The Lucanamarca massacre was a violent response to a peasant rebellion against local leaders of the PCP-SL in the province of Huancasancos, including the districts of Sacsamarca, Sancos, and Lucanamarca. The PCP-SL had gained influence in the region by promoting a new state based on equality and justice, which initially …
In December 1981, in the town of Sacsamarca, Professor Alejandro Avilés García was murdered by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. He was accused of being a 'snitch', that is, of collaborating with the authorities or providing information on subversive activities. This assassination occurred in the context of sustained PCP-SL attacks against the …
In 1982, the militant group Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) established control over the districts of Sancos, Lucanamarca, and Sacsamarca in Ayacucho, Peru. They implemented 'popular schools' and declared Sacsamarca a liberated zone. The year marked the beginning of significant violence, including the assassination of Alejandro Marquina Martínez in Sancos, and …
In October 1982, the PCP-SL began establishing its 'new power' in the province of Huancasancos, including areas like Sancos, Lucanamarca, and Sacsamarca. The PCP-SL forced local authorities to resign under threat of death and implemented a new order where all were considered equal. This movement was initially accepted by some …
In December 1982, the Shining Path (PCP-SL) carried out a series of actions in Huancasancos and nearby areas, including Sancos, Lucanamarca, and Sacsamarca. They expropriated and redistributed livestock and goods from local communities, causing unrest among the residents. The subversive group also disrupted transportation by blocking roads and demanding payments …
In January 1983, the first popular trial was held in Sacsamarca organized by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso against Professor Emilio. The professor was accused of being a traitor by the Shining Path and publicly executed in the town square. This popular trial was one of the first events of its kind …
The Sacsamarca uprising took place, which marked the beginning of the end of the PCP-SL's power in the province of Huancasancos. Fatigued by the abuses of the Shining Path commanders, some community members got them drunk and stabbed and stoned them to death. In the following weeks, similar reactions were …
In February 1983, the Sacsamarca uprising against the PCP-SL took place. The villagers, fed up with the abuses of the Shining Path commanders, decided to rebel against them. In an act of resistance, the villagers got the Shining Path militants drunk and later stabbed and stoned them to death. This …
In February 1983, communities in Huancasancos and Lucanamarca reacted against the increasing violence perpetrated by the Shining Path (PCP-SL). In Sacsamarca, during the carnival, local communers executed two PCP-SL leaders, leading to retaliatory actions by the Shining Path. The military intervened, resulting in the deaths of 14 people, including both …
In mid-February 1983, the first confrontation took place between the population of Sacsamarca and the leaders of the local Shining Path Popular Committee, which led to the death of the main local Shining Path leaders at the hands of the villagers. This communal reaction is linked to the increase of …
During the carnivals between February 15 and 17, 1983, the population of Sacsamarca rebelled against the PCP-SL. Taking advantage of the fact that the Shining Pathists would be partying and getting drunk, a group of villagers assaulted the homes of two local PCP-SL leaders: Elio and Wilfredo, killing them. They …
On the third day after the Sacsamarca rebellion, members of the Army arrived in Sancos aboard two helicopters. The population that had gathered in the square to attend a popular trial decided to escape. The military fired indiscriminately, killing 14 people, among them nine subversives and two young ladies who …
On February 20, 1983, when "Victor" and his followers made their appearance in Huancasancos, the villagers assassinated them. This event occurred in the context of the reaction of the Huancasancos communities against the PCP-SL, a few days after the Sacsamarca uprising in mid-February of the same year. The action is …
In the early morning of May 21, 1983, an unspecified number of hikers, men and women, from the "lower part" (Hualla, Tiquihua, Canaria, etc.), led by "comrade Omar", prepared an attack against Sacsamarca. When the hikers were in the Pallqa annex, one of the community members they had arrested managed …
In the early morning of May 21, 1983, a group of Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) insurgents, led by 'comrade Omar,' attempted an attack on the town of Sacsamarca. The local police, informed of the impending attack, organized a defense with the help of the townspeople. The ensuing confrontation resulted in …
The Battle of Sacsamarca occurred on May 21, 1983, during the internal conflict in Peru. The PCP-SL (Shining Path) had taken control of the area, leading to the installation of a police post after the Lucanamarca massacre. However, following the battle, a police base was authorized, composed mainly of the …
On May 21, 1983, a group of Sendero Luminoso (PCP-SL) members, led by 'Comrade Omar,' attempted an attack on Sacsamarca. The local police, informed of the impending attack, organized a defense with the help of the community. The confrontation resulted in the deaths of several Shining Path members, including 'Comrade …
In the early morning of May 21, 1983, an unspecified number of hikers led by comrade Omar prepared the attack on Sacsamarca. A community member managed to escape and alerted a police major who was on an inspection mission. The population was organized to respond. At ten o'clock in the …
In the early morning of May 21, 1983, an unspecified number of hikers, men and women, from the "lower part" (Hualla, Tiquihua, Canaria, etc.), led by "comrade Omar", prepared an attack against Sacsamarca. When the hikers were in the Pallqa annex, one of the community members they had arrested managed …
Three days after the battle of Sacsamarca, twenty PCP-SL prisoners who had been subjected to intense torture and deprived of food were taken out of the dungeon. The Sinchis took them to Jinquilpata, a place near the road to Huancasancos, made them stand in line and shot them. The bodies …
In July 1983, there was an armed confrontation between columns of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and ronderos from Vilcashuamán. This event took place in the context of the generalized violence that characterized 1983 in the area, with the highest number of deaths in the region. The confrontation was part of the …
On February 7, 1984, in the community of Sacsamarca, the former president of the community's Administrative Council was assassinated by militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The victim was accused of collaborating with the police. This murder is part of the PCP-SL's strategy of eliminating local authorities and people considered to …
On August 25, 1984, in Putica, a ranch in the community of Sacsamarca in the district of Huancavelica, a patrol of military men in civilian clothes arrested the elderly Félix Aparco Pineda. He was accused of harboring PCP-SL subversives. His remains were found months later in a cave near the …
In 1985, the province of Huancasancos in Peru was under the control of the PCP-SL (Shining Path), which made significant efforts to monitor the movement of people and goods due to its strategic position in commercial circuits. In contrast, the province of Vilcashuamán showed delayed and fragmented resistance to the …
On July 6, 1986, a group of Shining Path members of the PCP-SL assassinated the wife of the lieutenant governor of the community of Sacsamarca, district of Huancavelica. This assassination occurred during a period of relative withdrawal of violence in the province of Huancavelica, between 1985 and 1988, when subversive …
On September 14, 1987, the PCP-SL raided Putaqasa, in the Sacsamarca district. During this incursion, the hikers assassinated 9 community members and set fire to houses in the area. This event is part of a series of attacks that the PCP-SL carried out in the Huancasancos area during the period …
On September 14, 1987, the PCP-SL raided Putaqasa, part of the Sacsamarca district, killing nine community members and burning houses. This attack was part of the PCP-SL's retaliatory actions against communities that had formed or supported Self-Defense Committees. Putaqasa was attacked again on February 10, 1989, when the PCP-SL raided …
On December 5, 1987, in the community of Sacsamarca, district and province of Huancavelica, the president of the Pro-Electrification Committee was assassinated by militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The victim was accused of being a 'snitch' or collaborator of the forces of law and order. This assassination took place during …
On February 10, 1989, the PCP-SL again raided Putaqasa, an annex of the Sacsamarca district. In this second attack, the subversive organization assassinated two community members. This event occurred approximately a year and a half after the first incursion on September 14, 1987, when the PCP-SL had killed nine community …
On September 14, 1989, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso raided Putaqasa, part of the Sacsamarca district. During the attack, nine community members were killed and houses were set on fire. This was one of multiple attacks on this community, which had previously been razed in 1987. Subsequently, on February 10, 1989, the …
On December 19, 1989, an armed confrontation took place in the annex of Palqa, belonging to the district of Sacsamarca. Eleven peasants died in this confrontation. The exact number of people killed by the PCP-SL in this event is unknown. This confrontation is part of a series of Shining Path …
In July 1992, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso raided the community of Pallcca, an annex of the Sacsamarca district in the province of Huancasancos, and killed 8 people. This event occurred in the context of the latest episodes of violence in Zone I of the south central region, shortly after the Challhuamayo …
In June 1994, Manuel Barrientos García, mayor of the Sacsamarca district, was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The perpetrators dressed as military personnel to commit the crime. This assassination occurred almost as an isolated episode, being one of the last events of violence in the area, two years after the …
In March 2002, local leaders of the PCP-SL (Shining Path) were attacked and killed in Sacsamarca, Peru. The community, fearing retaliation and lacking trust in authorities, decided to take justice into their own hands. The event led to further conflict as surviving members of the PCP-SL planned a response to …
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