Congressman Valencia announces peasant patrols movement
Alberto Valencia, an APRA deputy, announces the formation of a movement of peasant patrols in Ayacucho that organize themselves spontaneously to free themselves from the PCP-SL. The leader of the ronderos, Comandante Huayhuaco, requests arms from the government to pacify the region.
Alberto Valencia, the APRA deputy for Ayacucho, announced a new movement of peasant patrols that are organizing themselves spontaneously to free themselves from the PCP-SL. The leader of these ronderos, called Comandante Huayhuaco, specifies that "if the government would only give me a hundred rifles, a hundred FAL, until November or December, I would return peace to Ayacucho". This announcement was made in the context of the APRA government's anti-subversive struggle, which sought to involve the peasant patrols in this struggle. The movement represents a spontaneous organization of peasants against the presence of the Shining Path in the region.