Murder of villagers in Runatullo
Four Runatullo villagers were killed by armed and hooded Shining Path militants, accused of opposing the party. This event contributed to the subsequent uprising of villagers against the Shining Path order in the Tulumayo area.
In the early morning of October 11, 1989, a large group of armed and hooded Shining Path militants entered Runatullo and murdered Emilio Kamel Llacua, Rigoberto Pariona, Andres Unchupaico and Antonio Barja, accused of "opposing the party". This event occurred days after the disappearance of Valuis Maravi, a resident of Andas in Cochas, who had proposed to his neighbors to denounce the Shining Path. The death of the Runatullo villagers caused astonishment among the Talhuis villagers, who, tired of abuses, harassed by hunger and death threats, decided to revolt and put an end to the insurgents. This event was one of the factors that precipitated the organization of the peasant patrols in Tulumayo at the end of 1989 and beginning of 1990.