Violence reaches its highest peak in the central region
In 1992, violence reached its highest peak in central Peru. Dynamite bombings, blackouts, sabotage, assassinations, disappearances, extrajudicial executions, arbitrary detentions and guerrilla fighting became daily occurrences. Fear and anxiety gripped the population throughout the region. Among the most serious events of that year were the Ulcumayo massacre on February 8, …