On July 20, 1980, militants of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) blew up a section of the railroad connecting La Oroya with Cerro de Pasco. This attack was part of the first violent actions of the PCP-SL in the central region of Peru, specifically in the …
The presence of PCP-SL militants in the districts of Ninacaca and Vicco, province of Pasco, has been registered since 1986, arriving later than in other areas of the department. Two years later, in 1988, the leaders of the Ninacaca Communal Cooperative were assassinated, while some animals were slaughtered to supply …
The districts of Paucartambo and Huachón, located in the department of Pasco, together with Ninacaca, Vicco, Carhuamayo and Ulcumayo were part of the same PCP-SL area of operations. Subversive activity in these districts began around 1988, approximately six years later than in other districts in the north of Junín province. …
In 1988, PCP-Sendero Luminoso militants assassinated the leaders of the Ninacaca Communal Cooperative. During this raid, in addition to the assassination of the leaders, some animals were slaughtered to supply the PCP-SL militants, while others were distributed among the villagers. The presence of PCP-SL militants in Ninacaca and the neighboring …
On February 2, 1992, a PCP-SL contingent of approximately fifty men entered the Chinchiaco and Marcapata ranches in the town of Tama, Ulcumayo district, in Junín. This attack was part of a wider campaign by the PCP-SL in 1992 to secure a strategic corridor in the area, carrying out a …
On Sunday, February 2, 1992, a Shining Path PCP contingent of approximately fifty men entered several ranches in the district of Ulcumayo, in Junin. In Huallamayo, Juan Cordova and three of his sons were murdered for promoting the organization of a peasant patrol. This assassination was part of a caravan …
On February 2, 1992, a PCP-SL contingent of approximately 50 men carried out a series of violent raids in the towns of Tambillo, Auquimarca and Huallamayo. This action was part of a caravan of terror against the system of authorities, annihilating people supposedly opposed to their cause. In total, 21 …
On May 14, 1992, the Shining Path PCP carried out coordinated assaults on three annexes in the district of Ulcumayo, in the province and department of Junin. This action was part of a broader campaign known as the 'caravan of death' that the PCP-SL executed in the area during 1992 …
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