The community of Chongos Alto presented a certified copy from a notary public of Matucana, showing an 1817 title found in his archives. This document evidenced land ownership and was delivered on November 20, 1817 by the autonomous corregidor de Ulloa, acting on behalf of His Majesty Viceroy José Antonio …
In 1971, the Sociedad Agraria de Interés Social (SAIS) Cahuide, the largest peasant enterprise in the department of Junín and the entire country created by the agrarian reform, recorded revenues valued at 599,077,830 in 1979. This was one of the most profitable years in its history. SAIS employed 'foreign' professionals …
The Sociedad Agraria de Interés Social (SAIS) Cahuide, the largest peasant enterprise in the department of Junín and the entire country created by the agrarian reform, could not avoid the effects of the 1976 economic crisis. This crisis, together with the contradictions inherent to its structure and organization, seriously affected …
SAIS Cahuide, the largest peasant enterprise in Peru created by the agrarian reform, experienced a dramatic reduction in its income beginning in 1979. The drastic drop in sales of livestock production and sheep wool was a determining factor in this reduction. In 1979 it had reached its highest profits in …
The PCP-SL experienced a first moment of advance in the area of the SAIS Cahuide between 1983 and 1984, coinciding with its withdrawal from the area of Manta and Vilcas (Huancavelica) in 1983 when a military base was installed. The first PCP-SL incursion into SAIS Cahuide took place in December …
The Communist Party of Peru-Sendero Luminoso withdrew from the area of Manta and Vilcas in the department of Huancavelica during 1983. This withdrawal coincided with the installation of a military base in the area. The movement of the PCP-SL from this area was part of a moment of advance of …
The Antepongo production unit suffered attacks during 1983 that seriously affected its operations. These attacks were repeated in 1987, making the continuity of this production unit unsustainable. As a consequence of these attacks, the unit's own members began to point out that Antepongo's lands should be returned to the possession …
On March 3, 1983, in the district of Chupuro (province of Huancayo), militants of the PCP-SL set fire to a transport vehicle belonging to the SAIS Cahuide. During the attack, two SAIS employees were injured. This attack was part of a systematic campaign by the PCP-SL against the installations of …
On December 11, 1983, members of the Shining Path (PCP-SL) attacked the production units of SAIS Cahuide. They set fire to the estate house in 'Laive', dynamited a tractor, and seized food and dynamite. The attack extended to 'Antapongo', where they destroyed the accounting office and killed 45 sheep, and …
The first incursion of the Communist Party of Peru-Sendero Luminoso into SAIS Cahuide took place in December 1983. The attack was simultaneous against three production units: Laive, Antapongo and Tucle-Rio de la Virgen. The main objective of this action was to seize explosives, ammunition and cattle. This raid marked the …
On December 11, 1983, villagers from various communities in the districts of Vilca, Manta and Acobambilla (province of Huancavelica) were gathered by militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in Vilca. The subversives organized these villagers as a 'mass' to assault three Production Units of SAIS Cahuide: Tucle, Laive and Antapongo, located …
In the last months of 1987, the smaller and more remote hamlets, located southeast of the plateau in the area of the Cahuide SAIS in Junín, began to be victims of looting perpetrated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The looting included food and horses, as well as forced recruitment of villagers. …
From 1987 onwards, systematic attacks by the PCP-SL against the infrastructure and officials of SAIS Cahuide increased. These attacks were part of a second stage of violence, after an initial breakthrough between 1983 and 1984. The PCP-SL took advantage of internal SAIS conflicts, including contradictions between partner and non-partner communities, …
At the end of 1987, the PCP-SL began systematic attacks against the Laive Unit of the SAIS Cahuide, destroying the furniture and slaughtering an undetermined number of cattle. These attacks were part of the Shining Path's strategy to destroy the Agrarian Societies of Social Interest in the region. The Shining …
The PCP-SL assassinated the administrator of the Laive Production Unit, Luis Capcha, on November 17, 1987, hanging him in his own office. This assassination occurred in the context of the Shining Path's mandate to liquidate the production units of the SAIS Cahuide. The Laive Unit was precisely the one that …
A group of hikers murdered Luis Capcha, administrator of the Laive Production Unit of SAIS Cahuide, hanging him in his own office. First they subjected him to a kind of 'popular trial' where some of the sanctioned workers complained. Witnesses indicated that 'the engineer was not abusive and respected labor …
In mid-1988, the PCP-SL destroyed the police posts that the police had established in Chongos Alto and Yanacancha to guard the Canipaco valley area. These police posts represented the presence of the State in the region, where land conflicts were developing between communities and SAIS Cahuide. The army had been …
Since the second semester of 1987, the PCP-SL organizes popular committees in the territory of many communities of Junín, settling in the Canipaco valley since mid 1988. The communities of Alto and Bajo Tulumayo are convulsed by the action of the PCP-SL columns, as well as the communities of San …
Between March 1988 and January 1989, Shining Path carried out violent actions against the SAIS Heroínas Toledo and Cahuide in the central highlands. The SAIS Heroínas Toledo was deactivated in March 1988 after the total destruction of its facilities and assets by the Shining Path. This destruction was part of …
SAIS Cahuide, located in the upper Mantaro Valley and considered the most important agricultural enterprise created by the Agrarian Reform in the region, suffered continuous Shining Path attacks between March 1988 and January 1989. Shining Path sought to prevent this company from articulating the peasant communities within a market logic. …
In May 1988, a general assembly of members approved the "restructuring" of SAIS Cahuide, the largest peasant enterprise in the department of Junín and the entire country created by the agrarian reform. This decision came about as a result of the economic crisis that had affected the company since 1976, …
On December 29, 1988, an assembly ratified the liquidation of Sociedad Agraria de Interés Social (SAIS) Cahuide, the largest peasant enterprise in the department of Junín and the entire country created by the agrarian reform. This decision came after years of economic crisis that began in 1976, with a drastic …
In 1989, the Shining Path (PCP-SL) launched a major offensive aimed at dismantling the mining unions in the central region of Peru. A significant event during this period was the destruction of the SAIS Cahuide, where the PCP-SL facilitated the redistribution of land and livestock among the peasant communities. This …
In January 1989, the communities that were members of SAIS Cahuide formed multi-communal companies on the right bank of the Mantaro River. This process was the result of the liquidation of SAIS Cahuide, approved at the general assembly of partners in May 1988 and ratified on December 29, 1988. The …
