Massacre in Tsiriari valley

On August 18, 1993, three groups of alleged hikers, between one hundred and three hundred men, women and children, settlers and natives, entered seven communities in the Tsiriari valley. The communities attacked were Monterrico, San Isidro, Sol de Oro, Union Cubaro, San Francisco de Cubaro and Santa Isabel (colonists) and a native community, all of which had already been attacked in 1990. The attackers killed the villagers, including the elderly, sick and children who, according to witnesses, were not fit for the war. Several media initially spread the news as the 'Asháninka massacre' that occurred in the community of Tsiriari, in Mazamari, reporting 65 Asháninka dead, but it was later clarified that of the total number of victims only 21 were Nomatsiguenga natives and the rest were settlers.