The Ministry of Defense (Mindef) on Monday lamented and condemned the murder of 14 people in the Valley of Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro Rivers (VRAEM) area, expressing its solidarity with the families of the victims.
Via social networks, Mindef reaffirmed its fight against narco-terrorism and its commitment to holding free, transparent, and orderly elections.
In a tweet, the ministry issued a statement from the Joint Command of the Armed Forces (CCFFAA), which blames a faction of the terrorist group Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path), led by Victor Quispe Palomino, alias Comrade Jose, for this abominable act.
The document stated that, in a genocidal act on the night of May 23, this terrorist group murdered 14 unidentified people, including two children, who were found burned and unrecognizable.
According to the statement, the massacre took place on the banks of Chimpinchariato stream, near San Miguel del Ene population center.
The CCFFAA remarked that the killing was carried out with firearms and that the terrorist organization calls it "social cleansing."
Moreover, some pamphlets were found in the crime scene, which ordered the population not to participate in the 2021 electoral process.
On Monday, local authorities reported the incident to the police station in Natividad, a population center located in the district of Pichari of La Convencion Province in Cusco region, near the place where the events occurred.
Armed Forces members are patrolling the area, while conducting reconnaissance and combat operations.
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Publicado: 24/5/2021