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Talking about violence and rural society involves drawing a boundary that is in some measure arbitrary, because it is difficult to separate city and countryside, urban society and rural society …
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Francisco Marengo Vicente was assassinated on August 29, 1983 in the Lauricocha hacienda, located in the district of Jesús, province of Lauricocha, department of Huánuco. This assassination occurred in the context of the PCP-SL's campaign against the so-called "gamonales" or landowners, as part of its "anti-feudal and anti-landlord" discourse. The …
On June 24, 1983, in the annex of Huarautambo, in the district of Yanahuanca, a group of 30 men armed with firearms and homemade bombs assassinated Alcira Benavides Albeo de Madrid, after a "popular trial". This assassination was part of the PCP-SL's campaign against the "gamonales" landowners, under its "anti-feudal …
The gamonal surnamed Echegaray was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the area of Pincos by means of a 'popular trial'. This event occurred shortly after the assassination of Civil Guard Captain Luis Rodriguez Hernandez in Talavera on March 3, 1982. The assassination was part of a series of violent …
In 1982, the Pampas region of Peru experienced significant violence as part of a broader movement against landowners, known as 'gamonales'. This period saw the dismantling of semi-feudal estates and the redistribution of land, with the PCP-SL (Shining Path) targeting both traditional and newly affluent landowners. The violence was part …