Puerto Alegre was founded on June 24, 1940 by Brazilian settlers who gathered in this hamlet. The hamlet is located in a strategic position near Lake Imiria and the Tamaya River. During the internal armed conflict, in 1991, the population of Puerto Alegre decided to form a Self-Defense Committee (CAD) …
In July 1984, members of the Self-Defense Committee kidnapped residents of San Queruato, Ayna district. As a result of this kidnapping, two people were killed. This event occurred in the context of the formation and expansion of the Counter-Subversive Civil Defense Forces (DECAS) in the Apurimac River Valley, a period …
On January 1, 1986, a group of 60 members of the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) attacked the hamlet of Agua Blanca in the Monzón district. They targeted the local Self-Defense Committee, led by peasant Andrés Cornelio Castañeda, who was brutally murdered along with 15 others after a 'popular trial'. This …
A group of 60 hikers raided the village of Agua Blanca, where a Self-Defense Committee had been organized under the leadership of peasant Andrés Cornelio Castañeda. They surprised and killed him, after a 'popular trial' in the soccer field, along with 15 other people. They went on a rampage against …
On January 1, 1986, a group of sixty PCP-SL subversives raided the village of Agua Blanca, where a Self-Defense Committee had been organized under the leadership of peasant Andrés Cornelio Castañeda. In a popular trial, Castañeda was killed along with 15 other people. The peasant leader was tortured and brutally …
In November 1989, the PCP-SL arrived in the native Shipibo-Conibo community of Junin Pablo, coming from the hamlet of Panuco. The Shining Path's objective was to organize the population and impose their laws, asking them how their authorities behaved and explaining the norms they wanted to implement: no polygamy, no …
On November 3, 1989, the Main Force (FP) of the PCP-SL from the Alto Huallaga raided Masisea. This incursion was part of a series of actions in which PCP-SL established Open Popular Committees and Organized Committees in the hamlets of the Tamaya River and Imiria Lake. One day later, on …
On November 4, 1989, the Main Force (FP) of the Alto Huallaga of PCP-SL raided Puerto Alegre, one day after its incursion in Masisea. During this action, PCP-SL imposed its organization and established Open Popular Committees and Organized Committees in all the hamlets along the Tamaya River and Imiria Lake. …
In 1991, the population of the hamlet of Puerto Alegre formed a Self-Defense Committee (CAD) which played a crucial role in the counter-subversive efforts against PCP-SL. The CAD was instrumental in defeating PCP-SL in the lake Imiria and some areas of the Tamaya river. This initiative was supported by the …
Ronderos of the Self-Defense Committee murder ten settlers in Chanchamayo, La Merced. This case exemplifies the excesses committed by some self-defense committees.
