PCP-SL arrives in Junín Pablo
In November 1989, PCP-SL arrived in the native Shipibo-Conibo community of Junin Pablo trying to organize them and impose their laws. The natives refused to form committees and asked to be respected, refusing to accept Shining Path impositions.
In November 1989, the PCP-SL arrived in the native Shipibo-Conibo community of Junin Pablo, coming from the hamlet of Panuco. The Shining Path's objective was to organize the population and impose their laws, asking them how their authorities behaved and explaining the norms they wanted to implement: no polygamy, no theft and no homosexuals. The natives of Junín Pablo flatly refused to form committees and asked to be respected, arguing that they knew how to behave without external impositions. This was one of the first PCP-SL incursions into the communities of Lake Imiria, as part of their expansion into the province of Coronel Portillo. Later, in 1991, the natives of Junín Pablo decided to join the Self-Defense Committee (CAD) of the hamlet of Puerto Alegre as a sub-base to combat subversion.