Attack by PCP-SL in Carhuamayo - Blasting of railroad track
PCP-SL militants blew up a section of the Oroya-Cerro de Pasco railroad in Carhuamayo on July 20, 1980, as part of the first violent actions of the Shining Path in the central region.
On July 20, 1980, militants of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) blew up a section of the railroad connecting La Oroya with Cerro de Pasco. This attack was part of the first violent actions of the PCP-SL in the central region of Peru, specifically in the department of Junin. The action was part of the beginning of the so-called "people's war" that Shining Path had declared in May 1980, just two months before this attack.