Forced recruitment of adolescents and youths by the PCP-SL
Beginning in 1984, the PCP-SL implemented the forced recruitment of adolescents and youths as a systematic strategy, provoking the migration of rural families to urban centers. This practice intensified especially in the department of Pasco and continued in later years in other provinces.
Since 1984, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) intensified the forced recruitment of adolescents and young people in various rural areas of the country. This practice became frequent in the department of Pasco and other regions, forcing many rural families, especially those with greater resources, to migrate to district or provincial capitals to protect their children. Compulsive recruitment was one of the PCP-SL's strategies to increase its forces during the internal armed conflict. In 1986, this practice continued in provinces such as Churcampa, where compulsive recruitment of young people was carried out in districts such as San Miguel de Mayocc and Locroja.