Formation of Multicommunal Defense Bases in Huanta
In August 1983, the Infantería de Marina established a Civil Defense Committee in Ccarhuahurán, a historical center of the Iquichanos in Huanta, Peru. This was part of a broader effort to create 'multicommunal antisubversive bases' in response to the threat posed by the PCP-SL. By November 1983, families from ten …