Murder of 22 people in Paccha
The Shining Path PCP murdered 22 people, including community members and authorities, in the town of Paccha, Vinchos district, Huanta province, in November 1989. This massacre was part of a campaign of violence to regain territorial control in the face of resistance from the peasant patrols.
In November 1989, the Shining Path PCP raided the town of Paccha, Vinchos district, Huanta province. During this incursion, 22 people were killed, including villagers and local authorities. This attack was part of a series of massacres that the PCP-SL perpetrated in the northern part of Ayacucho (Huanta, Huamanga, La Mar) between 1989 and 1990, a period in which the subversive organization tried to recover spaces lost to the peasant patrols. The massacre occurred in a context of sustained confrontations with the communities that opposed the control of the PCP-SL, aggravated by poor harvests that accentuated the peasants' rejection of the subversive columns that demanded food.