Batallón de Comandos Nº 19

Timeline Events 2

• March 1, 1992

  Operation Spoon

  In March 1992, Army troops from the Counter-Subversive Base No. 313, reinforced by the Command Battalion No. 19, carried out Operation Spoon. Approximately 900 men participated. The objective was to teach the villagers a lesson so that they would not support the Shining Path. They bombed the area with helicopter …

  Bolsón Cuchara y Bolsón Primavera, provincia Leoncio Prado, Huánuco, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 3904-3907

  #operativo-cuchara #masacre #bombardeos #ejército #ejecuciones-extrajudiciales
• March 10, 1992

  Massacre in Bamboo

  On March 10, 1992, a commando patrol of the Peruvian Army from Lima entered the hamlet of Bambú and killed everyone working in the harvest. Antonio Bazán Isminio had hired twelve people to help him harvest cocoa and bananas. The murders were committed in retaliation for the deaths of some …

  Caserío de Bambú, Bolsón Primavera, provincia Leoncio Prado, Huánuco, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 3906-3907

  #masacre #bambú #ejecuciones-extrajudiciales #torturas #ejército #comandos