

    In 1983, the Army installed a counter-subversive base in the town of Millpo, in the highlands of the district of Paucarbamba, province of Churcampa. From this base, military patrols would go out to the communities and towns of Paucarbamba, detaining people who were then interrogated at the base. Some detainees, …

    Millpo, Paucarbamba, Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 218-220
  6. Installation of military base in Churcampa

    In 1983, a military base was installed in Churcampa, department of Huancavelica. This installation was part of the Peruvian State's counterinsurgency strategy against the advance of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the region. The military base was established in the context of the constant strikes and strikes by miners in 1982, …

    Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, p. 198
  7. Shining Path begins political work in Huancavelica mining unions

    During the first months of 1983, the Shining Path began its political work in the mining unions of Huancavelica. This political incursion allowed them to easily acquire explosive material from the mining centers in the region. SL's political work in the unions was part of their strategy to penetrate the …

    Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, p. 217
  8. Counter-subversive Base in Churcampa

    At the end of 1983, the Army installed a counter-subversive base in the provincial capital of Churcampa, as part of the military strategy to counteract the actions of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the region. This base was added to another previously installed in the locality of Millpo, in the high …

    Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 218-221
  9. Arrest and disappearance of Soto Espinoza brothers

    On February 10, 1983, the brothers Hilario and Alejandro Soto Espinoza were detained by military personnel in the district of Paucarbamba. The military patrols were leaving the counter-subversive base installed in the town of Millpo, in the highlands of the district of Paucarbamba, to go through the communities and towns …

    Paucarbamba, Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 219 (código de testimonio: 312056)
  10. Entry of PCP-SL to Santa Rosa mine

    In early March 1983, a contingent of PCP-SL militants entered the Santa Rosa mine, located in the town of Carhuancho, district of San Pedro de Coris in Churcampa. On March 7, military troops arrived at the mine in response to the Shining Path incursion. The military arrested and took away …

    Mina de Santa Rosa, Carhuancho, San Pedro de Coris, Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 218-219
  11. Detention and disappearance of villagers in Carhuancho mine

    In the first days of March 1983, a contingent of PCP-SL militants entered the Santa Rosa mine, located in the town of Carhuancho, district of San Pedro de Coris in Churcampa. On March 7, military personnel arrived at the mine and arrested eight villagers: Segundino Fernandez Huamán, Julio Huamán Fernández, …

    Mina Santa Rosa, Carhuancho, San Pedro de Coris, Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 219
  12. Attack on Churcampa police station

    On October 15, 1983, militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out a harassment attack against the Churcampa police post. This attack took place in the context of a series of subversive actions aimed at destroying the existing system of authorities and harassing police posts in the region. The action was …

    Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 220
  13. Murder of suspected subversive in Tuccuccasa

    In 1984, residents of Paltamarca captured an alleged subversive and killed him in Tuccuccasa, Pachamarca district. This event occurred in the context of the organization of counter-subversive peasant patrols promoted by the Army in the area. The event took place shortly after the military arrested and executed five people suspected …

    Tuccuccasa, Pachamarca, Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 220
  14. Forced recruitment of adolescents and youths by the PCP-SL

    Since 1984, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) intensified the forced recruitment of adolescents and young people in various rural areas of the country. This practice became frequent in the department of Pasco and other regions, forcing many rural families, especially those with greater resources, to migrate …

    Perú (principalmente departamento de Pasco) Informe CVR, páginas 202, 221
  15. Harassment at Cobriza

    During January and February 1984, PCP-Sendero Luminoso militants continuously harassed the police at the Cobriza mining camp, located in the district of San Pedro de Coris, province of Churcampa. This harassment was part of the subversive strategy of attacking mining facilities and companies in the region. The Cobriza mining camp …

    Cobriza, San Pedro de Coris, Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 220
  16. Execution of Benigno Quichca Taipe in Churcampa

    Members of the Chonta community approached the group of soldiers and accused Benigno Quichca Taipe of being an alleged terrorist. Faced with this accusation, the soldiers shot Benigno without explanation, then tied his mouth with a sweater and began to hang him. His stomach had been cut open and he …

    Chonta, Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 2705
  17. Kidnapping, rape and murder of a young woman in Carhuancho

    The affiant's daughter was kidnapped by members of the PCP-SL who violently entered her house. The next day, the villagers told him that his daughter's body had been found lying on the ground. He found his daughter dead with her hands tied, her body half naked, her face and chest …

    Anexo de Carhuancho, distrito de San Pedro de Coris, provincia de Churcampa, departamento de Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 2828
  18. PCP-SL attack to Cobriza mining center

    At midnight on January 1, 1984, the PCP-SL attacked the Cobriza mining center with people recruited from the heights of the Ayacucho community of Ayahuanco, which borders the province of Churcampa, Huancavelica. During the attack, the hikers dynamited the mining center's facilities, causing significant damage to the infrastructure. As a …

    Centro minero de Cobriza, Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 198-199
  19. Execution of suspected subversives in Mamapancha

    On November 20, 1984, military personnel detained five people suspected of being subversives in the district of Pachamarca. These people were extrajudicially executed and buried in Mamapancha. This event occurred in the context of the intensification of counter-subversive actions in the area, where the military of the Counter-subversive Base of …

    Mamapancha, Pachamarca, Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 220
  20. Clash in Maraypata

    On December 27, 1984, in the annex of Maraypata in Churcampa, the villagers confronted a group of the PCP-SL that tried to punish them for having formed peasant patrols. In the confrontation, several subversives died and were buried nearby. In April of the following year, a subversive detachment of approximately …

    Maraypata, Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 220
  21. PCP-SL entry to Maraypata

    In April 1985, a subversive detachment of approximately 20 people carrying various weapons entered the community of Maraypata in Churcampa. The residents of Maraypata had formed peasant patrols, which prompted the PCP-SL to attack them in an attempt to punish them for this organization. The residents of the Paccay community …

    Maraypata, Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 220
  22. Compulsive recruitment of young people by the PCP-SL

    In 1986, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) carried out forced recruitments of adolescents and youths in several districts of the province of Churcampa, specifically in San Miguel de Mayocc and Locroja. These compulsive recruitments were part of the PCP-SL's strategy to rebuild its ranks after the …

    San Miguel de Mayocc y Locroja, Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR
  23. Kidnapping and torture of Sonia Muñoz de Yangali

    On May 18, 1988, in the province of Churcampa, Huancavelica, Sonia Muñoz de Yangali was kidnapped and tortured by the military. The perpetrators shot her in the head, believing her dead. Subsequently, they placed a poster with supposed slogans of PCP-SL members on her, apparently to simulate that she had …

    Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 145
  24. Detention and disappearance of villagers in San Mateo

    On May 23, 1988, in the community of San Mateo, district of Churcampa, two villagers were detained by military personnel in the context of counter-subversive patrols. The military carried out these operations when they did not find any hikers in the area. The two detained villagers were later disappeared. This …

    San Mateo, Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 221
  25. Murder of Sonia Muñoz in Loayza Hospital

    Sonia Muñoz de Yangali was kidnapped and tortured by the military on May 18, 1988 in the province of Churcampa, Huancavelica. The military shot her in the head and, believing her dead, placed a poster with alleged slogans of PCP-SL members on her. Two months after the failed assassination attempt, …

    Hospital Loayza, Lima, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 145-146
  26. Explosions in Churcampa

    On September 17, 1988, several explosions occurred in the city of Churcampa. These explosions were claimed by the Rodrigo Franco Command (CRF). This event took place in the context of the new offensive implemented by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso since 1988 in the Huancavelica region. Subsequently, on November 30 of the …

    Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 221
  27. Appearance of CRF blacklists in Churcampa

    On November 30, 1988, "black lists" drawn up by the Rodrigo Franco Command (CRF) appeared on the walls of several places in the city of Churcampa. These lists contained names of alleged subversion collaborators who were threatened with death. This event occurred in the context of a new offensive by …

    Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 221
  28. Union leaders in Huancavelica charged with terrorism

    In June 1989, the mining businessmen of Huancavelica used the media to accuse all the leaders of the mining unions in the region of being terrorists. This public accusation provoked the military to arrest and torture the accused union leaders. The accusations took place in a context of labor conflict …

    Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 211
  29. Murder of Arminda Gutierres Trelles, Mayoress of Churcampa

    Arminda Gutierres Trelles, provincial aprista mayor of Churcampa in the department of Huancavelica, was assassinated on October 9, 1989. This assassination occurred in the context of a municipal election campaign marred by the murders of mayors and mayoral candidates in different parts of the country. The crime was part of …

    Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 169
  30. Murder of Armida Gutiérrez de Rivas and Ernesto Rivas Berrocal

    On October 9, 1989, two PCP-SL militants assassinated Armida Gutiérrez de Rivas, mayor of the province of Churcampa, and her husband Ernesto Rivas Berrocal, both members of the Peruvian Aprista Party. The assassination occurred weeks before the municipal elections, as part of the PCP-SL's strategy of selective assassinations. As an …

    Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR
  31. Execution of Víctor Salvador Rivas Gutiérrez and Jesús Manuel Pérez Guillén in the main square of Churcampa.

    On November 15, 1989, Víctor Salvador Rivas Gutiérrez, son of Mayor Armida Gutiérrez de Rivas, murdered by the PCP-SL a month earlier, and Jesús Manuel Pérez Guillén were executed by military personnel from the Counter-Subversive Base of Churcampa. The executions were carried out with rifle shots in the middle of …

    Plaza de Armas de Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR
  32. Murders in San Mateo community

    On December 13, 1989, PCP-SL militants entered the community of San Mateo in the district of Churcampa. The subversives murdered three people: Paulina Gamboa Arrieta, Teodoro Gamboa Ore and Moises Arroyo Barrientos. The murders were carried out in front of the assembled population, as part of the PCP-SL's terror strategy …

    San Mateo, distrito de Churcampa, provincia de Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR
  33. Assassination of Comrade Samuel in Locroja

    In the district capital of Locroja, the villagers, tired of the constant abuses and demands of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso subversives, decided to take action against the Shining Path Shining Path presence in their town. In mid-1990, the villagers assassinated "comrade Samuel", who was the local Shining Path commander in the …

    Locroja, Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR
  34. Murder of two villagers in La Merced district

    On February 17, 1990, two villagers were murdered in the district of La Merced, province of Churcampa, Huancavelica. The murders were perpetrated by militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, who accused the victims of "collaborating" with the military. This occurred in the context of the PCP-SL's national offensive in 1990, when …

    Distrito de La Merced, Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR
  35. Murder of married couple in La Merced

    On April 13, 1990, in the district of La Merced, province of Churcampa, a married couple was murdered by militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This murder occurred in the context of the PCP-SL's national offensive, which significantly increased the death toll in the provinces of Tayacaja and Churcampa. The victims …

    Distrito de La Merced, provincia de Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR
  36. Murder of the governor of the district of La Merced

    On June 15, 1990, PCP-Sendero Luminoso militants assassinated the governor of the district of La Merced in Churcampa, Huancavelica. This assassination was part of a series of selective executions carried out by the PCP-SL against local authorities and alleged collaborators of the military forces in the area. The governor was …

    Distrito de La Merced, Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR
  37. Annihilation of the Provincial Prosecutor in Pampas

    On July 3, 1990, three PCP-SL subversives assassinated the Provincial Prosecutor in the town of Pampas, province of Tayacaja, department of Huancavelica. This selective assassination occurred in the context of the PCP-SL's national offensive in 1990, when the death toll increased significantly in the provinces of Tayacaja and Churcampa. The …

    Pampas, Tayacaja, Huancavelica Informe CVR
  38. Detention and disappearance of Pedro Cajamarca Navarro

    On April 19, 1991, ronderos from Musoqpampa, in the district of La Merced, entered the town of Ccásir and arrested Pedro Cajamarca Navarro, a young man who had been recruited against his will by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The ronderos handed him over to the military at the counter-subversive base in …

    Ccásir, distrito de La Merced, provincia de Churcampa, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR
  39. Massacre in La Merced

    On June 7, 1991, a contingent of subversives from the PCP-Sendero Luminoso entered the district of La Merced and carried out a massacre against local authorities and villagers. The victims were Prospero Valencia Porras (district mayor) and his wife Rufina Guevara; Oswaldo Porras Valencia and his wife Juana Santos Mancco; …

    La Merced, distrito de La Merced, provincia de Churcampa, departamento de Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 224

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