San Francisco Showdown
Clash between Self-Defense Committees and the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the community of San Francisco, Abancay, which resulted in the death of 30 ronderos on February 28, 1989. It was one of the most bloody confrontations of the 1988-1989 period in Apurimac.
On February 28, 1989, one of the most bloody confrontations between the Self-Defense Committees and the PCP-Sendero Luminoso took place in the community of San Francisco, province of Abancay, Apurimac. This confrontation resulted in the death of 30 ronderos (members of the Self-Defense Committees). The event occurred in the context of a new counter-subversive strategy implemented by the Armed and Police Forces between 1988 and 1989, which established Counter-Subversive Bases and formed Self-Defense Committees in the peasant communities of almost all the provinces of the department of Apurimac. This period marked the highest peak of violence in the southern Andean region during the 20 years of the internal armed conflict.