Confrontation in Tabacal Cooperative
Armed confrontation between PCP-SL militants and the National Police in the Tabacal Cooperative, Cachachi, which left five dead including two hikers, a policeman, the manager of the cooperative and a child.
On July 26, 1987, a group of approximately 12 PCP-SL militants took over the Tabacal Cooperative in the district of Cachachi, distributing looted food among the inhabitants. A few minutes later, a squadron of the National Police arrived from their headquarters in Chaquicocha, located just 30 minutes from Tabacal. There was an armed confrontation between the two groups that left five dead: two hikers identified as Alberto Paredes and César Rodríguez (teacher and student of the Pedagógico, respectively), a member of the Civil Guard, the manager of the cooperative and a child. This confrontation was later claimed by the PCP-SL, which on August 23, 1987 killed several people in El Montón with the slogan "Long live the heroism of July 26", in reference to the Shining Path cadres killed in Tabacal.