Formation of the Civil Defense Committee of Pucurhuay
After a confrontation between the military and the Shining Path in May 1988 that left three people dead, the residents of Pucurhuay formed the Civil Defense Committee within a few days, electing Laurentino Mendoza Janampa as president, who was later assassinated in 1990.
In May 1988, a military patrol confronted a group of hikers in the town of Pucurhuay, killing a 2-year-old boy and a 14-year-old boy in the crossfire, as well as a local collaborator of the subversives. A few days after this confrontation, the villagers formed the Pucurhuay Civil Defense Committee (CDC) and appointed a board of directors, electing Laurentino Mendoza Janampa as president. This committee was formed in response to the subversive presence in the area and as part of the strategy to organize the civilian population for counter-subversive defense. A few months later, Laurentino Mendoza was killed by a shot to the back of the head in the city of Cerro de Pasco on October 29, 1990.