Raid on Santa Rosa mining unit
In October 1986, the PCP-SL raided the Santa Rosa mining unit in Cobriza, looting all its explosive material (dynamite, percussion caps and guides). After this robbery, dynamite attacks increased notably throughout the area.
In October 1986, a Shining Path group raided the Santa Rosa mining unit located in Cobriza, Huancavelica. During the attack, the subversives looted all of the mine's explosive material, including dynamite, primers and guides. This theft of explosive material had immediate consequences in the region, since after this looting, dynamite attacks increased significantly in all the towns in the area. The incursion was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to supply itself with explosives from the mining centers to carry out its violent actions in the surrounding communities.