In mid-1981, unknown people arrived in Uchuraccay, presenting themselves as businessmen or looking for work. These PCP-SL members, led by an individual known as 'Martín', visited the school and befriended some families, becoming compadres with several villagers. By May 1982, the PCP-SL had gained the support of about fifteen villagers. …
Silvio Chávez Soto, secretary of the Uchuraccay community, was kidnapped around mid-1983 and presumably killed by the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path. Before the kidnapping, Chavez Soto had filed complaints against Severino Huascar Morales Ccente, who had been responsible for the PCP-SL in the area, for the theft …
On January 23, 1983, the guide Juan Argumedo was captured 5 kilometers from Uchuraccay, at the point called Yuracyacu. He was taken to the community of Uchuraccay for interrogation. Three days later, on January 26, Juan Argumedo García was murdered together with eight journalists and the community member Severino Huáscar …
Interview with Saturnina Figueroa, widow of Severino Huáscar Morales Ccente, in the community of Uchuraccay. Severino Morales was identified in Shining Path documents as 'commissary of the Popular Committee of Uchuraccay' and was locally responsible for the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the community. The interview is part of the CVR's investigations …
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