Assassination and Attack on Empresa Minera Vinchos
On June 19, 1985, militants from the PCP-SL attacked the Empresa Minera Vinchos in the populated center of Vinchos, Pallanchacra District. They assassinated the Superintendent Engineer Celestino Vilca and the administrator Geronimo Vargas Castro, set fire to the facilities, and looted the food warehouse. This event was part of a …