In May 1991, the PCP-SL (Shining Path) entered Macusani, causing significant disruption by attacking the local municipal office. This led to the displacement of Justo Pastor Luque Quico, the Mayor of Carabaya, who was forced to reside in Puno. Around the same time, the PCP-SL assassinated Porfirio Suni, a member …
The World Confederation of Organizations of Professional Teachers (CMOPE) alleges a series of murders, arrests and acts of violence against teachers who were members of the Single Union of Education Workers of Peru (SUTEP) since the beginning of the strike on May 8, 1991. The repression of this strike resulted …
Porfirio Suni was a teacher member of the Single Union of Education Workers of Peru (SUTEP) murdered in the province of Pucará, Puno, on May 13, 1991. His death occurred in the context of the repression of the teachers' strike that began on May 8, 1991. This strike resulted in …
Pablo Mamani Marchena and Germán Macedo, teachers members of SUTEP (Sindicato Único de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú), were assassinated on May 24, 1991 in the province of Pucará, Puno. These murders occurred in the context of the teachers' strike that began on May 8, 1991, whose repression resulted …
On May 30, 1991, the leaders of SUTEP (Sindicato Único de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú), accompanied by three parliamentarians and other union members, marched across Lima's Plaza de Armas towards the Government Palace. The objective of the march was to request an audience with the wife of President …
On July 17, 1991, the provincial mayor of San Antonio de Putina was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This assassination was part of a series of violent actions perpetrated by PCP-SL urban annihilation commandos in Puno during 1991. The attack against this municipal authority took place in a context of …
On August 30, 1991, journalist and Cambio 90 leader Gustavo Zuñiga was shot and killed by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the city of Juliaca. This assassination took place in the context of an upsurge of subversive violence in Puno during 1991, especially of urban annihilation commandos. The crime was part …