Everything about The Lucanamarca Massacre totally explained
The
Lucanamarca massacre was a massacre of 69 peasants in and around the town of Lucanamarca,
Peru that took place on
April 3,
1983. The massacre was perpetrated by the
Shining Path, the
Maoist guerrilla organization that launched the
internal conflict in Peru.
Background
On
May 17,
1980 the Shining Path went to war against the
Peruvian state. The Shining Path was based in the
Ayacucho Region. In March 1983,
ronderos killed Olegario Curitomay, a Shining Path commander in Lucanamarca, a small town in the
Huanca Sancos Province of Ayacucho. The ronderos took Curitomay to the town square,
stoned him,
stabbed him, set him on fire, and finally shot him.
The massacre
In April 1983 Shining Path militants responded to the death of Olegario Curitomay by entering the province of Huancasancos and the towns of Yanaccollpa, Ataccara, Llacchua, Muylacruz, and Lucanamarca, and killing 69 people. Of those killed by the Shining Path eighteen of were children, including one who was only six months old.}}
Aftermath
Ultimately, the Shining Path's war against the Peruvian state faltered, and Abimael Guzmán and several other with several high-ranking Shining Path members were captured in
Lima in 1992. On
September 10,
2002, Abimael Guzmán told the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission "We, doctors, reiterate that we won't avoid our responsiblity [forthe Lucanamarca massacre]. I've mine, I'm the first one responsible, and I'll never renounce my responsibility, that wouldn't make any sense." Guzmán was additionally ordered to pay
S./250,000 to the victims. In January 2008, the
Supreme Court of Peru confirmed that Guzmán had ordered the killings and upheld his life sentence.
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