In 1964, the first directed colonization program in the Upper Huallaga was made official. This program was part of the Tingo Maria-Tocache-Campanilla colonization project, which classified 180,000 hectares as suitable for agricultural use. Many of the farmers who obtained land titles had already settled in the Tingo Maria, Tocache and …
In 1982, thousands of coca farmers from regions such as Chinchao, Monzón, Leoncio Prado, Tocache, and Padre Abad gathered in Tingo María to initiate an indefinite strike. Their main demand was the resumption of legal coca trade through the Empresa Nacional de la Coca (ENACO), following a government prohibition that …
In 1982, thousands of coca farmers from Chinchao, Monzon, Leoncio Prado, Tocache and Padre Abad moved to the city of Tingo Maria to begin an indefinite strike. Their main demand was the resumption of legal coca trade through the National Coca Company (Empresa Nacional de la Coca-ENACO). After 11 days …
The PCP-SL appeared in Alto Huallaga in 1982, initiating a slow work of recruitment and indoctrination of the peasantry. Its strategy consisted of trying to eliminate the State and impose its own forms of social regulation in the area. The first recorded subversive action occurred in 1983 against the installations …
In 1982, thousands of coca farmers from regions including Chinchao, Monzón, Leoncio Prado, Tocache, and Padre Abad gathered in Tingo María to commence an indefinite strike on November 25. The strike was a response to the Peruvian government's prohibition of legal coca trade through the Empresa Nacional de la Coca …
In 1983, Reynaldo Rivera Romero, the deputy for Tingo Maria of the Popular Action party, was disqualified from the Congress of the Republic after his links to drug trafficking were proven. In April 1984, coca growers' leader Tito Jaime Fernandez, who was mayor of Leoncio Prado province for the second …
The first subversive action recorded in Alto Huallaga occurred in 1983 against the facilities of the Control and Reduction of Coca Cultivation in Alto Huallaga (CORAH) project, located in Tingo Maria. This attack marked the beginning of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso's actions in the Alto Huallaga region. The PCP-SL sought to …
In 1984, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated a group of workers of the Control and Reduction of Coca Cultivation in Alto Huallaga (CORAH) project and destroyed the Aucayacu police post. This action was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to achieve political hegemony in the Alto Huallaga area. The attack followed a …
In 1984, the PCP-SL took the town of Aucayacu twice, attacking the police post with a death toll of twenty. These actions were part of the PCP-SL's territorial control strategy in the Huallaga basin. Between one assault and another, the mayor of Tingo Maria, Tito Jaime Fernandez, was assassinated on …
The mayor of Tingo Maria, Tito Jaime Fernandez, was assassinated on April 19, 1984 by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This assassination occurred between two assaults on the town of Aucayacu, where the PCP-SL had attacked the police post with a death toll of twenty. The assassination of the mayor was part …
The PCP-SL assassinated the mayor of Tingo Maria, Tito Jaime Fernandez. This assassination was part of the Shining Path campaign to eliminate municipal authorities in the Huallaga area during 1984.
The PCP-SL attacked the new Civil Guard post in the town's main market, resulting in the death of several policemen. When a UMOPAR patrol was on its way from Tingo Maria to provide support, it was ambushed at the Pacae bridge, killing two policemen. When they arrived in Aucayacu, they …
During the municipal election campaign at the end of 1986, a candidate for mayor was assassinated in the town of Pumahuasi. In addition to this political assassination, 11 villagers were murdered in circumstances that testimonies do not clarify who the perpetrators were. One of the victims, Oswaldo Ruíz de la …
Sendero took the town of Monzon, located 62 kilometers from Tingo Maria, and after gathering the population and rallying them, destroyed the municipality's belongings and documents. Since then and for several years only the workers were the ones who administered the municipality.
Once the coca growers' union was organized, they went on strike in Aucayacu. The strike lasted between twenty-four and forty-eight hours. In the middle of the strike, a UMOPAR patrol arrived from Tingo Maria to confront a group of strikers who had gathered at the Aucayacu intersection with the Marginal …
In February 1987, the mayor of the district of Naranjillo, Eugenio Camasca, a militant of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP), was assassinated by the Shining Path PCP. This assassination occurred in the context of the control that the PCP-SL was establishing in the area of Naranjillo, near Tingo Maria, where …
The PCP-SL called the first armed strike in Alto Huallaga in June 1987 and forced the rural population to participate in the blockade of the Marginal Highway. With the armed strikes, the PCP-SL managed to cut off communications between Tingo Maria and the rest of Alto Huallaga. This event marked …
At the end of May 1987, the PCP-SL attacked the Uchiza police post and in June declared an armed strike throughout Alto Huallaga. Between Tulumayo and Nuevo Progreso, the PCP-SL forced the rural population to participate in blocking the road, destroying asphalt and painting the facades of houses along the …
In June 1987, the PCP-SL declared an armed strike in Alto Huallaga. Between Tulumayo and Nuevo Progreso, it forced the rural population to participate in blocking the road, destroying the asphalt and painting the facades of houses along the Marginal Highway. These first strikes constituted a powerful measure of force …
In September 1988, members of the Shining Path, including individuals known as Mirko, Jairo, and Stalin, carried out a violent attack on a brothel in Tingo María. They killed the sex workers and the owner of the establishment. Additionally, a group of drugged men present at the scene were taken …
Faced with the presence of PCP-SL and drug trafficking in the province of Padre Abad, in 1989 the Army created a military base in Aguaytia, where the "Counter-Subversive Battalion 28" was established from the "Los Laureles" base in Tingo Maria. This action was framed in the context of the declaration …
Beginning with the armed strike of 1989, the PCP-SL began to kill traqueteros, supposedly for having disobeyed the order not to buy drugs, although in practice there was never a lack of justifications for eliminating the drug dealers. The prohibitions on the purchase/sale and transport of drugs were implemented through …
Members of the Armed Forces committed rape against women in the province of Tingo Maria. A testimony from a member of the Armed Forces acknowledges the existence of sexual violations without specific motive, mentioning that they occurred even when they were not on patrol. The witness describes how they controlled …
On March 27, 1989, the police station in Uchiza was attacked by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. During the hours-long combat, the commander of the post communicated with the Army detachment in Tingo María, but no help arrived. Ten police officers and three civilians were captured, subjected to a public trial, and …
The Escorpio group, under the command of Captain EP Martin Rivas, murdered a radio journalist in Tingo Maria in April 1989. This crime was part of a series of criminal acts and crimes against humanity attributed to the group, which operated in collusion with military commandos and under the impunity …
Henry Bladimir Delgado Salazar, a 34-year-old Colombian citizen with passport N°AC-240556, alleged drug trafficker who participated in the armed attack on Uchiza, was transferred to the Muñoz S. Clinic in Tingo María after being wounded. He was later evacuated to Lima where he died at the Stella Maria Clinic on …
Counter-subversive Battalion No. 313 in Tingo Maria was a detention center where people were systematically tortured for their alleged links to terrorism. Methods included beatings, electric shocks, boiling water, drowning, hanging and the use of 'la parrilla'. Several former soldiers and detainees testified about torture, extrajudicial executions and disappearances. The …
In early 1990, Juan Ayala Almeida was detained by the Peruvian Army in Tingo María, Huánuco, after being accused of being a PCP-SL militant. He was tortured, deprived of food for four days, and ultimately thrown from a helicopter into the jungle. This event is part of a broader pattern …
In 1991, the Peruvian army committed serious human rights violations in Tingo Maria. One affiant stated that it was no longer possible to continue living in his village because the army came in and raped and killed people who were not Shining Path members. The testimonies indicate a systematic pattern …
In 1991, a supposedly unidentified 'paramilitary' group attacked educators in Tingo María, Peru. Two teachers were killed, another was kidnapped and never seen again, and the director of the most important school in the city was left severely injured. This attack was part of the broader conflict involving the PCP-SL's …
In 1991, a detainee in Tingo María, Huanuco, Peru, was subjected to severe torture. The victim was repeatedly submerged in a cylinder filled with water and detergent, causing intense physical pain and near-drowning experiences. This form of torture was part of a broader pattern of human rights abuses during this …
In July 1991, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) faced a significant setback when their attempt to attack the city of Tingo María failed. This event was indicative of the increasing military control in the region, marked by the establishment of military bases and a strategic shift …
On 16 July 1991, the PCP Sendero Luminoso prepared an attack on the city of Tingo María. However, due to a warning from a local rondero, the Army was able to prepare and successfully confront the attack. The confrontation resulted in forty deaths, including subversives, civilians, and five soldiers.
In 1991, the Shining Path (PCP-SL) planned an attack on the city of Tingo María, using Naranjillo as their base. The attack was scheduled for 16 July, coinciding with the local festival of the Virgen del Carmen. However, the Peruvian army, alerted by local informants, preemptively intervened, thwarting the attack …
The PCP-SL attempted an attack on the city of Tingo Maria using Naranjillo as a base. Approximately 500 well-armed subversives entered from 11:00 p.m. on the 15th, but were intercepted by the Peruvian army that had been alerted by a rondero. A fierce confrontation ensued that lasted until 9:00 a.m., …
On August 15, 1991, military personnel arrested Jaime Gustavo Rodriguez Credo in Tingo Maria and took him to military base 313 Los Laureles. He was tortured with blows, electricity and pliers for seven days. He witnessed executions of other detainees whose bodies were dismembered and thrown into the river. His …
On August 15, 1991, military personnel forcibly entered the home of Jaime Gustavo Rodriguez Credo in Tingo Maria, Peru, and took him to the military base 'Los Laureles.' He was subjected to severe torture, including beatings, electric shocks, and attempted dental extraction. After seven days of detention, he witnessed the …
In 1993, there were 53 reports of detentions in the department of Huánuco, as a result of which 178 people are missing. The military authorities were identified as the main perpetrators of these detentions-disappearances. According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, this figure was lower in urban areas but not in …
Rosa Mercedes del Aguila Garcia was president of the Central Committee of Mothers of the Amarilis District in Tingo Maria, Huanuco. She was allegedly murdered by members of the PCP-SL in 1993. According to her son Jose Soto del Aguila, her death led to the deactivation of the Central Committee …
In 1993, Rosa del Aguila García, president of the Central Mothers' Committee of the Amarilis district in Tingo María, was assassinated, presumably by Shining Path members, according to her son José Soto del Aguila. Her death led to the deactivation of the Central Mothers' Club, as well as other organizations …
Rosa del Aguila Garcia, president of the Mothers' Central Committee of the Amarilis District in Tingo Maria, was allegedly murdered by members of the PCP-SL in 1993. According to her son Jose Soto del Aguila, her death led to the deactivation of the Central Committee of the Mothers' Club, as …
In August 1993, the Shining Path PCP assassinated a councilman in Naranjillo, a town very close to Tingo Maria. This murder was part of a series of violent actions carried out by the Shining Path in the region during that period, which also included the murder of five soldiers in …
Between February 27 and April 4, 1994, in little more than a month, more than two thousand repentants presented themselves at the Tingo Maria barracks. This massive phenomenon of repentance occurred in the context of the counter-subversive offensive in Alto Huallaga, after the capture of important Shining Path leaders such …
Between February 27 and April 4, 1994, in little more than a month, more than two thousand repentants presented themselves before the Tingo Maria barracks. This process was part of the counter-subversive strategy implemented by the armed forces in Alto Huallaga, which included the law of repentance for PCP-SL commanders. …
The first phase of Operation Aries was executed between April and May 1994 on the left bank of the Huallaga River, specifically in the areas known as Bolsón Cuchara and Bolsón Primavera. The operation began on April 5, 1994 with the objective of dismantling the Shining Path contingents that were …
Carlos Blanco Oropeza, president of the Human Rights Commission of the Democratic Constituent Congress (CCD), was in Huánuco since April 11, 1994. His early presence in the area was to investigate the events of human rights violations committed by the Peruvian Army in Cayumba Chico. Subsequently, as part of the …
The delegation of the Human Rights Commission of the Democratic Constituent Congress (CCD) traveled to Tingo Maria on April 23, 1994 to investigate allegations of human rights violations during Operation Aries. For three days (April 23, 24 and 25) the Commission received testimonies from affected people in Tingo Maria, Aucayacu …
The delegation of the Human Rights Commission of the Democratic Constituent Congress (CCD) traveled to Tingo Maria on April 23, 1994 to investigate allegations of human rights violations during Operation Aries. For three days (April 23, 24 and 25) the Commission received testimonies from affected persons in Tingo Maria, Aucayacu …
The Human Rights Commission of the Democratic Constituent Congress (CCD) concluded its investigation into allegations of human rights violations during Operation Aries. The delegation traveled to Tingo Maria on April 23 and for three days (April 23, 24 and 25) received testimonies from affected people in Tingo Maria, Aucayacu and …
The declarant, who was a local authority, recounts his experience of detention and torture in Tingo María, Huánuco. The testimony is part of the documented cases of mistreatment of community leaders and authorities who were treated as suspects during the internal armed conflict. The detention and torture of local authorities …
In 2002, testimonies from various regions in Peru, including Tingo María and Lima, highlighted the ongoing fear and insecurity among communities due to the remnants of the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) insurgency. Despite the official end of the conflict, many locals, including indigenous groups like the Asháninkas, continued to face …
In 2002, a series of public hearings were conducted in various locations across Peru, including Huamanga, Tingo María, and Lima. These hearings were part of the efforts to document and address human rights violations that occurred during the internal conflict in Peru. Testimonies were collected from victims and their families, …
The declarant, who was a former authority, narrates his experience of detention and torture in Tingo María, Huánuco. The testimony is part of the documentation of cases of mistreatment and torture suffered by authorities and leaders who were treated as suspects during the internal armed conflict. This case illustrates how …
In August 2002, a public hearing was held in Tingo María, Peru, where testimonies were given about the lack of human rights protections and the prevalence of violence. Juana Peña Núñez, among others, expressed concerns about the government's failure to protect its citizens and the absence of practical enforcement of …
A woman testified before the CVR about the murder of her husband in Tingo Maria, Leoncio Prado province, department of Huanuco. The testimony was collected in September 2002. This case is part of the numerous testimonies of widows who reported the loss of their spouses during the internal armed conflict. …
A female affiant testified before the TRC in November 2002 narrating the disappearance of two members of her family in Venenillo, Tingo Maria, Huanuco. The testimony describes the psychological impact of these disappearances, manifesting itself in memory and concentration problems. The witness relates how she was mentally invaded by these …
Thematic workshop organized by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) with displaced people and ronderos in Tingo Maria. During the workshop, testimonies were collected on the increase of common crime in the areas affected by the internal armed conflict. Participants expressed the difficulties in controlling common criminals and the need …
The declarant, who was an authority in the area, recounts his detention and experience of torture in Tingo María, Huánuco. The testimony is part of the documented cases of mistreatment and torture suffered by local authorities during the internal armed conflict. She also recounts the murder of her husband in …
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