PCP-SL attack to Cobriza mining center
The PCP-SL attacked the Cobriza mining center in the middle of the night on January 1, 1984 with people recruited from Ayahuanco, dynamiting the installations. This attack led to the installation of a military base at Centromín Perú's production unit.
At midnight on January 1, 1984, the PCP-SL attacked the Cobriza mining center with people recruited from the heights of the Ayacucho community of Ayahuanco, which borders the province of Churcampa, Huancavelica. During the attack, the hikers dynamited the mining center's facilities, causing significant damage to the infrastructure. As a direct consequence of these events, in late 1983 a military base was installed at this Centromín Perú production unit to protect the facilities. This attack was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to increase terror and violence in the peasant communities surrounding the mining centers, provoking a great upheaval in the entire area due to constant confrontations between the military and the Shining Path.