Flight of surviving families from Uchuraccay
In mid-1984, the surviving families of Uchuraccay fled the community after months of violence that left 135 community members dead. They took refuge in nearby communities and cities such as Huanta, Huamanga and Lima, leaving the community uninhabited until 1993.
In mid-1984, after months of continuous violence that left 135 community members murdered as a result of attacks by the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path, repression by counter-subversive forces and the peasant patrols, Uchuraccay ceased to exist as an inhabited community. The surviving families fled the community, taking refuge in nearby communities and towns in the highlands and jungle of Ayacucho, as well as in the cities of Huanta, Huamanga and Lima. The community remained depopulated for almost a decade, until October 1993, when some families ventured to return to their former homelands. This mass exodus represented the temporary disappearance of an entire Andean community due to the violence of the internal armed conflict.