In December 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso killed twelve villagers in Pumahuasi, also known as Rumichaca, in the district of Santillana, province of Huanta. This event is part of a series of murders perpetrated by Sendero Luminoso in the highland communities of Huanta during that period. The murders took place in …
The mayor of Tingo Maria, Tito Jaime Fernandez, was assassinated on April 19, 1984 by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This assassination occurred between two assaults on the town of Aucayacu, where the PCP-SL had attacked the police post with a death toll of twenty. The assassination of the mayor was part …
The PCP-SL assassinated the mayor of Pumahuasi, an APRA militant. This assassination continued the pattern of elimination of municipal authorities in the Huallaga area during 1984.
During the municipal election campaign at the end of 1986, a candidate for mayor was assassinated in the town of Pumahuasi. In addition to this political assassination, 11 villagers were murdered in circumstances that testimonies do not clarify who the perpetrators were. One of the victims, Oswaldo Ruíz de la …
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