Handing over of weapons to ronderos in Chaupihuaranga
On October 16, 1993, the Peruvian army delivered weapons to ronderos from multiple communities in the Chaupihuaranga ravine in Pasco, as part of the counter-subversive pacification and defense strategy. This action contributed to the withdrawal of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso from the area.
On October 16, 1993, in a ceremony similar to those held in Ayacucho and Huallaga, the army gave weapons to the ronderos to fight for pacification in the communities of Pasqueña in the Chaupihuaranga ravine. The communities benefited were Paucar, Tangor, Vilcabamba, Chango, Mito, Huarautambo, Choquicancha, Chipiputa, Hualacircas, Rocco, San Juan de Baños de Rabi, Chincitingo, Huachos, and others. This delivery of weapons was part of the State's counter-subversive strategy to strengthen local resistance against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The immediate consequence of the military deployment and the organization of the population in peasant patrols was the withdrawal of the PCP-SL, which at the time concentrated its largest deployment in the Huallaga area.