Mass murder in Llusita
Collective murder perpetrated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in Llusita, Víctor Fajardo, in April 1983. This event is part of the most violent period in the region, when Víctor Fajardo had the highest death toll in Ayacucho.
In April 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso perpetrated a collective murder in the town of Llusita, in the province of Víctor Fajardo. This event took place in the context of the intensification of violence in the region during 1983, the year with the highest death toll in the entire department of Ayacucho. The attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy to "beat the countryside" by assassinating authorities and "enemies" in general. Later, in April of the same year, four community members from Circamarca were disappeared by ronderos from Llusita and military personnel from the Cangallo base, accused of being guilty of the Llusita massacre.