On November 9, 1980, the PCP-PCP-SL carried out its first attack in the town of Tinta, located in the province of Canchis, Cuzco. The attack targeted the Núcleo Educativo Comunal. This event marked the beginning of a series of violent actions by the group in the region.
On November 9, 1980, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out its first attack in the department of Cuzco. The target was the Communal Educational Center located in the town of Tinta, capital of the province of Canchis. This attack marked the beginning of the Shining Path's violent actions in the Cuzco …
The PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Civil Guard barracks in Sicuani, capital of the province of Canchis. This attack was part of a series of initial PCP-SL actions in the area, which also included damage to the railroad and the Municipality between January and May 1981. On May 26 of that …
Edmundo Cox Beuzeville, a mathematics teacher who had come from the district of San Anton in Azángaro, Puno, was denounced and later captured by the police in 1981. He was accused of 27 attacks in the city of Sicuani and the province of Canchis, including an attack on the Communal …
On April 26, 1981, Edmundo Cox Beuzeville was denounced in the city of Sicuani as responsible for 27 attacks. This denunciation took place in the context of the first years of the internal armed conflict, when the PCP-Sendero Luminoso began its actions in the department of Cuzco. On May 26 …
On May 26, 1981, Edmundo Cox Beuzeville was arrested along with other people in the town of Sicuani, province of Canchis, department of Cuzco. They were accused of being militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This arrest took place in the context of the early years of the internal armed conflict, …
On July 22, 1983, the PCP-SL attacked the Institute of Technical Research of Auquenidos located in La Raya, province of Canchis, department of Cuzco. This attack took place in the context of the second wave of the First Military Campaign of the PCP-SL, which took place between July and October …
On July 27, 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Camelid Technical Research Institute located in La Raya, on the border between the departments of Cuzco and Puno. This attack marked an important moment in the expansion of the internal armed conflict into the high provinces of the department of Cuzco. …
The PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Civil Guard police post in Tinta, province of Canchis, department of Cuzco. This attack was part of the first incursions of the PCP-SL in the high provinces of the department of Cuzco. The attack on Tinta occurred in the context of an escalation of subversive …
In June 1986, the Shining Path PCP assassinated a councilman and a community leader in the district of Layo, province of Canas, department of Cusco. This took place in the context of the expansion of subversive violence into the highland provinces of the southern Andes. The assassinations were part of …
On June 6, 1988, a platoon of the PIP and the Fiscal of Canchis conducted a raid on the Center for Peasant Training and the Community Aid Project, both under the Prelature of Sicuani. The operation was carried out without prior notice and was deemed a violation of the law, …
In December 1990, 18 murders were registered in the province of Chumbivilcas. This event, together with the discovery of the mass grave in Chillccahuico and the discovery of a clandestine cemetery apparently used by PNP groups, created a context of concern about the government's respect for human rights. Up to …
Through Supreme Decree 024-91-DE/SGP, the Peruvian government extended the state of emergency for a sixty-day period beginning May 9, 1991 in the provinces of Chumbivilcas, Canas, Espinar and Canchis, located in the department of Cuzco, in the context of the Alberto Fujimori government's counter-subversive struggle against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and …
On June 15, 1991, in the city of Cuzco, two policemen guarding the Prefect's house were assassinated. This event occurred in the context of a series of PCP-SL attacks against police forces in the region. During this period, the provinces of Chumbivilcas, Espinar, Canas, Canchis, Paruro and Quispicanchi were under …
In May 1992, the Shining Path PCP carried out an incursion in San Pedro, a district in the province of Canchis in Cusco. During this action, the subversive organization assassinated four local authorities. In addition to the murder of the authorities, the subversives set fire to the municipal building and …
In May 1992, subversive activities by the PCP Sendero Luminoso were still ongoing in regions like San Pedro, Canchis, where incidents such as the assassination of four authorities, the burning of the municipality, and the destruction of two buses were reported. Despite these activities, the influence of the PCP Sendero …
The PCP-SL raided San Pedro, Canchis province, and assassinated the mayor, the governor, the president of the potable water company and a leader, burning the municipality and dynamiting two buses belonging to the Ormeño and Cruz del Sur companies. This multiple attack is evidence of the PCP-SL's violence against authorities …
On May 13, 1992, the main PCP-SL force in Canchis carried out a series of selective assassinations in the district of San Pedro. The Shining Pathists assassinated the mayor, the governor, the president of the potable water system and a local leader. During the raid, they also burned the municipal …