PCP-SL attack on police posts in Melgar with seven policemen killed
Members of the PCP-SL attacked Civil Guard posts in Orurillo and Umachiri, Melgar province, Puno. After five hours of clashes, seven policemen were killed.
On August 18, 1982, members of the PCP-SL attacked the Civil Guard posts of Orurillo and Umachiri, in the province of Melgar, Puno. After five hours of confrontations, seven policemen were killed on August 22. After the attack, the Minister of Interior, General FAP (r) Jose Gagliardi Schiaffino, and the head of the Civil Guard, General GC Humberto Catter Arredondo, arrived in Vilcashuaman.