PCP-SL incursions into Uchuraccay
PCP-SL carries out three raids in Uchuraccay causing 135 deaths, one third of the population.
The PCP-SL raided Uchuraccay on three occasions: May 20, July 16 and December 24, 1983. In total, there were 135 deaths in Uchuraccay out of 470 community members registered in the 1981 census, that is, a third of the population was killed by the violent action mainly of the PCP-SL, but also of rondas from neighboring communities and towns. These incursions were reprisals for the deaths of Shining Path members and journalists that had occurred earlier in the community.