Kidnapping and assassination of indigenous Ashaninka leaders
The Shining Path PCP kidnapped and assassinated three Asháninka indigenous leaders after the congress of the Asháninka Central of the Tambo River in July 1990. This triggered the formation of the Ronda de Poyeni as an armed response by the natives against the Shining Path.
After the ordinary congress of the Central Asháninka del Río Tambo from July 18 to 20, 1990, an armed column of the Shining Path PCP, made up of more than sixty people, including settlers and natives, kidnapped three indigenous leaders. Those kidnapped were Pablo Santoma Santos, president of CART (Central Asháninka del Río Tambo), Óscar Chimanca Chamqueti, president of the Nomatsiguenga Council of Pangoa, and Dante Martínez, defense secretary of CONAP. This assassination triggered a reaction from a sector of the Ashaninka, who formed the so-called Ronda de Poyeni, made up of Tambo River natives. Since 1990, the Ronda de Poyeni confronted the PCP-SL Main Force in the region.