Air transfer of Asháninkas from Cutivireni to the Urubamba Valley.
In September 1991, 169 Asháninkas from Cutivireni were evacuated by air to the Urubamba Valley with the support of Franciscan Father Mariano Gagnon, after suffering repeated attacks by PCP-SL. Subsequently, a military base was installed and a Self-Defense Committee was formed in the community.
After suffering multiple PCP-SL attacks since 1988, including raids, looting, kidnappings of youths and assassinations of opponents, the Cutivireni Asháninkas who had not joined the subversive group fled to the bush, to a high part of the valley called Tzibokiroato. In September 1991, a group of 169 Cutivireni Asháninka were transferred by air to the other side of the mountain range, to the Urubamba valley, which corresponds to the traditional territory of the Matsiguenga people. This transfer was carried out with the support of Franciscan Father Mariano Gagnon, parish priest of the mission. Later, in 1991, the Peruvian Army installed a military base in Cutivireni and a Ronda or Asháninka Self-Defense Committee was formed.