Murder of ronderos in Puca
On December 5, 1984, 120 members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso murdered 22 ronderos in the district of Puca, province of Huanta, Ayacucho. This attack took place in the context of the political violence affecting the emergency zone.
On December 5, 1984, in the district of Puca, province of Huanta, department of Ayacucho, 120 members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso murdered 22 ronderos. This attack was part of the escalation of violence that characterized 1984 in the emergency zone of Ayacucho. The event occurred in the context of confrontations between the Shining Path and the peasant patrols that collaborated with the forces of law and order. The magnitude of the attack, with 120 attackers against the local ronderos, demonstrates the operational capacity that the PCP-SL had reached in that region during that period.