Handing over of weapons to peasant patrols in Rodiobamba
On June 10, 1993, the peasant patrols of Rodiobamba, Cachachi, received weapons from the Peruvian Army in Cajamarca. This event was part of the counter-subversive strategy of creating armed Self-Defense Committees to confront the PCP-SL.
On June 10, 1993, the peasant patrols of Rodiobamba, in the district of Cachachi, Cajabamba province, received weapons in the city of Cajamarca from the Peruvian Army. This event was part of the counter-subversive strategy implemented since 1992, when the Peruvian Army encouraged the creation of Self-Defense Committees promoted and supported by the Government, delivering arms in some cases. The first peasant roundup in Cachachi had been organized on August 17, 1992 in the hamlet of Rodiobamba, at the suggestion of a Peruvian National Police Colonel from Cajamarca. These committees emerged as a response to the population's weariness in the face of Shining Path pressures and represented a change in the military strategy that incorporated the civilian population in the anti-subversive struggle.