Assassination of five PCP-SL members in Uchuraccay
On January 22, 1983, five members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso were assassinated by community members in Uchuraccay. This event occurred days before the massacre of journalists on January 26, in a context of peasant rebellion against the Shining Path presence in the area.
On approximately January 22, 1983, five members of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path were killed in the community of Uchuraccay. According to testimonies, these five Shining Path members were not carrying weapons, only two of them were carrying empty Gloria milk jars. This event occurred in a context of growing tension in the community, after the assassination of community president Alejandro Huamán by the PCP-SL at the end of November or beginning of December 1982. The community members did not inform the Sinchis of this execution, despite the fact that they had visited them in the first days of January. This event illustrates the rapid turn to violence on the part of the peasants, who only three months earlier had spared the lives of other PCP-SL members.