Creation of Guardia Obrera
In 1990, Centromin Peru workers in Cerro de Pasco created the "Guardia Obrera" (Workers' Guard), led by leader Juan Santiago, to confront the Shining Path. This guard managed to capture 10 alleged Shining Path members who were handed over to the military.
At the beginning of 1990, in an assembly of workers of the Centromin Peru company in Cerro de Pasco, the "Guardia Obrera" (Workers' Guard) was created under the leadership of Juan Santiago. This organization was created with the objective of confronting the Shining Path (PCP-SL) in the context of the attacks and attacks that the mining centers were suffering. Later, in an operation, this workers' guard managed to capture 10 presumed Shining Path members who were handed over to the military. The creation of this guard represented an attempt at self-defense by the mining workers in the face of the Shining Path violence that had seriously affected mining operations in the region.