Massacre in Chumbivilcas
Massacre perpetrated by the Peruvian Army in Chumbivilcas between April 20 and 30, 1990, resulting in 14 peasants killed, rapes, looting and 2 disappeared, as part of a new counter-subversive strategy of military occupation.
Between April 20 and 30, 1990, a massacre took place in the province of Chumbivilcas that marked a milestone in the internal armed conflict in the region. The Peruvian Army implemented a new counter-subversive strategy, acting as an army of occupation in the area. As a result of these military operations, 14 peasants were killed, several women were raped, homes were looted and two people disappeared. This event evidenced the brutality of the counter-subversive strategies employed against the civilian peasant population in the high provinces of Cuzco.