Arrest and execution of four members of the PCP-SL in Chaupihuasi
The community of Chaupihuasi arrested four members of the PCP-SL after the Shining Path attacks of July 1984 and handed them over to the Sinchis, who executed them. The detainees were César Molina Jáuregui "John", Rosendo Pichihua Ccacclla (22), Severo Valencia Torres (20) and Mamerto Rojas Castillo (55).
After the Shining Path attack of July 16, 1984 in Negro Mayo, where PCP-SL militants disguised as soldiers hijacked a bus and killed 30 people, initiating a campaign that left more than 100 dead in several communities, the community of Chaupihuasi managed to arrest four members of the PCP-SL. Those arrested were César Molina Jáuregui, known as "John", Rosendo Pichihua Ccacclla (22 years old), Severo Valencia Torres (20 years old) and Mamerto Rojas Castillo (55 years old). The community members handed over the four captured to the sinchis (police forces), who ended up executing them. This event occurred in the context of growing community opposition to PCP-SL actions in the Lucanas area.