Capture and execution of Oscar, leader of the PCP-SL in Lucanamarca
The population of Lucanamarca captured and executed the PCP-SL leader Oscar
On March 22, 1983, the population of Lucanamarca organized a platoon to capture Oscar, an important local leader of the PCP-SL. They found him in his hideout at 1:00 a.m. and took him to the plaza. At dawn, they concentrated the population and Oscar was condemned to death. He was handcuffed and blindfolded and placed in front of the church. The women began throwing stones at him, then beat him with sticks until he was unconscious. Finally they put his body on ichu, poured kerosene on him and burned him.