On May 17, 1980, Shining Path members, presumably led by comrades "Feliciano" and "Johan", dynamited the premises of the provincial municipality and Educational Center No. This attack is part of the chronology of political violence in the mining centers of the Central Highlands of Peru. The event marks one of …
During the last months of 1987, the PCP-SL broke into small and remote ranches located in the High Zone of Canipaco, Alto Cunas and the heights of Yauyos (Lima) more than once. There were also frequent assaults on small mines in the heights of Chupaca and on the borders of …
In 1989, there were confrontations between the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and organized peasants from the communities of Chupaca and Santo Tomás de Paca. These confrontations left twenty-five community members dead in Santo Tomás de Paca. The confrontations occurred in the context of peasant resistance against the control and demands of the …
At the beginning of 1989, the PCP-SL attacked the Laive Production Unit, destroying the milk processing machinery. The neighboring communities of Palmayoc, Palaco, Llamapsillón and Chongos Altos, spurred on by the Shining Path, ended up looting and distributing goods from these production units. All the facilities of the LAIVE Sub-Unit …
In 1989, violent confrontations took place between the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and organized peasants from the communities of Chupaca and Santo Tomás de Paca in the department of Junín. These confrontations resulted in thirty community members dead in Chupaca and twenty-five community members dead in Santo Tomás de Paca. The confrontations …
On March 14, 1989, individuals were detained by police forces in the province of Chupaca, Peru, and held at DINCOTE for 18 days. During this period, detainees were subjected to severe torture and mistreatment, including being kept incommunicado. Reports indicate that detainees in emergency zones were taken to clandestine detention …
The military arrived for the first time in the Canipaco valley after the event of April 12, 1989, which was the most shocking massacre in the entire Canipaco area. This military arrival was in response to the massacre perpetrated the previous day (April 11-12) in Chongos Alto, where authorities and …
Under Alberto Fujimori's government, a military base was installed in 1990 in the Vista Alegre annex, Chicche district. This installation was part of the military counteroffensive in the Canipaco valley, along with other bases established in San Juan de Jarpa that same year, and later in Chongos Bajo, Huamancaca Chico …
Under Alberto Fujimori's government, a military base was installed in the San Juan de Jarpa district in 1990 as part of the state counter-offensive against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the Canipaco valley. This installation was part of a broader military deployment that included bases in Chicche (Vista Alegre Annex) that …
The MRTA attacked the police post of Chupaca in the province of Huancayo. This was one of the actions of the emerretista presence in the Central region in 1990.
On April 27, 1990, approximately sixty MRTA members attacked the police post in the district of Chupaca, located 12 kilometers away. This was the last major MRTA action in the Mantaro Valley. The attack lasted two hours, after which the attackers withdrew, suffering two casualties. This action took place a …
In mid-July 1990, at the end of Alan Garcia's administration, General Delgado Rojas, Political and Military Chief of the Junin emergency zone, organized the First Regional Congress of Rondas in Bellavista, district of Jarpa, in the province of Chupaca. The congress was attended by rondero delegates from the valleys of …
In mid-December 1990, the Political Military Command organized a congress of peasant patrols in the province of Concepción. This event was part of the Army's strategy to organize and centralize the counter-subversive patrols in the region. The congress was held in the context of the counter-subversive struggle, following the model …
In January 1991, members of the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) insurgent group entered the district of Juan de Iscos in the province of Chupaca, department of Junín, Peru. During this incursion, they captured the community treasurer, stripped her naked, tied her to a post, and painted a hammer and sickle …
In 1991, during Alberto Fujimori's administration, military bases were installed in the districts of Chongos Bajo, Huamancaca Chico and Chupaca, as part of the military counteroffensive in the Canipaco valley. These installations were added to the military bases previously established in 1990 in the districts of Chicche (Vista Alegre Annex) …
On May 13, 1992, a contingent of the PCP-SL entered the town of Chupaca, in the district of Paucartambo. During this incursion, the Shining Path militants slit the throats of villagers and also murdered Alberto Miranda Córdova and Porfirio Fuero Anco. This action was part of a series of violent …
On May 13, 1992, in the context of a campaign of violence by the Shining Path PCP in the districts of Paucartambo, Huachón and Ulcumayo, the accidental mayor of the small town of Chupaca was murdered by slitting his throat. Despite having previously announced by radio his resignation to avoid …
On May 14, 1992, a contingent of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso entered three annexes of the district of Ulcumayo, in the province and department of Junin. This action was part of a series of terrorist incursions that the PCP-SL carried out in May 1992 in various districts of the area, as …
In the early morning of May 17, 1992, a contingent of PCP-Sendero Luminoso militants, dressed in military uniforms to look like army soldiers, took over the town of Quiparacra. The subversives murdered seven people, among them a councilwoman, in the presence of the villagers. The victims were Isabel Alcántara (councilwoman), …
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