In 1982, subversives arrived in the community of Chapi, where they set fire to a cañazo factory and organized the villagers to support them. The Sinchis, upon learning of the incursion, interrogated the inhabitants and, after finding a shotgun, accused several of subversion and took them to Chinchihuasi to be …
In 1983, the Army installed a counter-subversive base in the town of Millpo, in the highlands of the district of Paucarbamba, province of Churcampa. From this base, military patrols would go out to the communities and towns of Paucarbamba, detaining people who were then interrogated at the base. Some detainees, …
On September 26, 1983, army and police forces, in a combined action, entered the capital of Paucarbamba and neighboring towns. During the operation, the forces of order raided houses and took some villagers prisoner. The military and police stole some of the population's property and raped some of the villagers. …
On October 22, 1984, residents of Paucarbamba and military personnel from the Millpo Counter-Subversive Base arrested four people accused of being responsible for the actions committed by the PCP-SL in Paucarbamba and surrounding districts. The detainees were Lucio Anselmo Gaspar Cabezas, Teodomiro Gaspar Cabezas, Alfredo Montes Palomino and one other …
The province of Churcampa was created in 1985 in the southern part of the province of Tayacaja. This new province was linked to both the Mantaro Valley and the province of Huanta. The districts that made up the new province were Churcampa, Anco, Chinchihuasi, El Carmen, La Merced, Locroja, Paucarbamba, …