Capture of hikers in Salko
On August 6, 1993, combined police and military forces seized the town of Salko in Cuzco and captured 10 Shining Path militants. This operation was part of the counter-subversive successes in the highland provinces during the pacification period.
Combined police and army forces took the town of Salko and captured 10 hikers on August 6, 1993. This operation was part of the counter-subversive strategy in the high provinces of Cuzco, where the joint action of counter-subversive forces and self-defense committees was beginning to be successful. The event was part of the pacification period (1993-2000), when the PCP-Sendero Luminoso suffered important setbacks after the capture of Abimael Guzmán in 1992.