Arrest of last MIR guerrillas by the Army with Asháninka collaboration
In 1966, the Peruvian Army captured the last MIR guerrillas with the help of Asháninka villagers in the Oxapampa area. Most of the combatants were executed, some extrajudicially.
At the beginning of 1966, the Peruvian Army arrested the last guerrillas of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) with the collaboration of some Asháninka from the area. The MIR was one of several political parties that, inspired by the Cuban revolution, opted for the 'foquista' armed struggle in the middle of the last century. Most of the fighters and the Asháninka who accompanied them were killed, either in combat or extrajudicially executed. Apparently, one of the Asháninka who collaborated with the Army in the capture of the guerrillas was Alejandro Calderón, who was already an important leader of the communities located in the Pichis River valley.