Death of Comrade Johan
Comrade 'Johan', a Shining Path leader, died in February 1988 in a confrontation with the military in Cerro de Pasco. Johan had been one of the Shining Path leaders active in the region since 1980.
In February 1988, in Cerro de Pasco, there was a confrontation between the military and a Shining Path column that resulted in the death of comrade 'Johan'. This Shining Path leader had been mentioned earlier in the report as one of the leaders who presumably directed the dynamite attack on the premises of the provincial municipality and the Educational Center in May 1980. His death represents a significant blow to the command structure of the PCP-SL in the Cerro de Pasco region during the period of intensification of the internal armed conflict.