Marine Infantry assumes control in Huanta
On January 21, 1983, the Marine Infantry under the command of Commander Vega Llona took control of Huanta, implementing a strategy of grouping peasants into villages and organizing Civil Defense Committees.
On January 21, 1983, the Marine Infantry, called 'the navy' by the local population, took control of the Huanta area under the leadership of Commander Vega Llona, who would later be assassinated by subversives in 1988 in La Paz, Bolivia. This entry marked the beginning of military control of the area after the installation of the political-military command in Ayacucho. One of the first measures applied by the Marines was to group the peasants into villages and organize them into Civil Defense Committees, in the style of the "strategic villages" of the US Army in Vietnam and the Civil Self-Defense Patrols (PAC) of Guatemala. That same day, the communities of the Puna Huantina reacted against the PCP-SL by assassinating seven hikers in the communities of Macabamba and Huaychao.