PCP-SL incursion in Mariscal Cáceres
In 1989, PCP-SL raided the Cashibo-Cacataibo community of Mariscal Caceres attempting to form a popular committee, but the population unanimously rejected the proposal. The Shining Path did not respond with violence, contrary to their usual pattern in other villages.
In mid-1989, PCP-SL made incursions into the Cashibo-Cacataibo community of Mariscal Cáceres. On that occasion they gathered the population in the school building and spoke to them about the class struggle, the "New State" they wanted to establish and asked them to organize themselves into a committee. The response of the population was unanimous: they rejected the Shining Path proposal, arguing that if they formed a committee they would be forced to do things they did not want to do and would be killed. Surprisingly, the Shining Path supporters did not act violently against the Cashibo-Cacataibo, despite the fact that this was their natural action in other villages where they had established their committees.