Between 1983 and 1985, the PCP-SL proceeded to install its own authorities, with varying degrees of clandestinity, in most of the rural hamlets from Tulumayo to Yanajanca. Within these places, the PCP-SL's popular committees controlled coca leaf cultivation, regulated the purchase/sale of PBC (cocaine base paste) and, in places where …
In 1987, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) began its violent activities in the Tulumayo basin. On September 12, 1987, a Shining Path column made successive incursions into the districts of Cochas and Comas. At the end of that same year, the MRTA also entered, albeit sporadically, …
At the end of 1987, the MRTA sporadically entered some communities and towns in Tulumayo. The inhabitants of Racracalla recall the incursion in December 1988 of a group of MRTA militants, uniformed and armed with rifles, who called the people to an assembly in the town square. The MRTA urged …
In 1987, the PCP-SL began its violent activities in the Tulumayo basin, which includes the districts of Comas, Cochas and Mariscal Castilla in the province of Concepción. The key date was September 12, 1987, when a Shining Path column successively raided the capitals of Comas and Cochas, threatening authorities and …
At the end of 1987, the MRTA sporadically entered some communities and towns in Tulumayo. This incursion followed the beginning of the PCP-SL's violent activities in the Tulumayo basin that same year. The entry of the MRTA was characterized as sporadic, unlike the more systematic presence of the Shining Path. …
At the end of May 1987, the PCP-SL attacked the Uchiza police post as part of its strategy of territorial control in the Upper Huallaga. This was the first significant attack on Uchiza, which preceded the better known and devastating second attack on March 17, 1989. The attack occurred in …
In June 1987, the PCP-SL declared an armed strike in Alto Huallaga. Between Tulumayo and Nuevo Progreso, it forced the rural population to participate in blocking the road, destroying the asphalt and painting the facades of houses along the Marginal Highway. These first strikes constituted a powerful measure of force …
At the end of May 1987, the PCP-SL attacked the Uchiza police post and in June declared an armed strike throughout Alto Huallaga. Between Tulumayo and Nuevo Progreso, the PCP-SL forced the rural population to participate in blocking the road, destroying asphalt and painting the facades of houses along the …
On September 12, 1987, a Shining Path column of the PCP-SL successively raided the district capitals of Cochas and Comas, in the Tulumayo basin. During these incursions, the Shining Pathists threatened the local authorities and demanded their resignation, distributing a communiqué stating that the Communist Party of Peru had been …
On September 12, 1987, a PCP-SL hiker column successively raided the districts of Cochas and Comas, in the Tulumayo basin. This event marks the beginning of the PCP-SL's violent activities in the Tulumayo region. The incursion is part of the new escalation of trekking operations that began in 1987 in …
In 1988, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) replaced the resigned authorities in Tulumayo with Popular Committees. These committees were composed of five commissars, including a Commissar Secretary who was sometimes a local villager due to a shortage of militants. The PCP-SL incursions did not encounter significant …
In December 1988, a group of MRTA militants entered Racracalla, Tulumayo, and held a public assembly in the town square. They communicated their mission to 'conquer power for the people' and encouraged local authorities and residents to support their cause. Unlike other armed groups, the MRTA did not threaten local …
A group of MRTA militants, uniformed and armed with rifles and other military equipment, called the people to an assembly in the plaza. During this public meeting, the MRTA militants introduced themselves to the population and told them that their struggle was 'to conquer power for the people'. This was …
Beginning in 1989, the Peruvian army implemented large-scale operations in the Upper Huallaga that marked a turning point in the conflict with the PCP-SL. These operations began after the second attack on Uchiza on March 17, 1989, which resulted in a massacre of police and led to the re-declaration of …
In 1989, following the second attack on Uchiza in March of that year, the political-military headquarters was installed under the command of General Alberto Arciniegas Huby. That year, military bases appeared in Tulumayo, Nuevo Progreso, Pizana and Punta Arenas, which would serve to keep the Senderistas further away from the …
As a result of the second attack on Uchiza on March 17, 1989, the headquarters of the political-military headquarters was installed in that same town under the command of General Alberto Arciniegas Huby. That year, military bases appeared in Tulumayo, Nuevo Progreso, Pizana and Punta Arenas, which would serve to …
On April 28, 1989, two MRTA columns encountered Peruvian Army forces in the district of Molinos (Jauja) and were practically annihilated in combat. A column of thirty heavily armed subversives operating in the area of Satipo and Chanchamayo had begun a movement towards the highlands to unite with another column …
A column of thirty heavily armed MRTA subversives attacked the Pichanaki police post. After the attack, the column began to move towards the highlands to join up with another column coming down from Tulumayo, in the highlands of Junin, with the objective of jointly taking the city of Tarma. However, …
In June 1989, an Army patrol composed of approximately forty troops under the command of Captain "Davis" arrived in the community of Cochas. The military asked the population about the whereabouts of the subversives. This military incursion occurred in a context where the PCP-SL had lost strength in the area, …
In June 1989, an Army patrol of approximately forty troops under the command of Captain "Davis" arrived in the community of Cochas. The military asked the population about the whereabouts of the subversives and established a military base for a few days. This military visit took place in a context …
By October 1989, the people of Tulumayo were facing severe food shortages as a result of restrictions imposed by the Shining Path. The subversives had ordered the communities to plant only for self-consumption and prohibited the commercialization of products. This order was enforced due to the terror imposed by the …
In the early morning of October 11, 1989, a large group of armed and hooded Shining Path militants entered Runatullo and murdered Emilio Kamel Llacua, Rigoberto Pariona, Andres Unchupaico and Antonio Barja, accused of "opposing the party". This event occurred days after the disappearance of Valuis Maravi, a resident of …
On October 11, 1989, a large group of armed and masked militants from the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) entered the village of Runatullo in the Tulumayo region. They assassinated four villagers: Emilio Kamel Llacua, Rigoberto Pariona, Andres Unchupaico, and Antonio Barja, accusing them of opposing the party. This event was …
At the end of December 1989, villagers from communities in Tulumayo gathered in Talhuis, tired of Shining Path abuses, harassed by hunger and death threats. This meeting was motivated by the death of Runatullo villagers in October of that year, who had been murdered for opposing the Shining Path party. …
In early 1990, the communities in Tulumayo, Peru, organized self-defense groups known as rondas campesinas to combat the PCP-SL (Shining Path) insurgency. Initially met with skepticism by the Peruvian Army, the rondas demonstrated their resolve by ambushing and defeating a PCP-SL column in March 1990. This led to a collaboration …
In 1990, the Peruvian army intensified its campaign against the Shining Path (PCP-SL) in the Huallaga Valley. The army established military bases in strategic locations such as Tulumayo, Nuevo Progreso, Pizana, and Punta Arenas, which helped to diminish the influence of the PCP-SL in urban centers. This military presence disrupted …
On January 19, 1990, the few remaining inhabitants of the town of Cochas agreed to plant a white flag and organize the peasant patrols, and then went to the town of Tunzo. There, together with residents from the communities of Parco, Huancamanta, Lucmayo and Macon (annexes of the Cochas district), …
After the organization of peasant patrols in January 1990, the confrontation with the subversive detachments took place very close to the community of Talhuis in February 1990. The community members proceeded to cut off the heads of the fallen subversives, and those who managed to escape were found the following …
On February 2, 1990, in the community of Marayniyoc, there was a surprise Shining Path incursion that resulted in the death of several ronderos and community authorities. The fallen ronderos were Bernardino Parado, Felipe Sosa, Erquinio Sosa and Avelino Salazar. Feliciano Suárez, who was president of the community, was also …
On the night of February 19, 1990, a group of people with their faces covered with balaclavas and armed with rifles took the capital of the Cochas district, presenting themselves to the population as MRTA militants. One of the hooded men read out a list of names, among them Cirilo …
In March 1990, delegates from the 48 communities of Tulumayo met in a general assembly to coordinate the organization of the peasant patrols that had begun to form since January of that year. In this assembly they agreed to form the Central Committee of the Rondas Campesinas del Alto y …
In March 1990, delegates from 48 communities in Tulumayo organized a general assembly to form the Central Committee of Peasant Rounds. This was a response to ongoing violence and confrontations with subversive groups like the Shining Path. The committee aimed to coordinate defense efforts and maintain order, eventually receiving military …
In March 1990, delegates from all the communities of Upper and Lower Tulumayo met in a general assembly, agreeing to form the Central Committee of the Rondas Campesinas of Upper and Lower Tulumayo. This organization emerged as a response to the violence exercised by the PCP-SL in the area, which …
In mid-July 1990, at the end of Alan Garcia's administration, General Delgado Rojas, Political and Military Chief of the Junin emergency zone, organized the First Regional Congress of Rondas in Bellavista, district of Jarpa, in the province of Chupaca. The congress was attended by rondero delegates from the valleys of …
In July 1990, the leaders of the Central Committee of the Rondas Campesinas del Alto y Bajo Tulumayo elaborated their first Statute. This occurred a few months after delegates from the 48 communities of Tulumayo met in a general assembly in March 1990 to agree on the formation of the …
The military detachment installed in Comas in 1991 became a counter-subversive base in July 1992. Until then, since the first months of 1990, the peasant patrols were in charge of controlling internal order and the administration of justice, with relative autonomy, assuming all the functions of the communal and local …
In 1991, the Comité Central de Rondas Campesinas del Tulumayo received shotguns from the Army, marking a significant change in their defensive capacity. Since the beginning of 1990, the peasant patrols had been traveling the Tulumayo without firearms, in close coordination with the Army. With the delivery of the shotguns, …
The peasant ronderos captured the murderers of the sub-prefect of Huancayo. After capturing them, they executed them and later 'fondearon' (threw them) in the Huacracocha lagoon. This event occurred in the context of the counter-subversive struggle in the Tulumayo region, where the peasant patrols had assumed the functions of internal …
The military detachment installed in Comas in 1991 became a counter-subversive base in July 1992. Until then, since the first months of 1990, the peasant patrols were in charge of controlling internal order and the administration of justice, with relative autonomy, assuming all the functions of the communal and local …
In response to insurgent activities, the Peruvian government formalized the use of armed civilian defense groups, known as rondas campesinas, through legal decrees. These groups, sometimes formed autonomously and other times under military pressure, played a significant role in counterinsurgency efforts. Notably, in Tulumayo and Andamarca, these groups expelled and …
In 1994, Army troops withdrew from the Tulumayo after having established a counter-subversive base in Comas since July 1992. Control of the region continued under the control of the Tulumayo peasant patrols, which had achieved, together with the army's operations, the definitive destruction of the Shining Path groups throughout the …
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