Military operation in Chumbivilcas
Military operation by the Peruvian Army between April 19 and May 1, 1990 in the communities of Chumbivilcas and Antabamba, resulting in 13 peasants killed, 8 disappeared, several tortured and women raped. The case was closed without identifying those responsible.
A Peruvian Army patrol composed of approximately 21 men left the Antabamba Military Base in an "intelligence operation" that for 12 days (from April 19 to May 1, 1990) went through five districts in the provinces of Antabamba (Apurimac) and Chumbivilcas (Cuzco). The military, dressed as peasants, raided different peasant communities suspected of forming support bases for the PCP-SL: Yurenca-Collana, Tirani, Nanrapata, Ccasahui, Ccolpa, Huanso. On April 25 in Ccashahui-Ranrapata, Chumbivilcas, ten people were murdered. The operation resulted in thirteen peasants dead and eight disappeared, in addition to several tortured detainees and raped peasant women. This case, known nationally as "the Chumbivilcas case", was shelved by the Public Prosecutor's Office authorities because the Peruvian Army officers who led the patrol, which acted in the department of Cuzco without the department having been declared in a state of emergency, were not fully identified.