Timeline Events 17

  1. Demolition of high voltage tower in Chambará

    On December 13, 1980, alleged subversives dynamited a high tension tower of the interconnection line of the Mantaro Hydroelectric Power Plant in the district of Chambará, province of Concepción. This attack was part of the first subversive actions of the PCP-SL in the city of Huancayo and the Mantaro valley. …

    Chambará, Concepción, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 180
  2. Assassination of the Mayor of Concepción

    On June 1, 1982, a Shining Path detachment assassinated the lieutenant governor of Concepción, Vilcashuamán, after accusing him of having given lodging to the police and subjecting him to a "popular trial". Along with him, a former governor and a peasant from the same locality were murdered. This event was …

    Concepción, Vilcashuamán, Ayacucho Informe CVR, páginas 48-49, 62
  3. Murder of former governor and farmer in Concepción

    On June 1, 1982, a Shining Path detachment entered Concepción, in the province of Vilcashuamán. After carrying out a "popular trial", the PCP-SL assassinated a former governor and a local peasant. The victims were accused of having given lodging to the police. This was part of the Shining Path's strategy …

    Concepción, Vilcashuamán, Ayacucho Informe CVR, páginas 48-49
  4. Murder of Hualla Mayor and businessman

    On June 1, 1982, a Shining Path detachment assassinated the mayor and a merchant of Hualla, Fajardo province. This assassination was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to 'beat the countryside' by eliminating authorities and 'enemies' in general. On the same day the Lieutenant Governor of Concepción, Vilcashuamán, was also assassinated. …

    Hualla, Fajardo, Ayacucho Informe CVR, páginas 48-49
  5. Detention and disappearance in the province of Vilcashuamán

    The detainee's wife, accompanied by the Astanya authorities, went to the Concepción Military Base to ask for her husband, but they were not given any reason. On the contrary, they threatened them and chased them out of the place firing shots in the air saying 'why are you coming, go …

    Provincia de Vilcashuamán, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 2614
  6. Murder of 6 hikers in Tantar

    In June 1984, soldiers from the Concepción military base killed six people identified as Shining Path guerrillas in the town of Tantar, Vilcashuamán district. This event occurred in the context of the military counteroffensive initiated in 1983 against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the region. The Vilcashuamán military base had been …

    Tantar, Vilcashuamán, Ayacucho Informe CVR (página 62, cronología)
  7. Public appearance of MRTA in Huancayo

    In October 1984, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) carried out its first public actions outside Lima, specifically in the city of Huancayo. This event marked the territorial expansion of the MRTA into the central region of the country. The appearance of MRTA in Huancayo contributed to the intensification of …

    Huancayo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 181-182
  8. Beginning of subversive work of MRTA in the Mantaro valley

    The MRTA (Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement) announced the beginning of its subversive work in October 1984 in the Mantaro valley. Its first actions consisted of agitation and armed propaganda activities carried out in the cities of Jauja, Concepción and Huancayo. This was the first public appearance of the MRTA in …

    Jauja, Concepción y Huancayo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR
  9. Planned MRTA Attack on Concepción

    In 1987, the Peruvian Army received intelligence about the MRTA's plan to conduct a significant attack on Concepción, aiming for a more spectacular operation than their previous incursion in Juanjuí. In response, the Army mobilized two special operations detachments, each consisting of 100 soldiers, to strategically intercept and encircle the …

    Concepción, Peru CVR. BDI. Entrevista en profundidad P177, Jauja (Junín), 29 de mayo del 2002. Página 226
  10. PCP-SL initiates violent activities in Tulumayo watershed

    In 1987, the PCP-SL began its violent activities in the Tulumayo basin, which includes the districts of Comas, Cochas and Mariscal Castilla in the province of Concepción. The key date was September 12, 1987, when a Shining Path column successively raided the capitals of Comas and Cochas, threatening authorities and …

    Cuenca del Tulumayo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, págs. 148, 168-171
  11. Forced recruitment and rape of young people in Ushlalatuco

    The hikers took the young women to the park called Ushlalatuco, where they raped them and prepared them physically and militarily. They also trained them to loot animals and learned how to handle weapons so that they could carry out raids. The girls who suffered these acts were sixteen years …

    Parque Ushlalatuco, poblado de Pomamanta, distrito de Comas, provincia de Concepción, departamento de Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 2827
  12. Rape of two sisters in Talhuis annexe

    The witness's sister was sexually assaulted by two subversives in 1989. When the first one finished, the other abused her in the same way. Then they left her and fed her some cookies, threatening to disappear her if she told her family. The victim began to bleed, did not scream …

    Anexo de Talhuis, distrito de Comas, provincia de Concepción, departamento de Junín, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 2827-2828
  13. Congress in Concepción

    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 …

    Concepción, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 142
  14. Ronderos execute murderers of subprefect in Comas

    The ronderos captured the murderers of the sub-prefect of Huancayo in the district of Comas, province of Concepcion. After capturing them, the ronderos executed them and later 'fondearon' (threw them) in the Huacracocha lagoon. This event occurred in the context of the organization of peasant patrols that confronted the PCP-SL …

    Comas, Concepción, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, pág. 153

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