Confrontation in Cochamarca
Armed confrontation between the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and military forces in Cochamarca, Oyón, on July 12, 1990. It is part of the decisive blows against the Shining Path forces in the region.
On July 12, 1990, an armed confrontation took place between the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and the military forces in Cochamarca, province of Oyón. This confrontation was part of the military-police offensive that dealt decisive blows to the Shining Path combat forces in the region during 1989 and 1990. The event occurred in the context of the expansion of PCP-SL actions towards coastal localities and the counter-subversive response of the State forces. This confrontation is mentioned as part of a series of military operations that contributed to weaken the Shining Path presence in the northern area of Lima.