For five years, SL took over the village of Oronqoy and turned it into a "liberated zone," renaming it Puka Llacta. The entire community was held captive because, like others, …
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In-depth interview with farmer
In-depth interview with a 35-year-old farmer in the locality of Oronqoy, province of La Mar, department of Ayacucho. The interview was carried out between November and December 2002 as part of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's work to collect testimonies. The testimony deals with the experiences lived during the internal …
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Murder of 31 refugees from Oronqoy and Chillihua in Chaupimayo
Inhabitants of the Oronqoy and Chillihua communities who had taken refuge in Chaupimayo were killed by soldiers from the Pallqas base. The event occurred between October and November 1986, in the context of counter-subversive operations in the Chungui area. The victims were refugees who had fled their communities due to …
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Fire and murder of 29 community members in Oronqoy
In November 1984, law enforcement forces set fire to the village of Oronqoy and killed 29 community members accused of being subversives. This event was part of a series of violent raids carried out by the Peruvian Army and the civilian defenses of Mollebamba in the Oreja de Perro area. …
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Torture and Murder of Valerio Flores
In 1982, Valerio Flores, a student accused of being a member of the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path), was tortured and murdered by the Guardia Republicana and local ronderos in Oronqoy, Peru. This event occurred amidst a period of intense conflict and violence in the region, as government forces and local …
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Murder of Valerio Flores in Oronqoy
In 1982, a group of vigilantes along with police officers conducted raids in the 'Oreja de perro' area between 1982 and 1983, warning the villagers not to ally with the PCP-SL. During one of these raids, they entered Oronqoy, considered a support base for the PCP-SL. They gathered the entire …
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Murder of community member Emiterio Huamán by PCP-SL in Oronqoy
In 1981, community member Emiterio Huamán was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the town of Oronqoy. This assassination had immediate consequences on the dynamics of the conflict in the area. Previously, the Forces of Order and the Mollebamba ronderos had been installed in Oronqoy for several months, but later …
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Installation of Law Enforcement in Oronqoy
In 1981, the Forces of Order installed themselves in the town of Oronqoy together with the ronderos of Mollebamba for several months. This installation occurred in the context of the beginning of subversive activities of the PCP-SL in the area, where subversive teachers had begun indoctrinating students in the Oronqoy …
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Subversive indoctrination in Oronqoy's school
In 1980, subversive teachers began indoctrinating students in the Oronqoy high school. This school had been created in 1978 by directorial resolution as a mixed state school No. 38692 under the name of Neri Garcia Zarate. The subversive teachers indoctrinated students from the 19 communities of Oreja de Perro. This …
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Establishment of state co-educational school No. 38692 in Oronqoy
In 1978, a director's resolution created the mixed state school No. 38692 in the community of Oronqoy with the name of Neri García Zárate. This school was established after the communities of Oreja de Perro, including Mollebamba, Santa Carmen and Oronqoy, created communal schools following the guerrilla events of 1965. …
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Creation of a high school in Oronqoy
In 1978, at the initiative of a young man from the community who had studied in Andahuaylas, a communal secondary school was created in Oronqoy. As in other schools in the area, such as Túpac Amaru II in Chungui, some Shining Path university students worked as teachers from the beginning. …
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Creation of Secondary Schools in Chungui and Oronqoy
In 1978, the community of Chungui in Peru established the secondary school Túpac Amaru II, which was staffed by professors from UNSCH and included some university students affiliated with the PCP-SL. Similarly, a communal secondary school was created in Oronqoy by a local youth who had studied in Andahuaylas. These …
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Creation of community schools in Oreja de Perro
After the guerrilla events of 1965, the communities of the area known as Oreja de Perro decided to create communal schools. The communities involved in this educational initiative were Mollebamba, Santa Carmen, Oronqoy, among others. This action represents an organized community response in the post-guerrilla context of the mid-1960s. The …
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Guerrilla of 65
The 1965 guerrilla movement was an insurgent movement that had a significant impact on the communities in the Oreja de Perro area. After these events, the communities of Mollebamba, Santa Carmen, Oronqoy, among others, created communal schools in 1967. In 1973, Abimael Guzman gave a talk at the Ongoy high …