First Rondas Campesinas in Andarapa
In 1983, the police initiated the organization of the first Rondas Campesinas in the district of Andarapa, Andahuaylas, to confront the increase in terrorism, motivating the formation of community self-defense committees.
In the district of Andarapa, the police started the first organizations of Rondas Campesinas to confront the growing increase in terrorism. This process began early in 1983, motivating peasant communities to form their self-defense committees. The formation of these patrols was a response to the intensification of confrontations between the forces of law and order and the Shining Path, in a context where the PCP-SL controlled a large part of the rural space of Andahuaylas.