PCP-SL Attack on Canchacancha
More than 100 hikers attacked Canchacancha killing 5 people, injuring 4 and setting fire to homes
On May 21, 1983, a group of more than 100 militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso raided Canchacancha shouting allusive to the "armed struggle", shooting with firearms, throwing explosives and threatening to destroy the community. The attack left 5 people dead (Mariano Conde Cancho, 52 years old, Jesús Labio Conde, 52 years old, Cirilo Achas Quispe, 18 years old, Indalecio Conde Quispe, 54 years old, and Valentín Quispe Achas) and 4 wounded (Modesto Conde Roca, Francisco Quispe Carbajal, Leoncio Labio Carbajal). They also set fire to several houses on Cahuide Street.