Killing of 8 peasants in Yaquia
In August 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso perpetrated a massacre in the Yaquia ranch, located in the district of Lucanamarca, province of Huancasancos. The attack resulted in 8 peasants dead and 2 wounded. This event was part of the context of generalized violence that characterized 1983 in the area, when the …