Military siege of captive settlers
In May 1996, the military surrounded villagers who had been held captive by the PCP-SL in Satipo, arriving on foot and by helicopter. The captives were in precarious conditions with food shortages and sick among them.
In May 1996, at midday, the military surrounded a group of villagers who had been held captive by the PCP-SL. The military arrived on foot and by helicopter to carry out the encirclement operation. The captive villagers were in precarious conditions, with sick people among them and food shortages. This operation was part of the recovery of captive natives and settlers who had been held by Sendero Luminoso in the jungle of Satipo. The testimony indicates that in the days prior to the military siege, the villagers had nothing to eat and the healthy ones had to look for food for the sick.