On October 12, 1981, the Peruvian government decreed a state of emergency in five of the seven provinces of the department of Ayacucho: Huamanga, Huanta, La Mar, Cangallo and Victor Fajardo. This measure was established in response to the increase in PCP-Sendero Luminoso actions, particularly after the attack on the …
On October 12, 1981, the Government decreed a State of Emergency in the provinces of Huamanga, Huanta, La Mar, Cangallo and Victor Fajardo, as a consequence of the political violence initiated in the department of Ayacucho in 1980 by the PCP-SL. Initially, the former Civil Guard was in charge of …
The government placed five of the seven provinces of Ayacucho - Huamanga, Huanta, Cangallo, La Mar and Victor Fajardo - under a state of emergency, suspending constitutional guarantees regarding individual freedom for 60 days. This presidential decision included the suspension of guarantees, but not the entry of the Armed Forces.
On October 12, 1981, Supreme Decree 026-81-IN was promulgated by which five provinces of the department of Ayacucho were declared in a state of emergency: Huamanga, Huanta, Cangallo, La Mar and Víctor Fajardo. This declaration of emergency was used as a pretext to put a damper on the rapid increase …
The government declared a state of emergency in five of the seven provinces of Ayacucho (Huamanga, Huanta, Cangallo, La Mar and Victor Fajardo), suspended for 60 days the constitutional guarantees related to individual freedom and security, and sent the counter-subversive police detachment of 'los sinchis' to Ayacucho. The disinformation of …
President Fernando Belaunde Terry declared for the first time a state of emergency in Ayacucho commanded by the FFPP through supreme decree 036-81-IN. The state of emergency was extended for sixty days to five Ayacucho provinces: Huanta, La Mar, Huamanga, Cangallo and Victor Fajardo. General GC Carlos Barreto Bretoneche assumed …
On October 12, 1981, one day after the assault on the El Tambo police post, the President of the Republic, architect Fernando Belaunde Terry, declared a state of emergency in five provinces of the department of Ayacucho: Cangallo, Huamanga, Huanta, La Mar and Víctor Fajardo. This situation implied the suspension …
On October 12, the government decreed a state of emergency in five of the seven provinces of Ayacucho (Huamanga, Huanta, Cangallo, La Mar and Víctor Fajardo) and suspended for sixty days the constitutional guarantees related to individual freedom and security. This was the first time a state of emergency was …
On March 18, 1982, subversives of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Minas Canarias police post in the province of Victor Fajardo. This attack was part of a series of sustained assaults against police posts during 1982, aimed at pushing back the police and generating a 'power vacuum' in the countryside. …
On March 28, 1982, subversives of the PCP-SL attacked the police post of Huancapi in the province of Victor Fajardo. This attack was part of a series of continuous assaults on police posts that took place during 1982 in the region. The attacks included the Minas Canarias post on March …
On July 9, 1982, miners from Canarias, in the province of Victor Fajardo, were killed by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The victims were accused of being informers. The Canarias mine played an important role in the area for a long time as a supplier of dynamite for the subversives. This assassination …
On July 11, 1982, in the town of Hualla, in the province of Victor Fajardo, Ayacucho, the mayor and a local merchant were murdered. The victims were accused of being informers for the authorities. This event occurred in the context of the intensification of political violence in Ayacucho during 1982, …
In Uchuraccay, the Shining Path PCP struggled to establish control due to the strong presence of traditional communal authorities. Unlike other communities in the province of Víctor Fajardo, where Sendero Luminoso imposed its power, Uchuraccay maintained its traditional power structures. The lack of a youthful base and the small size …
On 29 December 1982, President Belaunde of Peru declared a state of emergency in several provinces, including Huanta, La Mar, Cangallo, Víctor Fajardo, Huamanga, and parts of Huancavelica and Apurímac. This decision was made in response to increasing violence and armed actions by the PCP-SL, including attacks on police posts …
On December 29, 1982, through Supreme Decree 068-82-IN, the Peruvian government instructed the Armed Forces to assume internal control in five Ayacucho provinces. This decision marked a turning point in the internal armed conflict, transferring the responsibility of public order control from the National Police to the Armed Forces. The …
In January 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso murdered 12 people in the town of Vilcanchos, province of Víctor Fajardo. This event occurred in the context of an escalation of violence in the area, where the PCP-SL intensified its actions against authorities and villagers accused of being enemies of their cause. The …
In January 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso committed a collective assassination of villagers in the locality of Llusita, province of Victor Fajardo. This event was part of the Shining Path's strategy to 'beat the countryside' by assassinating authorities and 'enemies' in general. Later, in April 1983, the disappearance of 4 community …
Teodosio was on his farm stalking corn when he was executed by the military. Isabel heard the sound of gunshots and ran to the farm where she found that the military had executed Teodosio. When Isabel ran to the scene, she was threatened with death by a gun to her …
In January 1983, about 55 hikers who had settled in the Umasi school were surprised by a military patrol. Most of them died in the confrontation. This event marked an important turning point, since from that moment on the PCP-SL understood that the war had incorporated new and bigger enemies: …
In January 1983, more than a hundred members of the PCP-SL attacked the communities of Lucanamarca and Huancasancos in the Víctor Fajardo province. They killed 45 villagers in Lucanamarca and 35 in Huancasancos. This event was part of a series of violent actions carried out by the PCP-SL during this …
In January 1983, the Peruvian army entered Ayacucho, initiating a counteroffensive against the PCP-SL. This entry radically changed the behavior of the PCP-SL in relation to the population, adopting a much more coercive attitude and increasing the assassinations of those who were against it. One of the first military actions …
In April 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso perpetrated a collective murder in the town of Llusita, in the province of Víctor Fajardo. This event took place in the context of the intensification of violence in the region during 1983, the year with the highest death toll in the entire department of …
In April 1983, four community members from Circamarca were disappeared by ronderos from Llusita and military personnel from the Cangallo base. The perpetrators accused the inhabitants of Circamarca of being responsible for the massacre in Llusita. This event is framed in the context of generalized violence in 1983, the year …
In April 1983, fifteen villagers from Huancaraylla, a district in the province of Victor Fajardo, were disappeared by military personnel from the Cangallo base. This event occurred in the context of the military offensive that began in January 1983, when the Armed Forces entered the area to combat the PCP-Sendero …
On the morning of April 10, 1983, during a Sunday fair in Víctor Fajardo, Ayacucho, six Sinchis arrived and gathered the population. They selected Patrocinio Humberto Quichca Espinoza and two other unidentified individuals, all of whom were teachers. The detainees were taken to the riverbank, where they were mistreated and …
In May 1983, residents of Hualla, a district in the province of Victor Fajardo, were detained and later disappeared by soldiers from the Canaria barracks. This event took place in the context of the military counteroffensive initiated in January 1983 against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the region. The detention and …
With the installation of the Canaria military barracks in 1983, 6 people disappeared from Tiquigua. This event occurred in the context of the military counteroffensive initiated in January 1983 against the PCP-SL. In 1982 and 1984, Tiquihua was under the command of the 'unknown' (SL), which led to the establishment …
A neighbor committed to PCP-SL came to the affiant's house asking for lodging. Once in the house, in front of her crying children, he threatened to kill her and then raped her. The affiant became pregnant and had a child who was later recognized by the subversive. However, after this, …
In February 1984, the Peruvian army installed a military base in Chipao, a district in the province of Lucanas. This installation was motivated by the fact that the PCP-SL had managed to establish a support base in this town. From this military base, the army would exercise control over the …
In July 1984, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso murdered 12 people in the district of Hualla, Fajardo province. This event is part of a series of murders committed by the PCP-SL in the area during that year. Most of the murders that appear in the Hualla accounts were committed by the PCP-SL. …
During August 1984, multiple murders were recorded in the district of Hualla, province of Fajardo. According to documented accounts, most of these murders were committed by the PCP-SL (Shining Path). This event is part of a period of intense violence in the area, where both the PCP-SL and military forces …
In November 1984, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso committed a collective murder in Hualla, a district in the province of Victor Fajardo. According to the report, 12 people were found dead in the house of Eustaquio Pariona, all killed by the PCP-SL. This event occurred in a context of generalized violence in …
In December 1984, soldiers from the Hualla base detained community members from the district. The victims were subjected to torture and later disappeared. This event was part of a context of generalized violence in the province of Víctor Fajardo during 1984, a year in which there were multiple murders by …
On June 22, 1986, five engineers were murdered in Minas Canaria, in the province of Victor Fajardo. This event occurred in a context of generalized violence in the area, where the Canarias mine had played an important role as a supplier of dynamite for the subversives. Previously, in July 1982, …
During a period of intense political violence that coincided with prison riots in Lima and Callao, twenty peasants were murdered in the province of La Convención, Cuzco. This event occurred between June 22 and 28, 1986, in the context of an escalation of subversive violence in the country. The event …
In July 1986, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated authorities in the district of Sarhua, province of Victor Fajardo. This event was part of the Shining Path's strategy of eliminating local authorities who opposed or did not collaborate with their political-military project. The assassination of authorities was a central tactic of the …
On May 13, 1988, in retaliation for a Shining Path PCP column ambushing an Army convoy in the vicinity of the community, a law enforcement patrol raided Cayara. Law enforcement forces gathered the population in the community and killed 28 peasants in cold blood. This was one of the most …
On May 13, 1988, a column of the Shining Path PCP ambushed an army convoy in the vicinity of the community of Cayara. In retaliation for this attack, a law enforcement patrol raided the community of Cayara, gathered the population in the plaza and killed 28 peasants in cold blood. …
On May 14, 1988, members of the Peruvian Army, in retaliation for an ambush on a convoy, entered the district of Cayara in the province of Victor Fajardo. They gathered the entire population and killed 35 peasants without explanation. On May 21, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers denied …
On May 21, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers pointed out the "falsity of an alleged massacre of peasants" in Cayara. The authorities stated that they had found "no evidence of bombings, fires or fighting in the locality". The presidency affirmed that most of the testimonies presented to the …
By the end of 1989, practically all the northern provinces of Ayacucho were organized in counter-subversive peasant patrols. This organization contrasted with the towns in the central provinces (Cangallo, Vilcashuaman, Victor Fajardo), which were more reluctant, possibly because they had often been bases of support for the Shining Path. In …
In April 1991, Zenón Huamaní Chuchón, a teacher and secretary general of the SUTEP in the province of Víctor Fajardo, Ayacucho, along with other teachers and members of a leftist electoral list, were detained by a military patrol and subsequently disappeared. This event occurred amidst a period of political violence …
In the province of Víctor Fajardo, Ayacucho, seven municipal candidates have reportedly disappeared. According to eyewitnesses, alleged military personnel from the Huancapi base were responsible for the disappearances. The operation was allegedly carried out under the command of EP sub-lieutenant José Luis Chávez Velásquez, known by the alias 'Centauro'. This …
On July 1, 1992, the Shining Path (PCP-SL) launched an attack in the town of Huamanquiquia, located in the Víctor Fajardo province. During this incursion, 18 community members were brutally killed. This event is part of the broader conflict between the PCP-SL and local communities in the region.
On July 1, 1992, the Shining Path raided the town of Huamanquiquia, in the province of Victor Fajardo. This event occurred in the context of the end of the internal armed conflict, when the PCP-SL was already militarily defeated after the capture of Abimael Guzman. Despite this, the 'Feliciano' faction …
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