Attack of the PCP-SL to the town of Pucará
The PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the town of Pucará, province of Lampa, Puno, on September 6, 1991, killing 5 policemen and burning the town hall, the Entel Peru office and 20 houses.
On September 6, 1991, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the town of Pucará in the province of Lampa, department of Puno. During the attack, the subversives killed 5 policemen and proceeded to burn several public and private buildings. Among the structures destroyed were the municipality, the Entel Peru office and approximately 20 houses in the town. This attack was part of Sendero Luminoso's strategy to attack state institutions and generate terror in the rural populations of the Puna highlands.