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On August 27 and 28, the public hearings of the Truth Commission were held in Apurímac. As had happened three months earlier in Huancavelica, on this occasion more than thirty …
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The PCP-SL harassed the Santa Rosa Anti-Subversive Base, located on the Abancay-Chalhuanca highway, province of Aymaraes. It would appear to be the last major action of the PCP-SL in Apurimac, marking the end of the cycle of violence in the region.
Seven armed subversives entered the affiant's house where they raped his daughter. They then took provisions and part of his animals. As a result of the rape, the young woman became pregnant but the baby died at birth. The case is evidence of sexual violence with serious consequences for the …
The state of emergency was extended for 60 days in the provinces of Chincheros, Andahuaylas, Abancay and Aymaraes. This extension is evidence of the persistence of the violent situation in the department of Apurimac.
In 1992, violent actions were concentrated in the provinces of Antabamba and Aymaraes. This concentration is evidence of the persistent presence of the PCP-SL in the high provinces of Apurímac despite the capture of Abimael Guzmán.
The Shining Path constantly threatened the recruited youths, telling them 'you are going to cry, you have to fight, you have to be excellent like us' and 'don't even try to escape, because we are going to die and so are our families'. The murders were in front of everyone …
In the Shining Path camps, when people arrived from different sides, they would form and separate them into groups of 10. At the age of 11 or 12, the children were separated from their parents and from the 'masses' to join the future combat group. A 14-year-old girl recounts: 'When …
On August 28, 1989, Mariano Huyhua Calluchi, a community delegate from Sañayca appointed by the military, was detained, tortured and disappeared by soldiers from the Capaya Base after being accused by community members of collaborating with terrorists. His relatives took food and drinks to the base to ask for his …
In May 1989, Elisa was detained and taken to the Capaya Military Base, from where she sent a note asking for help, threatened with firing squad. Her sister (witness 500331) went to the base where a lieutenant tricked her, took her to a room and raped her threatening her with …
Bernardino Flores Arbieto was detained by 24 soldiers from the Capaya Base and taken to the base where he was severely beaten with the butt of a gun. According to the testimony of his wife Gertrudes Arbieto Huamaní, after the mistreatment her husband became ill, unable to work and with …
One witness recounts that when he fled from the Capaya barracks in 1989, he was helped by a peasant in exchange for taking his daughter. The peasant was afraid of the soldiers because they raped and killed women, as had happened to his cousins. This testimony is evidence of the …
In August 1988, soldiers from the Capaya Base violently searched Hildebrando Terrazas Quino's home, scaring his 14-year-old son. They detained his wife, who had recently given birth, and interrogated her, beating her with guns on her legs. Hildebrando presented himself voluntarily and was detained for 3 days, subjected to torture: …
Irene Torres Palomino was detained along with other people and taken to the Capaya Military Base where she was physically and verbally punished. The soldiers beat her with kicks and jabbed her with the points of their guns all over her body, accusing her of being a 'terruca'. They showed …
In 1988, Lucio Cruz Huamaní was taken to the Capaya Military Base where he was executed. According to the testimony of his sister Emilia Cruz Huamaní, she was told that her brother had been dismembered and thrown into a ravine, where he was buried. He was arrested along with Paulo …
On August 30, 1987, Sinchis from the Capaya Military Base entered the community of Pucahuasi and arrested Mercedes Gutiérrez, Antonio Tinco, Andrés Torres, an unidentified woman and another person from Sañayca. The Sinchis tortured them until they broke their hands and took them to the Capaya Base. Of the five …
The affiant's daughter was kidnapped from her home and forced to accompany the hikers on their trips. She remained with them for three months. When she was able to escape, she was pregnant as a result of rape. The case is evidence of kidnapping, servitude and rape by PCP-SL.
The PCP-SL launched its first attack on a police post in Chucapuente, Aymaraes province. This attack is evidence of the expansion of the PCP-SL's armed actions in Apurimac.
On July 11, 1986, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out its first attack on a police post in the province of Aymaraes, Apurimac. This attack occurred in Chucapuente, a few days after the first confrontation between the PCP-SL and the army in Soccos on July 7 of the same year. This …
On July 11, 1986, the Shining Path PCP launched its first attack on a police post in Chucapuente, Aymaraes province. This attack took place in the context of an escalation of violence in the area, where days before, on July 7, the PCP-SL had had its first confrontation with the …
On July 7, 1986, the PCP-SL had its first confrontation with the Army in Soccos, province of Aymaraes, department of Apurimac. This confrontation took place in the context of a series of violent actions by the PCP-SL that had begun between February and April 1986 with assassinations in various communities …
On July 7, 1986, the first confrontation between the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and the army took place in the department of Apurimac, specifically in Soccos, Aymaraes province. This event marked an important milestone in the escalation of the internal armed conflict in the Apurimac region. Four days later, on July 11, …
The PCP-SL had its first confrontation with the army in Soccos, Aymaraes province. This confrontation marked the beginning of the military presence in the area and the escalation of violence in Apurímac.
Between February and April 1986, the first massacres of peasants took place in the towns of Toraya, Lucre and Colcabamba, located in the province of Aymaraes, department of Apurimac. These massacres marked the beginning of the internal armed conflict in the highland provinces of Apurimac. The process of internal armed …
Between February and April 1986, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out a series of assassinations in various communities in the province of Aymaraes. These violent actions marked the first continuous violent actions of the PCP-SL in the Apurimac region. In the following months until July, the attacks and confrontations extended to …
In 1985, in the district of Toraya, Aymaraes province, department of Apurimac, cases of rape were registered. The report mentions this specific location in the context of an enumeration of places where sexual violations occurred during the internal armed conflict. Although the document does not provide specific details about the …
On October 23, 1980, the Shining Path (PCP-SL) carried out a dynamite attack in the border city of Desaguadero, marking one of their initial military actions. This event was part of the group's broader strategy to establish a presence in the region and mobilize local populations, including teachers, students, and …