Mass murder in San Gerardo
Collective murder perpetrated by the PCP-SL in San Gerardo, Sivia, in June 1988, resulting in the death of 17 people during the Shining Path offensive in the Apurimac River Valley.
In June 1988, the PCP-SL perpetrated a collective assassination in San Gerardo, Sivia district, in the Apurimac River Valley. This event took place in the context of the Shining Path offensive between 1986 and 1989, when the PCP-SL intensified its actions in the Apurimac area seeking to achieve 'strategic balance'. The attack resulted in the death of 17 people. This event is part of a series of massacres perpetrated by the Shining Path against populations that had organized or supported Self-Defense Committees in the region.