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.
Actors
Salko
location of military operation
Cuzco
region where operation occurred
Sendero Luminoso
perpetrator/target of military operation
Fuerzas Armadas y Policiales del Perú
military and police forces conducting counterinsurgency operation
PCP-Sendero Luminoso
terrorist organization targeted in pacification period
Abimael Guzmán
leader of Sendero Luminoso captured in 1992