Attack on Huamanguilla police station
The PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Huamanguilla police post in June 1984, as part of its strategy to weaken the state presence in the rural areas of Huanta.
In June 1984, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Huamanguilla police post. This attack took place in a context of intensifying violence in the province of Huanta, where subversive forces, law enforcement and peasant patrols were engaged in constant confrontations. The attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy to weaken police presence in rural areas. This event occurred in the same month that the PCP-SL also assassinated the mayor of Huamanguilla, Juan Contreras Marmolejo, and the justice of the peace, hanging them in the town's main square.