Massacre in Yahuar Machay
Massacre perpetrated by the Army in the town of Yahuar Machay, Ayahuanco, in May 1990, which left 47 people dead. The event took place in the context of the counter-subversive struggle in the rural areas of northern Ayacucho.
In May 1990, the Army razed the town of Yahuar Machay in the district of Ayahuanco, province of Huanta, department of Ayacucho. The military incursion resulted in the murder of 47 people. This event occurred in the context of clashes between the Shining Path PCP and the peasant patrols in the rural areas of northern Ayacucho between 1989 and 1990. The massacre occurred during a period of intense violence in the region, coinciding with years of poor harvests that accentuated the peasants' rejection of the PCP-SL columns.