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 …
In 1984, 6 corpses were found in the place called Ñeque, Tambillos district, Huamanga province. Among them, the union leader Florentino Mendoza was recognized. The bodies were removed by order of the Provincial Prosecutor with the participation of the Police. Mayor Leonor Zamora provided the car of the Municipality for …
In 1984, the bodies of three 15-year-old girls were found in the place called Infiernillo, Carmen Alto district in Huamanga. The victims had been executed with firearms. The bodies were removed by order of the Provincial Prosecutor with the participation of the Police, and Mayor Leonor Zamora provided the car …
A column of 5,000 people from Huaycán, armed with sticks and stones, rejected the 4,000 members of the Horacio Zevallos human settlement who were trying to occupy land in the ravine. The confrontations were stopped by the mediation of the main leaders of the conflicting sectors. The Horacio Zevallos Association, …
In February 1986, the city of Monzon was taken by the PCP-SL. During the raid, an assembly was held to rally the population. The subversives destroyed the belongings and documents of the Municipality, which from then on was run only by its workers. This seizure took place in the context …
In March 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso dynamited the Civil Guard post of Luchubamba, in the district of Sitacocha, Cajabamba province. The attack resulted in the death of a policeman and one of the Shining Path attackers. Later, in October of the same year, a group of fifteen hikers entered Luchubamba …
On September 14, 1991, on the eve of the anniversary of the Juan Pablo II human settlement, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated two neighborhood leaders: Fortunato Collazos Crispín, deputy secretary general, and Alfredo Aguirre Berrocal, secretary of press and propaganda. These murders were part of the Shining Path's strategy to take …
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