1993
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First visit to Asháninka area
In order to interview residents and authorities of the Asháninka communities and discuss with them the results of the reports, four visits were made to the area on three separate dates. The first visit was carried out from September 16 to 29, 2002. The study focused on the areas that …
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Burial of the dead with the help of community members
On Friday, August 20, 1993, two days after the massacre perpetrated by Shining Path columns in the Tsiriari valley, the villagers who had survived by hiding in the bush finished burying the dead. Four villagers who arrived from Mazamari helped them in this task. On Thursday, August 19, the villagers …
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Massacre by Sendero Luminoso in Mazamari
On August 19, 1993, a group of terrorists from Sendero Luminoso, accompanied by Asháninka natives, attacked the area around Mazamari. They assaulted homes and villages, killing fifty-five people, including children, women, and men, and injuring eleven others. The attackers used weapons such as machetes, axes, and spears, and looted the …
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Notice to the Army from Mazamari base on the massacre in the Tsiriari valley.
On Thursday, August 19, 1993, one day after the massacre perpetrated by Shining Path columns in eight communities of the Tsiriari valley, the villagers who had managed to hide in the bush came down to warn the Army from the Mazamari base about the events that had occurred. The massacre …
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Slaughter in Nomatsiguenga Tahuantinsuyo community
On August 18, 1993, around 4:00 p.m., a group of hikers arrived in the Nomatsiguenga Tahuantinsuyo community as part of a coordinated incursion of three hiker columns into eight communities in the Tsiriari valley. The murders were committed with bladed weapons: arrows, machetes and others were hanged with pitas. Twenty-one …
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Massacre in Mazamari
On 18 August 1993, 72 people were killed in Mazamari, Peru. The massacre was attributed to the conflict involving the Peruvian military and the Shining Path insurgency. Testimonies before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission indicated that the local population was coerced into supporting the insurgents, leading to tragic consequences.
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Asháninka massacre in Tsiriari
Members of the PCP-SL murdered 65 inhabitants of the Tsiriari valley in Mazamari, Junín, in retaliation for the formation of Self-Defense Committees. Although it was known as an Asháninka massacre, of the total number of victims, 21 were Nomatsiguenga natives and the rest were settlers. This is one of the …
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Massacre in Tsiriari valley
On August 18, 1993, three groups of alleged hikers, between one hundred and three hundred men, women and children, settlers and natives, entered seven communities in the Tsiriari valley. The communities attacked were Monterrico, San Isidro, Sol de Oro, Union Cubaro, San Francisco de Cubaro and Santa Isabel (colonists) and …
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Slaughter in eight communities in the Tsiriari valley
On August 18, 1993, three Shining Path columns, each composed of approximately 70 settlers and natives, entered eight communities in the Tsiriari valley (six colonists and two Asháninka). The massacre began around 4:00 p.m. in the Nomatsiguenga Tahuantinsuyo community, where twenty-one people were killed, including children, men and women. The …
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Massacre in communities of the Tsiriari Valley, Mazamari
Between 150 and 300 people, accompanied by Asháninka natives, entered eight communities in the Tsiriari Valley, killing 72 villagers with bladed weapons, including 16 minors. They left 10 wounded, 8 of them minors. Rape and looting were committed. Initially attributed to Sendero Luminoso, it was later denounced the participation of …
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Slaughter in Tahuantinsuyo
The native community of Tahuantinsuyo, located in the district of Mazamari in the Central Jungle, was the victim of a massacre in 1993 during the internal armed conflict. This community was selected as a case study by the CVR Report along with Cushiviani to document the effects of violence on …
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Subversives take over Mazamari and kill 7 villagers
On June 19, 1992, subversives took over the town of Mazamari-Dos de Mayo in the province of Satipo. During this armed incursion, the subversives killed 7 villagers. This event occurred in the context of 1992, when violence reached its highest peak in the central region, with dynamite attacks, blackouts, sabotage, …
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Seizure of Dos de Mayo and death of residents
On June 19, 1992, subversives took over the town of Dos de Mayo in the district of Mazamari, province of Satipo. During this incursion, the subversives killed 7 villagers. This attack took place in the context of the intense activity of the PCP-SL in the province of Satipo during 1992, …
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Destruction of MRTA camp in Dos de Mayo
In January 1992, an MRTA camp located near the town of Dos de Mayo, Mazamari district, in Satipo, was destroyed by the army. Nine subversives were killed in the attack. This event occurred one month after the failed attempt by the MRTA to take Pichanaki in December 1991. The destruction …
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Destruction of MRTA camp in Mazamari
In January 1992, one of the MRTA camps was located in the district of Mazamari and was destroyed by the Peruvian Army. Nine subversives were killed in the operation. This event occurred in the context of the reconstitution of the MRTA after its defeat in Molinos in 1989 and after …
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Return of the Tsiriari Valley residents to their communities
After the confrontation of September 25, 1990 in the area known as 'La Roca' between ronderos and PCP-SL, many displaced villagers from the Tsiriari valley interpreted this event as a defeat for the Shining Path. This perception of victory over the subversive group generated conditions that the villagers considered safer …
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Clash between ronderos and PCP-SL at La Roca
On September 25, 1990, an armed confrontation took place between peasant ronderos and PCP-SL forces in the area known as the 'Rock', located in the Tsiriari valley. This confrontation was interpreted by the displaced inhabitants as a significant defeat for the PCP-SL in the region. As a consequence of this …
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Confrontation at La Roca
On September 25, 1990, there was an armed confrontation between Sinchis (police) forces and the Shining Path PCP in La Roca, located at kilometer 14 of the Mazamari-Puerto Ocopa highway. This confrontation was interpreted by the displaced Ashaninka natives as a defeat for the PCP-SL. The result of the combat …
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Assassination and Disappearance of Three Men in Dos de Mayo
In 1990, in the community of Dos de Mayo in Mazamari, three men were accused of being members of the PCP-SL due to their lack of documentation. A group of ronderos took them under the pretense of bringing them to the Comandancia of Mazamari, but instead, they were murdered and …
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First slaughter in Monterrico community
In 1990, the PCP-SL (Shining Path) carried out a first massacre in the settler community of Monterrico, located in the Tsiriari valley, Mazamari district, Satipo province. This attack was part of a series of selective assassinations that the PCP-SL committed that year in several colonist communities in the area, including …
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MC returns from Huancayo and supports MRTA
In 1990, in the Tsiriari valley, Mazamari district, some colonist communities had some sympathy for the MRTA, as they offered them protection from PCP-SL. In the colonist community Dos de Mayo, MC, who had previously sympathized with PCP-SL, decided to support MRTA after returning from Huancayo in 1990. Upon returning …
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Sympathy of settler communities towards the MRTA in the Tsiriari valley
In 1990, in the Tsiriari valley, Mazamari district, some colonist communities developed some sympathy for the MRTA, since this group offered them protection from the PCP-SL. In the colonist community of Dos de Mayo, a villager named MC, who had previously sympathized with PCP-SL, decided to support the MRTA after …