Assault on Huancapi Prison
On September 8, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assaulted the Huancapi prison in the province of Fajardo, Ayacucho. This attack was part of the Shining Path offensive to expel the police from rural areas and consolidate their territorial control in the area.
On September 8, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out an assault on the Huancapi prison in the province of Fajardo. This event took place in the context of a series of armed actions aimed at expelling the police from rural areas and consolidating the territorial control of the PCP-SL in the area. The assault on the prison was part of the Shining Path strategy of attacking military and police targets, complemented with raids on villages and harassment of local authorities. This action was framed in the period of maximum development of the organization of the Shining Path's "new state" in communities converted into support bases and popular committees throughout 1982.