Murder of ten homosexuals and prostitutes in Aucayacu
The Shining Path PCP murdered ten homosexuals and prostitutes in Aucayacu during 1985, as part of its strategy to gain prestige among coca farmers by eliminating people considered criminals or undesirables.
During 1985, in the rural area of Alto Huallaga, the Shining Path PCP executed ten homosexuals and prostitutes in Aucayacu. This action was part of a PCP-SL strategy to gain prestige among coca farmers by killing people considered criminals or undesirables. The report mentions that these actions, together with ambushes of police patrols, helped increase the prestige of the subversive organization among the local population. This type of selective executions was part of the PCP-SL's policy of imposing its own moral and social order in the areas under its control.