Shining Path Attack on Caudalosa Grande
Shining Path attacked and dynamited the facilities of the Caudalosa Grande mine in Huancavelica in November 1985. The Shining Path members beat the superintendents to obtain explosive material.
In November 1985, a Shining Path column attacked and dynamited the facilities of the Caudalosa Grande mine in Huancavelica. During the attack, the Shining Path beat the mine superintendents to force them to hand over explosive material. This attack was part of a series of PCP-SL raids against mining centers in the Huancavelica region during this period. In October 1982, a military base had been installed in the province of Castrovirreyna to control the mining centers of Caudalosa Grande, Caudalosa Chica and San Genaro.