Place

Ccano-Huanta

Appears in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru

Timeline Events 2

  • Ccano-Huanta Massacre by PCP-Sendero Luminoso

    A large contingent of PCP-Sendero Luminoso members murdered 36 villagers while they were worshiping in the community's Evangelical Pentecostal Church. The attackers continued killing, beating with clubs and shooting with guns. According to survivor testimony, the attackers said 'we are going to finish off these miserable dogs, we are going …

    Ccano, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 2561, 2563
    #masacre #pcp-sendero-luminoso #ccano #huanta #ayacucho #iglesia-evangélica

  • Ccano-Huanta Massacre

    The massacre of Ccano-Huanta was perpetrated by members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in February 1991. This event was part of a series of systematic and widespread killings during the internal armed conflict in Peru from 1980 to 2000. The PCP-SL aimed to impose a 'New Order' through terror, targeting individuals …

    Ccano-Huanta, Ayacucho, Peru Testimonio de Asunta Tambracc de Chávez, CVR Audiencia pública de Casos en Huanta, 3ra sesión, 12 de abril de 2002
    #pcp-sl #sendero luminoso #Peru #ayacucho #massacre #internal conflict #1991