Death of 5 hikers in Palmayocc
Five members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso were killed by the Peruvian Army in Palmayocc, Luricocha, Huanta, in November 1989, during the period of intensification of the internal armed conflict.
In November 1989, five members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso were killed by Peruvian Army troops in Palmayocc, Luricocha district, Huanta province. This event occurred in the context of the intensification of the internal armed conflict between 1988-1991, a period in which there was a significant increase in confrontations in the area. The event occurred during the second experience of sustained confrontations that the peasant patrols experienced between 1989 and 1990, years that coincided with bad harvests due to bad weather.