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Murder of 5 community members in Huaychao
In August 1983, the PCP-SL raided the community of Huaychao, killing 5 community members. This attack was part of a series of reprisals by the PCP-SL against the communities of the Huanta highlands that had organized against them. Huaychao had been the scene in January 1983 of the first peasant …
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Murder of 4 community members in Huaychao
In May 1983, the PCP-SL raided the community of Huaychao, killing 4 community members. This attack was part of a series of reprisals by the PCP-SL against the communities of the Huanta highlands that had organized against them. The community of Huaychao had led the first peasant reaction against Shining …
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Arrival of second police patrol in Huaychao
The second patrol under the command of Civil Guard Captain Novato Soto Barreda, head of the Counter-Subversive Command of Huanta, arrived in Huaychao around noon on January 28, 1983. The patrol spent the night in the community that night. The next day, accompanied by Huaychao community members, they went to …
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Arrival of helicopter with journalists to Huaychao
On January 27, 1983, one day after the massacre of journalists in Uchuraccay, a helicopter arrived in Huaychao carrying journalists Gustavo Gorriti and Oscar Medrano from Caretas magazine. This event occurred in the context of the war waged by the communities against the Shining Path PCP. That same day, fourteen …
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Departure of journalists from Ayacucho to Uchuraccay
At dawn on January 26, 1983, eight journalists left Ayacucho for Uchuraccay to investigate the events in Huaychao. Cab driver Salvador Luna picked them up from their lodging at the Hostal Santa Rosa at approximately 6:30 in the morning. The journalists left the city of Ayacucho after crossing the La …
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General Noel's press conference on Huaychao
On January 23, 1983, the Political Military Chief of the Emergency Zone, General Roberto Clemente Noel Moral, held a press conference to inform the country about the deaths in the community of Huaychao. In this conference, General Noel affirmed: "There is a very significant response from the Ayacucho people to …
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General Noel reports on killings in Huaychao
On January 23, 1983, General Roberto Clemente Noel Moral publicly reported on the murders that had occurred in Huaychao two days earlier, on January 21. In his statement, General Noel saluted the 'courage and virility' of the peasants who had killed seven members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This official announcement …
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Killing of seven PCP-SL members in Huaychao and Macabamba
On January 21, 1983, less than a month after the intervention of the armed forces in the department of Ayacucho and the establishment of the Marine Infantry in the province of Huanta, seven members of the PCP-SL were killed in the communities of Huaychao and Macabamba. This event occurred in …
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Huaychao Massacre
The community members of Huaychao and Macabamba murdered seven members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This event occurred in the context of an inter-communal rebellion against Shining Path in the highlands of Huanta province. The event was preceded by the assassination of the president and lieutenant governor of the Huaychao community …
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Killing of seven hikers in Macabamba and Huaychao
On January 21, 1983, the communities of the Huantina puna reacted against the PCP-SL by assassinating seven Shining Path members in the communities of Macabamba and Huaychao. This was the first action of this nature by peasant communities against the Shining Path. The fact transcended the local media, especially due …
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Iquichanos' Resistance Against PCP-SL
In January 1983, the Iquichanos, a group of indigenous people in the highlands of Huanta, Ayacucho, Peru, resisted the authoritarian project of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL). They killed seven subversives in the community of Huaychao and five in Uchuraccay. This event marked a significant turning …
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Murder of hikers in Huaychao
In January 1983, community members of Huaychao, in the highlands of the province of Huanta, killed seven Shining Path members in reaction to the assassination of community authorities. This action represents one of the first violent responses of peasant communities to the authoritarian project of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The event …
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Huaychao Massacre - Iquichanos kill hikers
The Iquichanos in the heights of Huanta killed seven hikers in the community of Huaychao, as a reaction to the assassination of communal authorities. The authorities of Huaychao, such as the Lieutenant Governor, Varayocc and Municipal Agent, began to argue with the Senderistas, telling them that they were members of …
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Rebellion Against PCP-SL in Huaychao and Subsequent Events
In January 1983, the community of Huaychao in the highlands of Huanta, Peru, rebelled against the authoritarian practices of the Shining Path (PCP-SL) by killing seven of its members. This act was a response to the murder of local communal authorities by the PCP-SL. The rebellion marked a significant point …
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Assassination of Huaychao presidents
In December 1982, the PCP-SL assassinated the president and lieutenant governor of Huaychao, Eusebio Ccente and Pedro Rimachi, in the middle of the town square. They were accused of representing state power. This assassination occurred almost at the same time as the assassination of the president of the community of …
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Assassination of authorities of Huaychao by PCP-SL
The Communist Party of Peru-Sendero Luminoso assassinated the president and lieutenant governor of the community of Huaychao in December 1982. This was part of a series of assassinations of peasant leaders in neighboring communities in the highlands of Huanta province. These assassinations were a determining factor that led the communities …
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History of a Massacre
"Inquest in the Andes." This article was published on July 31, 1983 in the New York Times Magazine and subsequently, in 1991, the Spanish version appeared in "Sangre y mugre …