The PCP-SL attacked a Civil Guard patrol boat in the locality of Ayaviri, province of Melgar, department of Puno. This attack is part of the first armed actions of the PCP-SL in the department of Puno during 1981. The event is inscribed in the context of the initial phase of …
On August 18, the police post of Umachiri, near Ayaviri, was attacked. After this attack the police forced their way into the premises of the Prelature's Social Works, taking the four employees into custody; they also entered the IER. The capitular vicar Francisco d'Alteroche protested and was treated as if …
On August 18, 1982, the police post in Umachiri was attacked, leading to a forceful police entry into the local Church's social works office and the detention of its employees. The Church, including the vicariate of Ayaviri, protested against the police actions, which included the detention and mistreatment of the …
On February 17, 1986, the PCP-SL attacked the Banco del Sur in Juliaca as part of a new offensive that extended between February 17 and 21. This action was part of a series of coordinated attacks that included the seizure and assault of the Pomasi mine in Ayaviri on the …
On February 18, 1986, the PCP-SL carried out an attack and assault on the Pomasi mine in Ayaviri, Melgar province. This attack was part of a Shining Path offensive that took place between February 17 and 22, 1986 in the region. The offensive included multiple actions in different localities, beginning …
In May 1986, the PCP-SL began an offensive in the department of Puno that started on May 5 with an attack against the Secretary General of the PAP in Ayaviri. During this offensive, the subversive group burned the Cayacayani farm, belonging to SAIS San José, and also set fire to …
Approximately 200 people were forced by the PCP-SL to participate in the looting of the ERPS Kunurana facilities. During the attack, seven APRA workers were killed with extreme cruelty: their ears and tongues were cut off, and one had his eyes gouged out. While the mass received a speech, the …
Combined forces detained about 150 people in Nuñoa between June 19 and July 12, 1986. Of the detainees, 88 people were transferred to Ayaviri. Some of the detainees died during or after the transfer. These detentions occurred in the context of the intensification of PCP-Sendero Luminoso actions in the Puno …
A new departmental strike took place in Puno. In Ayaviri, a gigantic rally organized by the Single Federation of Peasants of Melgar (FUCAM) demanded the acceleration of agrarian restructuring. The land movement achieved an appreciable degree of legitimacy with the renewed support of the church and trade and professional organizations …
During the process of land seizures in the department of Puno, 300 peasants were arrested in the towns of Ayaviri and Azángaro. This event occurred in the context of a massive land occupation where approximately 12,000 peasant families occupied some 100,000 hectares in six provinces: Azángaro, Melgar, Carabaya, Huancané, Lampa …
During the peasant mobilizations for the recovery of land, there were massive detentions of peasants in the provinces of Ayaviri and Azángaro. On April 19, 1987, 300 peasants were arrested in both localities. In addition, 400 additional soldiers arrived in Azángaro as part of the control operation. These arrests occurred …
Rallies were held in the cities of Ayaviri and Azángaro with the participation of more than 2,000 peasants. During these events, land was distributed. These rallies took place in the context of the peasant mobilizations for the recovery of land that had been taking place in the department of Puno …
Father Marcial Couderc, pastor of Ayaviri and Vicar General of the prelature, together with four people responsible for parish movements, were kidnapped for 12 hours in the Sota farm of the Empresa Rural Umachiri, presumably by a paramilitary commando. The following day, Father Hilario Huanca Mamani, cooperating vicar of the …
In 1988, Porfirio Suni Quispe was detained on charges of terrorism and held at the Central Cayacachi, a location not authorized for detention. Despite the irregularities, including the lack of legal representation during his initial statement, the Provincial Prosecutor of Carabaya, Juan Barrios Estrada, validated the process. The Prelature of …
Porfirio Suni Quispe was detained and tortured by police in Ayaviri, Peru, following an attack on the Crucero police station by Sendero Luminoso on August 5, 1988. The police sought to extract a confession from Suni, accusing him of being a collaborator with the insurgent group. His detention and subsequent …
The Shining Path destroyed the Rural Education Institute of the Ayaviri Prelature in the Southern Andes. Shortly after, they threatened the prelate of Ayaviri and forced him to dialogue with other authorities. This attack is part of a strategy of intimidation against Church educational institutions working with peasant communities.
Between May 13 and 25, 1989, the main column of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out a devastating campaign in the provinces of Azángaro and Melgar. On May 19, they assassinated Marcelino Pachari Roselló, provincial mayor of Azángaro and militant of the Communist Party of Peru 'Patria Roja', who was inspecting …
On Friday, May 19, 1989, a group of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated Marcelino Pachari Roselló, provincial mayor of Azángaro. The mayor was inspecting the reconstruction of the bridge that had been blown up days before by a detachment of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This assassination was part of a series of …
On the night of May 21, 1989, a column of the Shining Path PCP destroyed the facilities of the Waqrani Rural Education Institute (IER), located on the outskirts of Ayaviri. This attack was part of a series of violent actions carried out by the PCP-SL in Puno during May 1989. …
On May 21, 1989, the PCP-SL attacked the Waqrani Rural Education Institute, an educational center run by the South Andean Catholic Church. This attack was part of the violent actions of the subversive group in the southern Andean region of the country. Days after the attack, on May 25, the …
The members of the vicariates of Ayaviri, Sicuani, Juli and Puno meet to evaluate the situation of violence in the region. They underline the need to know the data, the project and the path of the Shining Path in the area and to develop a code of codes for internal …
In the month of August, the vicariates made a distressing observation about the infiltration of the Shining Path and the armed forces in all types of popular organizations, mainly youth organizations. The members of the vicariates agree that they are going through a difficult moment where their analysis should be …
Under the leadership of the FDCP, several communities take land from CAT Quisuni in July 1990. Surprisingly, the Shining Path column shows up and assassinates six workers of that entity, reiterating their slogan that the only way to get the land is with weapons in hand. In the following days, …
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