Assault on the Guardia Civil post in Pacucha
On April 1, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assaulted the Civil Guard post in Pacucha, Andahuaylas. This attack was part of the first armed Shining Path actions in the province, three days before the capture of Andarapa.
On April 1, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out an assault on the Civil Guard post of Pacucha, in the province of Andahuaylas. This attack was part of a series of initial armed actions by the PCP-SL in the area, which included assaults on police posts, takeovers of villages and executions. The assault on Pacucha occurred three days before the capture of Andarapa, on April 4, 1982. This action was part of the Shining Path strategy of attacking police targets and dismantling state power in the rural areas of Andahuaylas and Chincheros, provinces that had been the scene of important peasant mobilizations for land in 1974.