Clash between community members and Sendero Luminoso in Sacsamarca
On May 21, 1983, Sacsamarca community members organized with police forces confronted a Shining Path attack led by "comrade Omar", resulting in the death of several Shining Path members and 11 defenders, including one Sinchi.
In the early morning of May 21, 1983, an unspecified number of hikers, men and women, from the "lower part" (Hualla, Tiquihua, Canaria, etc.), led by "comrade Omar", prepared an attack against Sacsamarca. When the hikers were in the Pallqa annex, one of the community members they had arrested managed to escape and arrived at Sacsamarca, where a police major was on an inspection mission with a group of troops. The Major organized the population to respond to the attack. Three police officers, plus approximately 20 people went to the encounter, resulting in a confrontation on the heights of Sacsamarca. Several hikers were killed, among them "comrades Omar and Andrés", while 11 people died on the other side, among them a Sinchi named Dueñas. This confrontation took place after the Sacsamarca rebellion in February 1983, when the community members had assassinated the two leaders of the PCP-SL in the locality.