In 1982, thousands of coca farmers from regions such as Chinchao, Monzón, Leoncio Prado, Tocache, and Padre Abad gathered in Tingo María to initiate an indefinite strike. Their main demand was the resumption of legal coca trade through the Empresa Nacional de la Coca (ENACO), following a government prohibition that …
In 1982, thousands of coca farmers from Chinchao, Monzon, Leoncio Prado, Tocache and Padre Abad moved to the city of Tingo Maria to begin an indefinite strike. Their main demand was the resumption of legal coca trade through the National Coca Company (Empresa Nacional de la Coca-ENACO). After 11 days …
In 1982, thousands of coca farmers from regions including Chinchao, Monzón, Leoncio Prado, Tocache, and Padre Abad gathered in Tingo María to commence an indefinite strike on November 25. The strike was a response to the Peruvian government's prohibition of legal coca trade through the Empresa Nacional de la Coca …
In 1984, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) carried out a violent attack on the CORAH project in Monzón, resulting in the deaths of 19 workers. This attack was part of a broader campaign of violence in the Huallaga Valley, which included multiple assaults on government and …
In 1984, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out an attack on the Coca Reduction and Eradication Project in Alto Huallaga (CORAH) in Monzon. This was the second attack on CORAH installations, following one in late 1983 in another locality. The attack resulted in the death of 19 project workers. This event …
On 17 November 1984, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) carried out a significant attack by assassinating 19 workers of the CORAH (Special Project for the Control and Eradication of Coca Cultivation in Alto Huallaga) in Cornivilla, Monzón. This event was part of a broader campaign by …
On January 1, 1986, a group of sixty PCP-SL subversives raided the village of Agua Blanca, where a Self-Defense Committee had been organized under the leadership of peasant Andrés Cornelio Castañeda. In a popular trial, Castañeda was killed along with 15 other people. The peasant leader was tortured and brutally …
On January 1, 1986, a group of 60 members of the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) attacked the hamlet of Agua Blanca in the Monzón district. They targeted the local Self-Defense Committee, led by peasant Andrés Cornelio Castañeda, who was brutally murdered along with 15 others after a 'popular trial'. This …
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 …
Sendero took the town of Monzon, located 62 kilometers from Tingo Maria, and after gathering the population and rallying them, destroyed the municipality's belongings and documents. Since then and for several years only the workers were the ones who administered the municipality.
The affiants tell of the detention and murder of their husband and son in Palo Acero, Monzón, Huamalies, Huánuco. The detention occurred on August 11, 1989 and the executions took place on September 18, 1989. This case represents a period of more than a month between the detention of the …
The declarants tell of the detention and murder of their husband and son. The detention occurred on August 11, 1989 and the executions took place on September 18, 1989 in Palo Acero, Monzón, Huamalies, Huánuco. The testimony was provided by relatives of the victims who recounted these acts of violence.
In September 1993, more than 200 subversives of the Shining Path PCP took over several villages in the Monzon valley. During this action, the subversives located suspected informers, criminals and coca intermediaries, approximately 24 people in total. These people were killed in a bloody public act. This event was part …
In September 1993, a man was detained by military forces in Manchuria, Monzon, during spring celebrations. He was accused by a coerced informant and subjected to severe torture at the military base of Cachicoto and later at the BCS N°313. Despite his claims of innocence, he was repeatedly tortured by …
On 12 September 1993, individuals were detained by military personnel in Monzón, Huamalíes, Peru, accused of aiding subversives. Detainees were subjected to severe torture, including physical abuse and electric shocks, at military bases in Cachicoto and BCS N°313. The report highlights the brutal treatment of detainees, including sexual violence against …
José Hilario Picón, called 'comrade Manco', one of the most important Sendero leaders who had control in Monzón, was killed by the highway police. The Shining Path members had arrived in Puente Durand at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, gathered the population in the small evangelical church and tied up …
During September 2002, the TRC collected multiple testimonies in the department of Huanuco on various acts of violence that occurred during the internal armed conflict. The testimonies include cases of forced disappearances, murders and sexual violence perpetrated mainly by State agents. Among the documented cases is the testimony of the …
Testimony collected in Lima during October 2002, where a woman narrates the murder of her husband in Cachicoto, Monzón, Huamalies, Huánuco. This testimony is part of the documentation of cases of violence perpetrated during the internal armed conflict. The affiant provides information on the violent events that affected her family …
During the internal armed conflict in Monzón, Huamalies, Huánuco, cases of detention and sexual violence against women were recorded. Most of the sexual abuses were imputed to members of the Armed Forces, especially on those they detained, as part of the torture inflicted. The victims showed their enormous pain and …
The testimony documents the murder of the declarant's husband in Cachicoto, a town located in the district of Monzón, province of Huamalies, department of Huánuco. The case was recorded in December 2002 during interviews conducted by the CVR in Lima. This event is part of the context of violence that …
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