Hatun Asha ambush

Hatun Asha ambush
Part of the Internal conflict in Peru

Peruvian army helicopter responding to incident in VRAEM Valley (2013)
DateApril 10, 2016
Location
Hatun Asha, Santo Domingo de Acobamba District, Huancayo province
Belligerents

Military of Peru

  • 311th Counterinsurgency Battalion
 Shining Path guerilla fighters
Commanders and leaders

President Ollanta Humala

General Jorge Moscoso (Joint Armed Forces Command)

Jorge "Comrade Raul" Quispe

Abel "Comrade Alejandro" Auqui[1]
Casualties and losses
11 ?

The Hatun Asha ambush took place on the eve of the 2016 Peruvian general election.[2]

Bands of Shining Path guerrilla fighters armed with long-range rifles and grenades, ambushed a Peruvian military caravan of eight vehicles at Hatun Asha.[3] The ambush began at approximately 5:00 (a.m.), when guerrillas targeted a Peruvian military patrol along a rural road within the Santo Domingo Acobamba district. The vehicles were transporting election material and the 311th battalion soldiers were tasked with guarding polling places in the central Junin region, while the patrol was also to serve in Lima. The ambush left a total of nine government soldiers and two civilian contractors dead as well as five others who escaped wounded.[4] Government helicopters were called in to respond to the incident and hunt down the perpetrators.

The ambush marked the deadliest Shining Path attack in years and a resurgence of the group in order to disrupt the Peruvian general elections.

References
  1. "Peru's military kills key Shining Path commander". Peru Reports. 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  2. "Six more bodies found, death toll in Peru ambush now stands at 10". Fox News Latino. 2016-04-10. Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  3. "Shining Path ambush kills 10 on eve of Peru's election". Peru Reports. 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  4. "Death toll climbs to 10 in Peru guerrilla attack". Business Standard. 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2016-04-11.

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