Attack on San Antón
On February 21, 1986, the PCP-SL attacked the town of San Anton in Azángaro, Puno, as part of a regional offensive that included several attacks between February 17 and 21 of that year.
On February 21, 1986, the PCP-SL attacked the town of San Anton in the province of Azángaro, Puno. This attack was part of a broader offensive that the PCP-SL carried out between February 17 and 21, 1986, which included multiple actions in different localities in the region. The attack on San Anton took place in the context of the intensification of Shining Path violence in the department of Puno, particularly in the provinces of Azángaro and Melgar. This offensive occurred shortly after the presidential announcement of the restructuring of associative companies and in the midst of peasant mobilizations for the recovery of land.