Since 1981, the districts of Manta, Moya, Vilca, Acobambilla and Huayllahuara, located along the Vilcas River, began to be visited by the subversives of the PCP-SL. In 1982, the first incursions and "town seizures" took place, attacking especially the representatives of the "old power", i.e. mayors, lieutenant governors and justices …
On July 11, 1982, a group of subversives of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso took the town of Ñuñungayo, located in the district of Vilca, province of Huancavelica. During this raid, the Shining Path militants assaulted the village's communal store. This action is part of the first "town seizures" that the PCP-SL …
On March 22, 1983, shortly after the installation of the Political Military Command in Huancavelica, an Army patrol ambushed a contingent of 25 subversives of the PCP-SL in Jala, district of Vilca. In the confrontation 24 Shining Path members were killed. This military action temporarily contained the expansion of subversive …
On June 19, 1983, a contingent of approximately 30 PCP-SL militants took the town of Moya, in the province of Huancavelica. During the raid, the subversives harassed the local police post. They called on the district's population to join their armed struggle. After these actions, the contingent left for the …
In 1984, military personnel stationed in Moya, Peru, were involved in serious human rights abuses, including sexual violence against local women. The Commission of Truth and Reconciliation investigated these incidents, revealing that soldiers organized forced gatherings where women were coerced into attending and subjected to sexual assault. One victim, identified …
On December 15, 1989, in the district of Moya, province of Huancavelica, militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso murdered a teacher and a justice of the peace. This event took place in the context of the 1989-1990 Shining Path offensive, when the PCP-SL claimed to be close to a 'strategic balance' …
In the district of Moya, members of the PCP-SL murdered a teacher and a justice of the peace. In the district of Chopcca, a Shining Path detachment murdered Jose Soto, Guillermo Quispe, Domingo Taipe, Pablo Ataipoma and three unidentified community members. These murders were part of the PCP-SL's terror campaign …
A resident of Moya, Huancavelica, Huancavelica suffered the murder of her parents and other family members by members of the Armed Forces. The testimony was collected in Lima in January 2003. This case illustrates the victims' adaptive attempts that included passivity and accommodation to the new situation following the violence. …
Testimony collected in Lima in January 2003 from a resident of Moya, Huancavelica, Huancavelica. The affiant suffered the murder of her parents and other family members by members of the Armed Forces. The testimony is part of the documentation on the psychological and emotional impacts of violence, specifically related to …
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