Murder of ronderos in San Martin Pangoa
On January 24, 1996, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso killed three ronderos during a confrontation in San Martin Pangoa, Satipo, Junin. This event took place in the final phase of the conflict when the PCP-SL had a reduced presence in the area.
On January 24, 1996, in San Martin Pangoa, a district in the province of Satipo in Junin, there was a confrontation between ronderos and militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. During this confrontation, the PCP-SL killed three ronderos. This event occurred in the context of the final phase of the internal armed conflict in the central jungle, when the PCP-SL maintained a reduced presence in rural areas of Satipo, especially on the left bank of the Ene River basin, from where it made sporadic incursions into communities in the districts of Pangoa and Río Tambo.