Pujas massacre during patron saint festival
On October 8, 1986, a Peruvian Army helicopter reportedly killed 32 people during the patronal feast of Pujas, Vilcashuamán. The Armed Forces later claimed that the victims were subversives killed in a confrontation.
A Peruvian Army helicopter allegedly killed 32 people in Pujas, Vilcashuamán, during the town's patron saint festival on October 8, 1986. Subsequently, on October 23, the Armed Forces Command issued communiqué 74 CCFFAA/RRPP, stating that the subversives were killed during a confrontation. This incident occurred in a context of intensified military operations in the emergency zone of Ayacucho.