Food shortages due to hiker's order in Tulumayo
In October 1989, the people of Tulumayo had nothing to plant and suffered generalized food shortages due to Shining Path orders to plant only for self-consumption and not to trade, enforced by the imposed terror.
By October 1989, the people of Tulumayo were facing severe food shortages as a result of restrictions imposed by the Shining Path. The subversives had ordered the communities to plant only for self-consumption and prohibited the commercialization of products. This order was enforced due to the terror imposed by the Shining Path in the region. The hunger situation and death threats were factors that contributed to create the conditions for the subsequent uprising of the villagers against the Shining Path order.