PCP-SL attack to the Uchiza police station
In May 1987, the PCP-SL attacked the Uchiza police post, followed in June by the declaration of an armed strike throughout Alto Huallaga. This attack was part of the Shining Path strategy of territorial control and demonstration of power in the coca-growing region.
At the end of May 1987, the PCP-SL attacked the Uchiza police post as part of its strategy of territorial control in the Upper Huallaga. This was the first significant attack on Uchiza, which preceded the better known and devastating second attack on March 17, 1989. The attack occurred in a context where the PCP-SL already controlled Tocache and was expanding its dominance into the north of the Upper Huallaga. Immediately after the attack, in June 1987, the PCP-SL would declare an armed strike throughout the Upper Huallaga, forcing the rural population to participate in the blockade of the Marginal highway between Tulumayo and Nuevo Progreso.