Assassination of Comrade Samuel in Locroja
In mid-1990, Locroja villagers assassinated "comrade Samuel", local commander of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, tired of the abuses and demands of the subversives. This was evidence of the resistance of the local population against the Shining Path presence.
In the district capital of Locroja, the villagers, tired of the constant abuses and demands of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso subversives, decided to take action against the Shining Path Shining Path presence in their town. In mid-1990, the villagers assassinated "comrade Samuel", who was the local Shining Path commander in the area. This event represents a turning point in the attitude of the local population towards the presence and control of the PCP-SL, showing the communities' weariness with the impositions and abuses of the subversive groups. The assassination of comrade Samuel is part of a broader context of popular resistance that was developing in the provinces of Tayacaja and Churcampa during 1990.