At the beginning of 1966, the Peruvian Army arrested the last guerrillas of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) with the collaboration of some Asháninka from the area. The MIR was one of several political parties that, inspired by the Cuban revolution, opted for the 'foquista' armed struggle in the middle …
The Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) was one of several political parties that, inspired by the Cuban revolution, opted for the 'foquista' armed struggle. At the beginning of 1966, the Army arrested the last guerrillas with the collaboration of some Asháninka. Most of the fighters and the Asháninka who accompanied them …
During 1980, no fatal law enforcement casualties were recorded according to data provided by the armed institutes and the Ministry of the Interior to the TRC. The internal armed conflict began in 1980, but the first law enforcement casualties were reported from 1981 onwards. In the entire period 1980-2000, 1,674 …
In June, five Argentine citizens, left-wing Peronists, were kidnapped in our country by an Argentine military commando in collaboration with members of the Peruvian EP and returned to their country of origin. This generated a wave of protest against the Argentinean president General Videla and against General EP Pedro Richter …
Conflict with Ecuador. In just a few days, Peruvian Army commandos dislodged Ecuadorian troops who had entered Peruvian territory and had created a false guard post, called Falso Paquisha by the Peruvian government. Two military missions meet in the border town of Huaquillas to initiate the negotiation phase of the …
Brigadier General Rafael Hoyos Rubio, top commander of the EP, died in a plane crash. This precipitates a period of semi-annual successions in the General Command of the EP that was not foreseen until 1983. EP Major General Otto Elespuru Revoredo assumed the top command of the EP for the …
In September 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated the Nieto Cisneros brothers in the town of Matara, district of Accocro, province of Huamanga. This event was part of the initial strategy of the PCP-SL to eliminate local authorities and people considered enemies of their revolutionary project. Subsequently, in May 1983, Matara …
A woman was arrested and taken to the barracks where she was subjected to rape. According to the testimony, after being hanged and tortured, the Captain raped her first, followed by ten soldiers. The perpetrators threatened the victim, telling her not to tell anyone, not even her husband. The case …
In January 1983, the Peruvian army entered Ayacucho, initiating a counteroffensive against the PCP-SL. This entry radically changed the behavior of the PCP-SL in relation to the population, adopting a much more coercive attitude and increasing the assassinations of those who were against it. One of the first military actions …
Between 1983 and 1985, members of the Army stationed at Barracks No. 51 Los Cabitos and members of the Intelligence Unit known as 'La Casa Rosada' carried out a systematic pattern of human rights violations. They carried out arbitrary detentions through night raids, torture in military installations, forced disappearances and …
General EP Clemente Noel Moral declared on January 1 in El Comercio that the Peruvian Army will remain only two months in Ayacucho, time he has foreseen as 'necessary to exterminate the terrorist outbreaks'. This declaration marked the beginning of military operations in the emergency zone of Ayacucho, where the …
At the end of 1983, the Army installed a counter-subversive base in the provincial capital of Churcampa, as part of the military strategy to counteract the actions of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the region. This base was added to another previously installed in the locality of Millpo, in the high …
The Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) ordered an armed strike on January 8, 1983 in the department of Ayacucho. This strike took place in a context of increasing political violence, just days after the Armed Forces assumed internal control of the department on December 31, 1982. General …
On January 15, 1983, one of the first confrontations between the subversive forces of the PCP-SL and an Army patrol took place in a spot in the district of Pampas, province of Tayacaja. This confrontation occurred shortly after the installation of the Political Military Command in Ayacucho and Huancavelica and …
In February 1983, at approximately 12:00 midnight, thirty soldiers entered the home of a family in the Ccochapata annex. The soldiers asked about Shining Path members and subjected the inhabitants to torture and sexual violence. An elderly woman was hung from a beam with her hands tied behind her back, …
On February 24, 1983, the army made a surprise incursion into Lucanamarca, at a time when some of the local leaders of the PCP-SL were meeting. A confrontation took place in which 9 people died, among them one of the important leaders of the PCP-SL in the area, "comrade Nelson". …
On February 24, 1983, the Army made a surprise incursion into Lucanamarca when some local leaders of the PCP-SL were meeting in the Council. The subversives tried to flee towards a ravine. The military caught up with them and a confrontation took place in which nine people were killed, among …
In the first days of March 1983, a contingent of PCP-SL militants entered the Santa Rosa mine, located in the town of Carhuancho, district of San Pedro de Coris in Churcampa. On March 7, military personnel arrived at the mine and arrested eight villagers: Segundino Fernandez Huamán, Julio Huamán Fernández, …
On March 25, 1983, the Tinco Paucarhuanca brothers decided to present themselves before the military to clarify their responsibilities. They were accused of being subversives, arrested and kicked. They were taken to the Marita Bridge two kilometers from Sancos and executed with bullets. This was not the only case of …
In April 1983, several residents of Totos, a district in the province of Cangallo, were detained by members of the Peruvian Army. Some of the detainees were later killed. This event took place in the context of the military offensive initiated in January 1983 against supposed support bases of the …
Between April 4 and 6, 1983, Peruvian Army helicopters arrived in the town of Totos, took possession of the local educational center and established a military base. The base operated under the command of the 43rd Motorized Infantry Battalion from Huancavelica, which depended on the Cangallo barracks. After settling in, …
On April 8, 1983, members of the Civil Guard (Sinchis) and the Army under the command of 'Captain Jackal' arbitrarily detained five peasants from Totos: Julio Godoy Bellido, Primitivo Tucno Medina, Marceliano Zamora Vivanco, Roberto López León and a brother of one of them. They were held at the military …
In May and June 1983, in the rural area of Huamanga, the Acocro massacres occurred, which were among those with the greatest public impact in the region. These massacres occurred in the context of the entry of the Armed Forces into the region and the installation of the political-military command …
In May 1983, members of the Peruvian Army razed the community of Matará in the district of Accocro. During the operation, they burned houses, killed, tortured and disappeared approximately 25 people. This event was part of the strategy of indiscriminate repression implemented by the Armed Forces after taking control of …
Anthropologist Jaime Urrutia, director of the IER José María Arguedas and professor at the National University San Cristóbal de Huamanga (UNSCH), was kidnapped from his home by hooded soldiers. He was clandestinely detained in the Los Cabitos barracks for two weeks on charges of being linked to subversive groups. This …
At 9:00 a.m., the Army arrived and called the population to form up in the plaza. The soldiers forced the people to form up in separate lines of women and men. A hooded soldier began to point out people who should get out of the line. They selected 17 people, …
In July and September 1983, massacres occurred in the district of Chiara, province of Huamanga, Ayacucho. In July 1983, the PCP-SL murdered 20 community members in Sachabamba, Chiara. In September of the same year, the PCP-SL murdered 10 community members in Bellavista, Chiara. In April 1984, members of the army …
In the early morning of July 2, 1983, combined Army and Police forces broke into the home of Arquímedes Ascarza Mendoza in the Ciudad Libertad de las Américas Human Settlement. They violently detained him and took him to Los Cabitos Barracks in a military truck. Although a non-commissioned officer delivered …
On July 16, 1983, military personnel detained Putis community members Oswaldo Fernández Cusiche, Maximiliana Quispe Fernández, Vidal Farfán Fernández and Víctor Fernández Huayllasco. They were taken to a helicopter with an unknown destination. They are still missing. The incident was denounced by the Association for Human Rights (Aprodeh). This operation …
On August 19, 1983, the Peruvian Army perpetrated a massacre in Tsiriari, department of Junin. Eighty fatalities were recorded, of which 79 were unidentified and one was identified as a woman. The remains found showed evidence of sexual violence prior to the murder. One of the victims showed clear signs …
On September 26, 1983, army and police forces, in a combined action, entered the capital of Paucarbamba and neighboring towns. During the operation, the forces of order raided houses and took some villagers prisoner. The military and police stole some of the population's property and raped some of the villagers. …
A group of hikers, part of whom were youths apparently kidnapped the previous day from a neighboring community, took up residence in the Umasi school where they were surprised by a military patrol. None survived the attack. According to witnesses, so far a mass grave with 41 corpses is found …
On October 9, 1983, a combined group of 35 Sinchis and members of the army arrived in three helicopters to the town of Ayalca, annex of Chalcos. They forced the villagers to gather in the main square. At the end of the meeting, about 60 people were locked up in …
In November 1983, five community members from San Agustín, Santa Rosa, were disappeared by members of the army. This event occurred during the initial period of military intervention in the Apurimac River Valley, when the Armed Forces were beginning to establish their presence in the area. The disappearance of these …
On November 8, 1983 at 2:00 a.m., soldiers from the Los Cabitos barracks burst into Alejandro Noa Yupanqui's home in Huamanga and violently arrested him. He was put in a sack while they kicked him in the head and threw him into a truck. A week later, on November 17, …
Between 1984 and 1990, the Peruvian Army carried out successive lightning operations on both banks of the Huallaga River in order to surprise drug traffickers and the Shining Path organization operating in the area. These operations led to confrontations with PCP-SL companies that resulted in many deaths on both sides. …
The day after the murder of four community members by the Shining Path, a group of 20 or 30 soldiers from the Julcamarca military base arrived in the community of Cahua in 1984. The men were beaten and the women were taken into abandoned houses. In these abandoned houses, the …
When the military entered the district of Totos in 1984, they rounded up the villagers and detained a female declarant. During her detention, she was the victim of rape. On a second occasion, when the captain was changed, she was captured again and taken to the base. On the second …
In March 1984, an army squad detained 12 people accused of being subversives in the community of Yerbabuena. The detainees were transferred to the Mollebamba military base. After their transfer, the 12 people disappeared without a trace, becoming victims of forced disappearance. This event is part of the pattern of …
In April 1984, members of the Peruvian Army murdered 32 inhabitants of Huarapite, a town in the district of Chiara in the province of Huamanga. This event occurred in the context of the indiscriminate repression carried out by the Armed Forces in the area during 1984, a year that registered …
In June 1984, soldiers murdered eight villagers in the town of Rosario, Ayna district, La Mar province. This event occurred during the period of greatest violence in the Apurimac River Valley, when the Armed Forces had taken control of the area under the Political Military Command. The event took place …
In June 1984, members of the Peruvian Army detained, tortured and disappeared residents of the district of San Jose de Ticllas. The event resulted in 8 people disappeared and 2 released. This event occurred in the context of the intensification of the internal armed conflict in the area, during the …
In June 1984, soldiers from the Concepción military base killed six people identified as Shining Path guerrillas in the town of Tantar, Vilcashuamán district. This event occurred in the context of the military counteroffensive initiated in 1983 against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the region. The Vilcashuamán military base had been …
On June 24, 1984, hooded members of the Peruvian Army (EP) arrested Juan Darío Layme, an 18-year-old law student at the National University of San Cristóbal de Huamanga (UNSCH). The arrest occurred in the context of the escalation of political violence in Ayacucho during that period. This event is part …
In July 1984, a mass murder took place in Pucayacu, Ayna, where nearly 80 people were killed by members of the Peruvian Army. This event is part of a series of human rights violations that occurred during the internal conflict in Peru, where both law enforcement and insurgent groups committed …
In July 1984, members of the Peruvian Army perpetrated a mass murder in the town of Pucayacu, Ayna district, La Mar province. This event occurred in the context of the intensification of military operations in the Apurimac River Valley during 1984, the year in which the Armed Forces and the …
On July 7, 1984, Rigoberto Tenorio Roca, 2nd non-commissioned officer of the Peruvian Army and pre-military instruction teacher at the Gonzales Vigil school in Huanta, was intervened by Marines when he was traveling from Huanta to Huamanga in a bus belonging to the Hidalgo company, at approximately 2:00 p.m. in …
On July 15, 1984, the Peruvian Army perpetrated a massacre in Muyurina, Ayacucho. During this event, six men were executed. According to surviving witnesses, the women were victims of rape before or during the massacre. This event forms part of the pattern documented by the CVR where the armed forces …
In August 1984, the Peruvian army committed assassinations against villagers in Uchuraccay. The wife and young son of Faustino Gómez were killed, as well as the youngest daughter of Paulino Figueroa. Also killed were Angelina Llancce Puclla, Inocencia Llancce, Bonifacia Gálvez Farfán, Emilia Ccahuana Cunto and María Maule. These murders …
In August 1984, four villagers from San Antonio de Pichihuillca were detained by members of the Peruvian Army and subsequently disappeared. This event occurred in the context of the expansion of the Defensas Civiles Contrasubversivas (DECAS) in the Apurimac River Valley, where the organization had been formally constituted on June …
In August 1984, members of the Peruvian Army (EP) detained, tortured and killed 2 ronderos in Santa Rosa. This event occurred in the context of the formation of the Counter-Subversive Civil Defense Forces (DECAS) in the Apurimac River Valley and the intensification of the internal armed conflict in the area. …
On August 25, 1984, in Putica, a ranch in the community of Sacsamarca in the district of Huancavelica, a patrol of military men in civilian clothes arrested the elderly Félix Aparco Pineda. He was accused of harboring PCP-SL subversives. His remains were found months later in a cave near the …
On August 28, 1984, by means of a brief communiqué, the Joint Command of the Armed Forces announced the relief of General EP Adrian Huaman Centeno from the political-military command of the emergency zone. The official communiqué indicated that for the convenience of the service and in accordance with the …
On September 15, 1984, soldiers from the Putis Base entered the annex of the same name in Ayacucho. The next day they continued with the massacre in the annex. According to testimonies collected by the CVR, most of the women were raped before being killed. One young woman was saved …
117 people - men, women, children - were killed in the community of Putis, presumably at the hands of the military. Most of the villages in the area had been forced by the PCP-SL since 1983 to 'retreat' to the hills. When the Military Base was installed in Putis, a …
On September 15, 1984, soldiers from the Putis Base entered the annex of the same name in Ayacucho. The next day they continued with the massacre in the annex. Most of the women were raped before being killed. One young woman was saved from this massacre and was not killed …
In November 1984, law enforcement forces set fire to the village of Oronqoy and killed 29 community members accused of being subversives. This event was part of a series of violent raids carried out by the Peruvian Army and the civilian defenses of Mollebamba in the Oreja de Perro area. …
The Minister of War, General EP Julián Juliá Freyre, made public statements reiterating the broadest support of the Peruvian Army to the next government to be elected by the people. In his statements, the minister affirmed that there was no fear within the Peruvian Army in the eventuality of Izquierda …
The presidential candidate of Izquierda Unida (IU), Alfonso Barrantes Lingán, made statements to the newspaper El Diario responding to a journalistic campaign unleashed by some sectors. In his statements, Barrantes affirmed that "the IU and the Army are two concurrent forces, because both work for the Peruvianization of Peru and …
In 1985, there was an armed confrontation between a military patrol of the Peruvian Army and a contingent of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in a place known as Llanaslla, very close to the community of Santa Barbara, in the district of Huachocolpa. The confrontation resulted in the death of around 45 …
Between 1985 and 1989, Peruvian Army troops from the Quicapata Barracks conducted early morning raids in the neighborhoods of the Carmen Alto district. During these operations, the military cordoned off the surrounding neighborhoods, preventing residents from entering or leaving the area, even when their homes were located in the cordoned-off …
During 1985-1986, multiple cases of sexual violence and arbitrary detentions were recorded in the Cangallo District. A 19-year-old female declarant was detained in April 1985 by members of the Army and taken to the Pampa Cangallo Base, where she was accused of belonging to the Shining Path and physically tortured …
Between 1985 and 1989, Peruvian Army troops from the Quicapata Barracks conducted early morning raids in the neighborhoods of the Carmen Alto district. During these operations, the military cordoned off the surrounding neighborhoods and residents were not allowed to enter or leave the area even though their homes were located …
In 1985, the Peruvian State deployed counter-subversive military bases in various localities in the department of Pasco in response to the advance of the Shining Path. This military deployment followed the declaration of a state of emergency in the province of Pasco on May 10, 1985, precipitated by the assassination …
A 19-year-old woman was arrested in April 1985 by members of the Army and taken to the Pampa Cangallo Base, accused of belonging to the Shining Path. She was physically tortured with blows to the head and face with firearms and kicks to the body, in addition to being sexually …
In April 1985, a 19-year-old woman was detained by members of the Peruvian Army and taken to the Pampa Cangallo Base in Ayacucho, where she was accused of belonging to the Shining Path. During her detention she was physically tortured with blows to the head and face with firearms and …
The Minister of War, General EP Julián Juliá Freyre, made public statements reiterating the broadest support of the Peruvian Army to the next government to be elected by the people. In his statements, General Juliá Freyre affirmed that there was no fear within the Peruvian Army in the eventuality of …
On July 4, 1985, arbitrary executions took place in the Castropampa barracks, in the department of Ayacucho. The events occurred in the context of human rights violations that included sexual violence. According to testimony gathered by the CVR, before the executions, the commandos first executed the men to prevent them …
On July 31, 1985, Esperanza Ruiz Soto was detained by military personnel in the Cinco Esquinas neighborhood of the city of Huanta. When she was arrested, she was carrying a tape recorder and a blanket. According to numerous witnesses, the members of the Army put her in a truck, tied …
A 19-year-old woman was detained for the second time in August 1985 by members of the Peruvian Army and taken again to the Pampa Cangallo Base, accused of belonging to the Shining Path. She was later transferred to the Huamanga Base. During this second detention, she was subjected to sexual …
In August 1985, the Peruvian army executed 21 people in Santa Rosa, a district in the province of La Mar. This event occurred in the context of counter-subversive operations in the Apurimac River Valley (VRA), an area where the Armed Forces and the DECAS (Counter-Subversive Civil Defense) had gained control …
On August 3, 1985, Gregorio Cunto Guillén, Faustino Cunto Tincopa and Alejandro Cunto Yaranga were arrested while they were sleeping in their house located in Pampa Chacra. The detention was carried out by approximately 25 uniformed and armed soldiers wearing black jackets and balaclavas. The soldiers tied the detainees' hands …
On August 4, 1985, the sisters María Elena and Teodofina Chavarria Jorge were detained by members of the Peruvian Army in their house located in Chacra de Chaco, near Huanta. The soldiers arrived hooded and took them to the Castropampa base, without mentioning the reason for their detention. They were …
On August 4, 1985, Dionicia Villaroel Villanueva was arrested by Army troops at the home of Víctor Curo Pariona in Huanta. The arrest was related to the previous arrest of her husband Marino Suárez Huamaní, who had been accused of participating in subversive meetings. The soldiers asked her about a …
On August 7, 1985, seven people detained at the Castropampa Military Base were extrajudicially executed in Pucayacu. On August 6 at noon, Lieutenant Colonel David Lama Romero, Major Wilmer Campos Hermoza, Lieutenant Enrique De la Cruz Salcedo and Warrant Officer Jose Gutierrez Herrada decided to eliminate the detainees. On August …
On August 14, 1985, the same day of the Accomarca massacre, the guide Filomeno Chuchón Ticse, who was known as "comrade Genaro", was murdered. He was executed for having witnessed the massacre perpetrated by the military patrol.
On August 14, 1985, military personnel from the Lince 6 and Lince 7 patrols, under the command of Sub-Lieutenant Telmo Hurtado Hurtado, executed the "Operational Plan Huancayoc". The military gathered the inhabitants of Lloqllapampa in the house of Alejandro Gamboa de la Cruz and separated men, women and children into …
On August 15, 1985, Emeteria Pérez Baldeón found her husband, Cornelio Quispe, dead near the cemetery in the district of Accomarca, next to him lay the body of Rosalino Quispe Palacios. Cornelio's body had a bullet wound in the stomach and Rosalino's had a bullet wound in the forehead. Both …
On August 27, 1985, a military patrol raided the communities of Umaro and Bellavista, in Vilcashuamán, and killed 59 peasants. This massacre occurred a few days after the well-known massacre of Accomarca (August 14, 1985), where 69 peasants were killed. Both events were part of military operations aimed at dealing …
On September 8, 1985, military personnel killed Brigida Perez Chavez and her son Alejandro Baldeon Perez, who were witnesses to the massacre that took place in Accomarca on August 14. This murder was part of a pattern of eliminating surviving witnesses of the massacre.
On September 13, 1985, the bodies of five people were found in the cemetery of Accomarca, whose bodies, still bleeding, showed traces of having been very recently shot, shortly before the arrival of an investigative commission of the Congress of the Republic, which included Congressman Fernando Olivera of the Popular …
After the 1985 Accomarca massacre, abuses against women continued in 1986. The military who settled in Accomarca committed multiple sexual abuses against the women in the area, mainly against single women. The situation was aggravated by the fact that the majority of the people in Accomarca were women, since the …
As a result of extrajudicial killings, rapacious actions and acts of pillage committed by members of the army, villagers from Santa Carmen approached the Andahuaylas barracks in 1986 to denounce these abuses. Testimonies indicate that in the raids carried out by the Peruvian Army and the Mollebamba civil defense, every …
During the period 1986-1991, multiple cases of sexual violence and human rights violations were recorded in the District of Ayacucho. One informant was detained on three different occasions (1985, 1986 and a third time in 1986) and taken to the Pampa Cangallo and Huamanga Bases, where she was tortured and …
Peruvian Army Health Lieutenant Colonel José Farro was killed in the district of Comas. Twenty-one dynamite cartridges were found in his vehicle. This assassination was part of the series of selective annihilations that the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out against members of the armed forces in Lima during 1986.
A woman was arrested for the third time in April or May 1986 in the District of Cangallo and taken to a military base where she was sexually abused again by the same commander who had raped her in previous arrests. The commander forcibly undressed her, tearing all her underwear …
During her detention at the La Oroya Barracks in July 1986, a complainant witnessed the rape of a minor by several members of the Peruvian Army. The events occurred in the context of arbitrary detentions carried out by the armed forces in the area. This case is part of a …
On July 7, 1986, the first confrontation between the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and the army took place in the department of Apurimac, specifically in Soccos, Aymaraes province. This event marked an important milestone in the escalation of the internal armed conflict in the Apurimac region. Four days later, on July 11, …
On July 7, 1986, the PCP-SL had its first confrontation with the Army in Soccos, province of Aymaraes, department of Apurimac. This confrontation took place in the context of a series of violent actions by the PCP-SL that had begun between February and April 1986 with assassinations in various communities …
In October 1986, the military killed 13 villagers in the towns of Pomatambo and Parcco Alto in the province of Vilcashuamán. This event occurred in the context of the military counteroffensive against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the region. The event took place during the period of intensification of the internal …
A Peruvian Army helicopter allegedly killed 32 people in Pujas, Vilcashuamán, during the town's patron saint festival on October 8, 1986. Subsequently, on October 23, the Armed Forces Command issued communiqué 74 CCFFAA/RRPP, stating that the subversives were killed during a confrontation. This incident occurred in a context of intensified …
The Joint Command of the Armed Forces issued communiqué 74 CCFFAA/RRPP in response to an incident that occurred on Oct. 8 in Pujas, Vilcashuamán, during the town's patron saint festival. In the official communiqué, the Armed Forces stated that the subversives were killed during a confrontation. This statement came after …
In November 1986, a military base was installed in Quillacocha, located in Cerro de Pasco. This installation was part of the Peruvian State's military strategy to control subversive activity in the mining region of the central highlands. The base was established in a context of increasing Shining Path activity in …
Since the Peruvian Army took charge of the counter-subversive struggle in San Martin, it committed numerous abuses against the civilian population. Violations included arbitrary detentions, robberies, theft of objects and money from the inhabitants of the department's villages and towns. Between 1987 and 1993, 496 arbitrary detentions and 98 people …
On April 27, 1987, twenty members of the Peruvian Army raided the Pampa Puquio annex, near the peasant community of San Antonio de Cuchucancha. This military incursion took place in the context of counter-subversive operations in the area. The event is related to a previous incursion on May 1, when …
On May 1, 1987, members of the Peruvian Army arrived in the peasant community of Cuchucancha, surrounded the town with military trucks and detained four villagers. This action took place in the context of military operations in the area. On April 27, 1987, twenty members of the Peruvian Army had …
On September 14, 1987, the PCP-SL raided Putaqasa, in the Sacsamarca district. During this incursion, the hikers assassinated 9 community members and set fire to houses in the area. This event is part of a series of attacks that the PCP-SL carried out in the Huancasancos area during the period …
On October 15, 1987, the Army carried out an operation with helicopter gunships against the town of Paraíso, the headquarters of drug traffickers in the Huallaga area. The attack allegedly originated in a request for help from a drug trafficker nicknamed 'Machi', who was attacked in his refuge by the …
After the capture of Juanjui on November 6, 1987, the MRTA returned to the same camp they had used before the attack. The Peruvian Army pursued them after the declaration of a state of emergency in the department of San Martin and the establishment of the Political-Military Command of the …
Members of the Peruvian Army stationed at the Santa Rosa Military Base committed serious human rights violations against 17 inhabitants of the communities of Checcasa, Sallalli, Amoca and Ihuayllo. The people were arbitrarily detained during military patrols between December 1987 and January 1988, subjected to torture and to date are …
A Peruvian Army patrol left the Santa Rosa Military Base to carry out an operation aimed at capturing Shining Path leaders and seizing weapons. Upon arriving at Checcasa, the military detained Jorge Sergio Ayvar Huamaní (28 years old), Magdalena Bazán Huamaní (45 years old) and Juan Esperanza Ayvar (45 years …
After the seizure of Juanjui in November 1987, the MRTA returned to the same camp used before the attack. The Peruvian Army pursued them after a state of emergency was declared in the department of San Martin. Believing they had escaped the army, the MRTA fighters were surprised in Agua …
A military patrol returned to Checcasa and detained Jorge Sergio Ayvar Huamaní, Magdalena Bazán Huamaní and Juan Esperanza Ayvar for the second time, forcing them to board an army truck. Jorge Ayvar Huamaní has been missing ever since, while the other two were released shortly thereafter. Family members who went …
In 1988, an Army counter-subversive base was installed in the district of Santa Ana de Tusi, province of Daniel Alcides Carrión, department of Pasco. This military installation was part of the Peruvian State's counter-subversive strategy to combat the presence of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the region. The presence of this …
In 1988, in the locality of El Collpín, province of Santiago de Chuco, the Peruvian Army allegedly killed several peasants. This event occurred in the context of the counter-subversive offensive in the northern region of the department of Lima and southern Ancash, where the military forces were responding to the …
A new military patrol was carried out with the objective of finding seditionists and seizing weapons. During this operation, which lasted several days, military personnel detained many residents of Checcasa and neighboring communities. On January 10, Magdalena Bazán Huamaní, Basilio Carbajal Chirhuana, Juan Esperanza Ayvar and Pedro Carbajal Roldán were …
A group of military personnel on their way to Checcasa entered the town of Socco and arrested Simona Pérez Tapia (26 years old), Leandro Pareja Salinas (26 years old) and Santos Salinas Chávez (42 years old). The three people were taken to the Santa Rosa Military Base in a Peruvian …
Armando Huamantingo Villanueva (40 years old), a resident of the community of Amoca, was detained at the Santa Rosa Military Base. He presented himself voluntarily when he found out that his name was on a list of alleged subversives that the military was looking for. His wife Matiasa Huashua Huamaní …
The military patrol arrived in Sallalli disguised as terrorists with hammer and sickle symbols to confuse the population. They arrested Fermín Gonzales Arbieto (48 years old) and Celio Carbajal Ayvar (28 years old) on the road. At night they arrived at Manuel Niño de Guzmán's cabin where they found Matilde …
During the early hours of the morning, soldiers and four detainees went to the cabin of husband and wife Juan Pablo Carbajal Hurtado (43 years old) and María Elena Zavala Cayllahua (28 years old) looking for weapons to prove their Shining Path militancy. Both husband and wife were cruelly tortured. …
The military patrol left Sallalli carrying 13 detainees (7 men, 5 women and a girl). Arriving in Huayquipa at dusk, they divided the detainees into two groups. The first group (Manuel Niño de Guzmán Ayvar, Magdalena Bazán Huamaní, Juan Pablo Carbajal Hurtado and María Zavala Cayllahua) were taken to the …
Ramiro Niño de Guzmán Ayvar went to the Santa Rosa Base to demand the release of his relatives Manuel Niño de Guzmán Ayvar, Matilde Niño de Guzmán, Luisa Ayvar Niño de Guzmán, Rosa Niño de Guzmán Ayvar and Rosa Velásquez Marca. He was immediately arrested and forced to enter the …
EP Colonel Victor Ernesto Marquez Torres, Political Military Chief of Apurimac, issued a communiqué stating that on January 14, 1988 there had been a confrontation between Army personnel and subversives, resulting in the death of Armando Huamantingo Villanueva, Juan Pablo Carbajal, Manuel Niño de Guzman Ayvar, Leandro Pareja Tapia, Simona …
On May 13, 1988, in retaliation for a Shining Path PCP column ambushing an Army convoy in the vicinity of the community, a law enforcement patrol raided Cayara. Law enforcement forces gathered the population in the community and killed 28 peasants in cold blood. This was one of the most …
On May 13, 1988, a column of the Shining Path PCP ambushed an army convoy in the vicinity of the community of Cayara. In retaliation for this attack, a law enforcement patrol raided the community of Cayara, gathered the population in the plaza and killed 28 peasants in cold blood. …
In retaliation to the Shining Path attack the day before, Army forces executed the Operational Plan 'Persecution' commanded by Major Miguel Nájar Acosta. Approximately 200 military troops entered Cayara where they killed villagers gathered in the church celebrating the feast of the Virgin of Fatima. Indalecio Palomino Tueros, Teodosio Noa …
Military personnel arrived at Cceschua where most of the Cayara population had taken refuge. In the place called Ccahuaypampa they gathered all the villagers and accused them of having participated in the Erusco attack. They selected approximately 20 men (young and adult) whom they physically abused, put prickly pear cactus …
On May 14, 1988, a massacre took place in Cayara, Ayacucho, perpetrated by the Peruvian Army. During the military incursion 25 men were killed. Testimonies collected by the CVR indicate that during the massacre sexual violations were committed against women. One woman who was raped during these events managed to …
On May 14, 1988, members of the Peruvian Army, in retaliation for an ambush on a convoy, entered the district of Cayara in the province of Victor Fajardo. They gathered the entire population and killed 35 peasants without explanation. On May 21, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers denied …
A massacre of peasants was committed by the Peruvian Army in Cayara. Not only was a machinery of silence and impunity set up, but also unjustifiable political maneuvers in the Congress of the Republic effectively prevented the official acceptance of the serious facts. The investigation had to be paralyzed due …
Law enforcement forces arrested Samuel García, Alejandro Echeccaya García and Jovita García Suárez, whose names appeared on a 'black list' of alleged subversives. For three days they remained locked up in the premises of the Erusco School. On May 20 they were taken to the upper part of the community, …
Mrs. Muñoz de Yangali was detained in her home by soldiers in civilian clothes. She was tortured at the Castro Pampa military base, where she was hung from a beam with her hands tied behind her back and given electric shocks. Her interrogators accused her of collaborating with Sendero Luminoso …
On May 21, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers pointed out the "falsity of an alleged massacre of peasants" in Cayara. The authorities stated that they had found "no evidence of bombings, fires or fighting in the locality". The presidency affirmed that most of the testimonies presented to the …
The Pampa Coris massacre was perpetrated on June 24, 1988 by members of the Peruvian Army and ronderos. During this military incursion, there was a pattern of behavior involving the rape of women prior to execution. The commandos executed the men first to prevent them from screaming or rebelling against …
Members of the Army stationed at the Chalhuanca Base arrested Pedro Carbajal Roldán (who had escaped capture earlier) and his brother Fabián Carbajal Roldán, accusing them of having participated in subversive actions. Both were victims of brutal torture. This action constituted a reprisal against Pedro for having managed to escape …
Hooded persons (presumably military) entered the homes of residents of Cayara and forcibly detained them. Gregorio Ipurre Ramos, Guzmán Palomino Bautista, Humberto Ipurre, Benigna Palomino de Ipurre and Catalina Ramos Palomino disappeared. According to witnesses, these people had denounced to President Alan Garcia Perez the excesses perpetrated in Cceschua, which …
In an ambush on a military patrol at the Rondos bridge, 13 soldiers were killed, generating a brutal response in which 20 presumed Shining Path members lost their lives, although according to family members, most of them were peasants who were not part of the subversion.
On July 25, 1988, Shining Path ambushed a military patrol at the Abancay Base, resulting in the death and wounding of several military personnel. The following day, several soldiers entered the community of Cruz Pata and detained the husband of a witness. They began to beat him and brought several …
On August 13, 1988, a mass grave containing several bodies was discovered in Cayara. This discovery occurred three months after the massacre of May 14, 1988, when members of the Peruvian Army entered the district of Cayara in retaliation for an ambush on a military convoy. During that raid, the …
On September 28, 1988, a patrol of the Peruvian Army (EP) entered the Virgen del Rosario neighborhood of Abancay. The CVR report mentions this event briefly without providing additional details about the circumstances, motives or consequences of this military incursion. This entry took place in a context of intensification of …
Journalist Hugo Bustios Saavedra was murdered in Huanta by members of the Peruvian Army in November 1988. This murder occurred in a context of intensifying internal armed conflict in the region, during which multiple operations by groups linked to the intelligence services were carried out against journalists, teachers and other …
During 1989, the Capaya Military Base in Abancay was the scene of numerous systematic rapes. A witness who was detained at the base witnessed mass rapes occurring at night, where soldiers in the towers demanded to participate in the rapes. The victims were mainly peasant women who were brought to …
One witness recounts that when he fled from the Capaya barracks in 1989, he was helped by a peasant in exchange for taking his daughter. The peasant was afraid of the soldiers because they raped and killed women, as had happened to his cousins. This testimony is evidence of the …
In 1989, there was an armed confrontation between the Peruvian Army and the MRTA in the district of Molinos, province of Jauja. This combat resulted in the death of 6 military personnel and 58 guerrillas, although the MRTA only claimed responsibility for 42 of its dead. This confrontation was the …
A woman was arrested at her home in the district of Huancayo in 1989. During her detention, she was the victim of rape by State agents. The case illustrates the pattern of systematic sexual violence against women detained during the internal armed conflict. The victim did not denounce the facts …
Beginning in 1989, the Peruvian army implemented large-scale operations in the Upper Huallaga that marked a turning point in the conflict with the PCP-SL. These operations began after the second attack on Uchiza on March 17, 1989, which resulted in a massacre of police and led to the re-declaration of …
In 1989, at the Capaya Military Base in Abancay, there were numerous systematic rapes against peasant women. A witness who was detained at the base witnessed mass rapes that took place during the night, where soldiers, including those in the watchtowers, demanded to participate in the rapes. The victims were …
In 1989, in the district of Uchiza, province of Tocache, department of San Martin, there were multiple cases of rape perpetrated by members of the Peruvian Army. A witness who served in the army told how soldiers forced a detained teacher to "be affectionate" with them, taking advantage of the …
At the end of 1989 and beginning of 1990, the Army promoted the organization of villagers in counter-subversive peasant patrols in the department of Pasco. This strategy sought to counteract the presence of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso by mobilizing the organized civilian population. The peasant patrols joined the expanded military presence …
In 1989, following the second attack on Uchiza in March of that year, the political-military headquarters was installed under the command of General Alberto Arciniegas Huby. That year, military bases appeared in Tulumayo, Nuevo Progreso, Pizana and Punta Arenas, which would serve to keep the Senderistas further away from the …
On March 4, 1989, the MRTA raided the towns of Pilluana and Shapaja as part of its military actions in the department of San Martin. During this incursion in Pilluana, the MRTA assassinated 3 local authorities whom they accused of being involved in drug trafficking. This action was part of …
The first incursion of combined forces (Army and Police) into the UNCP took place. This intervention marked the beginning of a series of military-police operations at the university with the objective of dismantling the subversive activity.
On March 14, 1989, a villager was arrested at his home in the district of Chongos Bajo by military personnel and taken to the 9 de diciembre barracks in the province of Huancayo. On the fourth day of his captivity he was taken to a basement where he entered a …
In April 1989, approximately 80 members of the MRTA detachment were moving towards the Junin highlands with the intention of taking Tarma, when they encountered Army forces in the district of Molinos, Jauja province, and engaged in combat. The confrontation resulted in the death of 62 people identified as MRTA …
In the early morning of April 20, 1989, joint army and police forces again entered the universities of San Marcos and La Cantuta, arresting more than 500 people. During the process that led to the military intervention (1991-2000), the government proceeded to produce a counter-subversive manual, in which San Marcos …
On April 28, 1989, an MRTA detachment traveling in two trucks toward Tarma to take the city was discovered by a Peruvian Army patrol in the Molinos district, eight kilometers east of Jauja. An armed confrontation ensued resulting in the death of 58 MRTA members, six members of the Peruvian …
A column of thirty heavily armed MRTA subversives attacked the Pichanaki police post. After the attack, the column began to move towards the highlands to join up with another column coming down from Tulumayo, in the highlands of Junin, with the objective of jointly taking the city of Tarma. However, …
On April 28, 1989, an MRTA detachment traveling in two trucks toward Tarma to take the city was discovered by a Peruvian Army patrol in the Molinos district, eight kilometers east of Jauja. According to the initial report, 62 MRTA members and eight soldiers were killed in the confrontation. However, …
On April 28, 1989, an armed confrontation took place between an Army patrol and a detachment of MRTA militants in the district of Molinos, province of Jauja. The subversive group was on its way to take the city of Tarma when it was intercepted by military forces. This event was …
An MRTA guerrilla column was annihilated in Molinos, Jauja, in a confrontation with the Peruvian Army. This was a devastating blow for the MRTA that disarticulated its organizational work and created political confusion among its militants. The repercussions for the MRTA's work at the university were serious, forcing them to …
On the night of April 28, 1989, trucks carrying MRTA members were intercepted by an army patrol, causing an armed confrontation in which 6 military personnel were killed and 60 people, including MRTA subversives and some civilians. There were 20 wounded among the soldiers, but no survivors were reported among …
On April 28, 1989, two MRTA columns encountered Peruvian Army forces in the district of Molinos (Jauja) and were practically annihilated in combat. A column of thirty heavily armed subversives operating in the area of Satipo and Chanchamayo had begun a movement towards the highlands to unite with another column …
On April 29, 1989, the six soldiers of the Peruvian Army killed in the Molinos confrontation the day before were buried. The remains of infantry lieutenant Jhonny Morales Rodriguez, sergeant Yuri Portocarrero and corporal Ulises Rivera Flores were buried in the "El Angel" cemetery. The cortege was presided over by …
On Sunday, April 30, 1989, some relatives were allowed to enter the Olavegoya Hospital in Jauja to examine the bodies of the victims of the Molinos confrontation that took place on April 28. The relatives found that their countrymen were totally disfigured, while the bodies identified as terrorists showed no …
On May 1, 1989, the bodies of the MRTA militants killed in the Molinos confrontation on April 28 were buried in the Jauja General Cemetery. The 55 corpses arrived at 11:00 a.m. on board several dump trucks. During the two previous days, personnel from the Olavegoya hospital and members of …
The Peruvian Army (EP) and the Peruvian National Police (PNP) twice raided the Universidad Nacional del Centro in the department of Junín. The interventions were carried out in search of possible subversives. The military and police action was motivated by the distribution of flyers announcing an armed strike scheduled for …
The Army and the police intervened twice on the campus of the Universidad Nacional del Centro in May 1989 in search of subversive elements. This intervention took place in a context of increasing violence at the university, where the Shining Path PCP had murdered three university students on the same …
On May 3, 1989, the MRTA took over the towns of Peleje and Papaplaya as part of its military actions in the department of San Martin. This action was part of the reconstruction process of the Northeastern Front (FNO) of the MRTA, which had been dismantled after the repression by …
On May 6, 1989, there was a confrontation between the Peruvian Army and the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in Tambobamba, capital of the province of Cotabambas in Apurimac. This confrontation took place in the context of a new counter-subversive strategy implemented by the Armed and Police Forces, which established Counter-Subversive Bases and …
On May 11, 1989, the Army and the National Police intervened twice at the National University of Central Peru in search of terrorist elements. The intervention took place due to the distribution of flyers announcing an armed strike on the 10th, 11th and 12th in the department of Junin. In …
In June 1989, approximately 300 people died in the village of Venenillo as a result of a confrontation between subversive elements and military personnel. It was later reported that many of the dead were civilians, including children. According to the testimony of a former military officer, General Alberto Arciniega Huby …
The Board of Superior Prosecutors of Junin appointed an Ad-Hoc Prosecutor who issued Report No. 02-MP-FSAH-Junin on preliminary investigations carried out regarding the disappearance of people from the district of Huertas as a consequence of the military confrontation with a subversive group. The report confirms that army soldiers intervened the …
Seven soldiers of the Húsares de Junín regiment were killed after a bomb attack in Barrios Altos, Lima. As a result of the intense police and Peruvian Army actions, more than fifteen thousand people were arrested during the gigantic operation. This attack took place in a context of intensified political …
A combat between units of the Peruvian Army and an armed column of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement took place in the locality of Los Molinos, near Jauja. The Peruvian Army reported 6 fatalities and 19 wounded, while the subversive side reported 63 fatalities and no wounded or prisoners. Civilians …
On June 16, 1989, 1,000 Peruvian Army soldiers raided the human settlement of Huaycán. During the military operation, the armed forces detained more than 800 people, identified as undocumented and suspected of committing terrorist acts. This action took place in the context of intense police and military operations that were …
In July 1989, the PCP-SL carried out an incursion in Choimacota, Sivia district. This action occurred after the Peruvian Army organized the villagers into Self-Defense Committees (CAD). The raid was part of the Shining Path offensive in the late 1980s in the Apurimac River Valley, when the PCP-SL intensified its …
A PCP-SL column attacked an army patrol from the Madre Mía base, a few hundred meters from the village, wounding a captain. The villagers fled into the jungle to escape retaliation from military patrols, which took two hours to arrive by land and with helicopter gunships that attacked the village, …
On October 8, 1989, in a military operation in the mining center of Julcani, Santiago Lizana Acha was killed with a bullet in the head. This act of violence was perpetrated by the military during raids in the mining centers of Huancavelica. The acts of violence provoked by the military …
On October 25, 1989, an army patrol surrounded the town of Atcas in the province of Yauyos, department of Lima. The military forced the villagers to leave their homes and head towards the town's stadium. The operation was part of the counter-subversive actions carried out by the armed forces in …
In November or December 1989, the army arrived in the Culebra hamlet in Huancayo, department of Junín. The military arrived looking for a woman who was wanted by a local man. This event is part of the context of sexual violence and abuses committed by the armed forces during the …
In November 1989, a military patrol visited the community of Pusacpampa in the context of opposition to the Shining Path order in the region. The military gathered the population and urged them to organize themselves into peasant patrols. This visit was part of an Army strategy to encourage opposition to …
In November 1989, five members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso were killed by Peruvian Army troops in Palmayocc, Luricocha district, Huanta province. This event occurred in the context of the intensification of the internal armed conflict between 1988-1991, a period in which there was a significant increase in confrontations in the …
On November 2, 1989, an Army patrol surrounded a community in Huancavelica and forced the villagers out of their homes. They then called five community members by roll call: Román Quispe Camayo, Overto Macha Solano, Nicolás Reyes Pariona, Simeón Clemente Salvatierra and Filemón Clemente Madueño. These five men were locked …
On November 22, 1989, the MRTA took the town of Pacaypasa as part of its military actions in the department of San Martin. This action was part of the reconstruction process of the Northeastern Front (FNO) of the MRTA, which had been dismantled after the repression by the Peruvian Army …
In December 1989, the Peruvian Army took the El Chaparral camp, which was the most important MRTA base in the Oxapampa area. This military action dispersed MRTA members throughout the region. The capture of the camp occurred in a context where the Asháninka of the Pichis had formed an 'Asháninka …
On December 17, 1989, near Puerto Victoria in Yanesha territory, an Army patrol located and attacked an MRTA subversive camp, causing numerous casualties while others fled the area. An Army communiqué informed that the confrontation took place exactly in the area known as 'El Chaparral', located in Iscozacin, district of …
On December 17, 1989, near Puerto Victoria in the district of Puerto Bermudez, in territory of the Yanesha ethnic group, an Army patrol located and attacked an MRTA camp. According to the official report, 43 subversives and one soldier were killed. This attack was part of a series of military …
Peruvian President Alan García Pérez made a historic visit to Ecuador on December 17, 1989, becoming the first Peruvian head of state to visit that country. This visit took place in a context of bilateral relations between Peru and Ecuador, countries that had historically maintained border tensions. The trip represented …
On December 17, 1989, the Peruvian Army ambushed a camp of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) near Puerto Bermudez, in the province of Oxapampa. This military action was part of the counter-subversive operations carried out by the Armed Forces against insurgent groups in different areas of the country. The …
A declarant detained at the Cayguanas Military Base in 1990 witnessed the rape of a woman accused of subversion. The testimony documents how during his detention he witnessed these acts of sexual violence committed against women detained under accusations of subversion. This case is part of the pattern of sexual …
Another witness who lived in Pangoa said that around 1990, soldiers at Military Base 48 raped women who were detained. The treatment given by the soldiers to the women was similar to that given to the men, but they were also raped. Young girls and women were raped if they …
The first stage of the counter-subversive military battle in Alto Huallaga took place between January and August 1990, during the general elections. This stage was part of a change in the counter-subversive strategy of the Peruvian Army against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The period was characterized by military operations aimed at …
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 …
Antonia Arizapana Ignacio was a leader of an aid organization in the department of Junin who was assassinated in 1990. According to CVR records, the Peruvian Army was allegedly responsible for her death. Her case is part of the systematic violence against social leaders, particularly women leaders of grassroots organizations, …
Between 1990 and early 1992, the Peruvian Army carried out several military operations in the Tambo and Ene basins, attacking several communities controlled by the PCP-SL. In Quempiri, on May 13, 1990, the community fled to their farms when they heard three army helicopters. On May 14, 1991, the Sinchis …
MRTA established the Caynarachi-Shanusi military detachment in 1990 as part of its territorial control structure in the department of San Martin. This detachment was part of the eight zones controlled by MRTA in the Northeastern Front, with an area of influence in the Pongo de Caynarachi. The detachment operated in …
Between 1984 and 1990, the Peruvian Army carried out successive lightning operations on both banks of the Huallaga River in order to surprise drug traffickers and the Shining Path organization operating in the area. These operations led to confrontations with PCP-SL companies operating on both banks of the Huallaga River, …
In 1990, in the Hacienda Orihuela of the Caserío de Punray, a woman was the victim of rape by approximately 60 soldiers. According to the testimony gathered by the CVR, the victim was a presumed Shining Pathist woman. The soldiers raped her systematically, one by one, until she was half …
Between 1990 and the first months of 1994, the populations settled on the left bank of the Huallaga River suffered constant incursions and operations by the Army and the PCP-SL. Villagers hid in the bush during these confrontations, fearing both the Army and the Shining Path. The Army carried out …
On January 6, 1990, in Angashyacu, the PCP-SL decreed an armed strike and left a bomb at the door of Anatolio Trujillo's house. When the red flag was removed, the bomb exploded, injuring a member of the military. The military entered the house shooting and killed Anatolio with a bullet …
On February 5, 1990, Julio Alvarado Bardales, a coca farmer, was arrested by Army troops at a party. He was accused of being a terrorist because members of the PCP-SL sometimes came to his house. Days later he was taken to his father's house, who saw that his ears had …
On February 7, 1990, 11 members of the Army entered the Tambillo Grande hamlet and detained 12 people, of whom the names of 6 are known, including a 14-year-old adolescent. Four of them were released. One of those identified was found dead on the banks of the Huallaga River; others …
Rodolfo Angel Escobar Jurado, Administrative Secretary of the Huancavelica Human Rights Committee and APRODEH collaborator, was arrested at 7:00 p.m. by five individuals in civilian clothes, presumably members of the Army. The arrest occurred when he was leaving the Human Rights Committee's office located on Agustín Gamarra Avenue, near the …
In March 1990, the 'Asháninka army' ended its work by expelling the MRTA from its territory in Oxapampa province. This army had been formed in response to the assassination of three Asháninka leaders at the end of 1989 by MRTA, among them Alejandro Calderón, pinkátzari (great chief) and president of …
In April 1990, the Peruvian Army installed a military base in the Misquipata annex, San Juan de Jarpa district. This military installation was part of the counter-subversive strategy in the area of Alto and Bajo Cunas, where the PCP-SL had established popular committees since 1987. The presence of the military …
Víctor Raúl Lavado Olivera, a professor at the School of Economics, who lived in the city of Jauja, was arrested along with his brother at his home by a group of hooded soldiers. His whereabouts were never heard of again. In his syllabus of Historical Materialism he included fundamental documents …
A Peruvian Army patrol composed of approximately 21 men left the Antabamba Military Base in an "intelligence operation" that for 12 days (from April 19 to May 1, 1990) went through five districts in the provinces of Antabamba (Apurimac) and Chumbivilcas (Cuzco). The military, dressed as peasants, raided different peasant …
An Army patrol from the Antabamba Base, under the command of Lieutenant EP nicknamed 'Negro' or 'Negrón', raided several villages on the border between Antabamba and the province of Chumbivilcas. The patrol killed 13 peasants who were previously tortured, raped 3 women and disappeared 8 people, including a girl of …
Between April 19 and 30, 1990, a massacre took place in Chumbivilcas, province of the department of Cusco, perpetrated by the Peruvian Army. Seventeen people died during this event. Women were victims of rape during the massacre. The rape victims survived and later denounced the facts to the corresponding authorities.
A military patrol arrived at the Ccochopata ranch in Huacullo and arrested Antonio Huachaca and two of his children. Later they detained 4 more people in a school. At dawn on April 21, the interrogations began, subjecting the detainees to torture. Víctor Huachaca Gómez was the first to be interrogated …
Between April 20 and 30, 1990, a massacre took place in the province of Chumbivilcas that marked a milestone in the internal armed conflict in the region. The Peruvian Army implemented a new counter-subversive strategy, acting as an army of occupation in the area. As a result of these military …
A group of ten soldiers under the command of a lieutenant arrived in Fuchungo and arrested several people. Sebastián Apfata Inga, his son Santiago Apfata Aroni and his wife Rosaura Aroni Álvarez were detained along with Aurelia Huamaní Apfata, Nicolás Apfata Inga and Marieta Gómez Huillca. They were all victims …
Jesús Jauja Sullo and Hermenegildo Jauja Salazar were arrested when they came from Chuchumake-Tirani to participate in an operation in Fuchungo. Hermenegildo Jauja Salazar was found dying on the ground. The community members testified that they had interrogated him, put him in the water and beaten him. He died as …
Isabel Leocalla de Alcahuamán was arrested and taken to the house of Aurelia Huamaní Apfata. The patrol leader nicknamed 'Negro' took her to the kitchen and raped her against her will. After being forced to drink alcohol and a whitish substance, a group of 10 armed men raped her one …
Seven people looking for a stolen donkey were detained by the military patrol: Balvino Huamaní Medina, Juan Huisa Pacco, Zenón Huisa Pacco, Marcos Zacarías Huisa Llamocca, Gregorio Alferes Triveño, Quintín Alferes Cjuro and Telésforo Alferes Achinquipa. Ochoa Lacadio was also arrested when he approached. In the Suracocha lagoon, the eight …
Three women approached the place where their relatives were detained carrying food and documents: María Pacco Llactahuamán, Virginia Huisa Pacco and Francisca Triveño Huamaní. The women were tied by the neck and arms. Two of them, who had recently given birth, were tied by the neck to carry the babies …
On April 25, 1990, in the community of Ccachahui, district of Ranrapata, province of Chumbivilcas in Cuzco, 21 soldiers dressed as peasants assassinated 10 community members. This event was part of a larger massacre that took place in the province of Chumbivilcas between April 20 and 30, 1990, where a …
On April 25, 1990, a Peruvian Army patrol composed of approximately 21 men, dressed as peasants, killed ten peasants in Ccashahui-Ranrapata, Chumbivilcas. The victims were: Balvino Huamaní Medina, Juan Huisa Pacco, Rosa Huisa Pacco, Rubén Alférez Triveño, Marcos Zacarías Huisa Llamoca, Quintín Alférez Cjuro, Telésforo Alférez Achinquipa, Marcos Torres Saihua, …
Balvino Huamaní Medina, 60 years old, died in the house where they were being held. He was forced to drink liquor with a strange substance that one of the soldiers put in his cup. The necropsy protocol revealed that he died as a consequence of cardio respiratory arrest, severe encephalic …
Ten detainees were taken to the Capullullo hill where they were extrajudicially executed. The soldiers placed the people in a horizontal line and detonated explosive devices, immediately after which they shot them with machine guns. The bodies were thrown into pits. The victims were: Julio Huamaní Huisa, José Eusebio Huamaní …
In May 1990, the town of Yahuarmachay, Ayahuanco district, was razed to the ground. Members of the Peruvian Army perpetrated a massacre in which 47 people were killed. This event took place during the period of intensification of the internal armed conflict between 1988-1991, when there was a significant increase …
In May 1990, the Army razed the town of Yahuar Machay in the district of Ayahuanco, province of Huanta, department of Ayacucho. The military incursion resulted in the murder of 47 people. This event occurred in the context of clashes between the Shining Path PCP and the peasant patrols in …
On May 13, 1990, three Peruvian Army helicopters arrived in the community of Quempiri, in the Ene Valley. Upon hearing the helicopters, the community's population fled to their farms in search of refuge. This attack was part of a series of military operations carried out by the Peruvian Army between …
In June 1990, the Army and the police entered the National University of Central Peru (UNCP) and arrested more than a hundred students suspected of being subversives. This intervention took place in the context of the struggle between the PCP-SL and the MRTA at the university, which had reached bloody …
On June 24, 1990, in the district of Colpas, members of the Army took Flaviano Presentación Córdova and Gregorio Tolentino Carvajal from their homes, tied their hands and blindfolded them, and put them in a vehicle where they trampled them. They were taken to the Yanac military base. There Flaviano …
On July 24, 1990, combined forces of the Peruvian Army and the Peruvian National Police entered Ciro Aramburu Villanueva's house and shot him to death. Aramburu Villanueva was the head of University Welfare at the San Cristobal de Huamanga National University. The operation was carried out by members of both …
On July 28, 1990, coinciding with the national anniversary and the date of the change of government, the Human Settlement was founded under the name of 'La Estrella'. Since its foundation, the PCP-SL tried to direct the destiny of the settlement, which was finally baptized as 'Felix Jorge Raucana' in …
On August 15, 1990, in La Morada, Leonardo Jara was intercepted by members of the Army. They held him down and cut his face and ear. They then took him to the Madre Mía military base in Nuevo Progreso and to this day he is still missing.
On September 25, 1990, Leywer Ruiz Trigoso was arrested in the village of Huanganapampa by military troops from Rupa Rupa. He was later found dead with his body machine-gunned and his head mutilated by an explosive.
On November 24, 1990, Army troops entered the town of Primavera, near Aucayacu, which had been identified as a subversive base. The raid turned into a massacre in which 24 people were killed, some of them mutilated, with their ears, tongues and testicles cut off.
In 1991, the Army established new military bases in different villages and towns in Huánuco. Some were located along the Marginal Highway, mainly on the right bank of the Huallaga River. The bases were located in Aucayacu, Pucayacu, 7 de Octubre and Pueblo Nuevo, all in the José Crespo y …
In 1991, a confrontation took place at Mantaro Port between the Peruvian Army and the Shining Path insurgent group. During this confrontation, members of the army were attacked and killed by the Shining Path, who waited on the hill to ambush the military forces. This event is part of a …
In 1991 there was a turning point in the Shining Path offensive in the Central Jungle region. The Armed Forces, together with the Asháninka population organized in Rondas or Self-Defense Committees, began an important counter-offensive that hit the PCP-SL hard, especially in the Ene River area. Between 1991 and 1993, …
In 1991, combined forces of the Army and a civil patrol detained the Santa Barbara community members in Huancavelica. During the operation, they destroyed the houses of the villagers and raped the women in the area. Two military officers, Second Sergeants Carlos Prado Chinchay and Dennis Pacheco, were charged with …
In January 1991, the Army raided the town of San Pedro de Cachi, in Ayacucho. As a result of this military operation, 18 bodies were found. This massacre took place in the context of the Army's counter-subversive operations in rural areas of Ayacucho, where they were confronting the Shining Path …
In January 1991, members of the Peruvian Army (EP) killed 18 people in the town of San Pedro de Cachi, district of Santiago de Pischa. This event was part of the intensification of the internal armed conflict in the region during the 1988-1991 period. The event occurred in a context …
In 1991, the Peruvian Army installed a counter-subversive base in Cutivireni, located in the district of Rio Tambo. This installation was part of a broader military strategy in which the Army established bases in strategic areas of the central jungle to combat the Shining Path PCP. The base was established …
In 1991, military bases were installed in Huaycán and Raucana as part of the Peruvian State's counterinsurgency strategy. In Raucana, the Army installed a military base on September 6, 1991, which was maintained until the year 2000, militarizing and socially controlling daily life among the population. This organization of daily …
The year 1991 marked a decisive turning point in the PCP-Sendero Luminoso offensive in the Central Jungle region. Beginning that year, the Armed Forces, together with the Asháninka population organized in Rondas or Self-Defense Committees, began an important counter-offensive that hit the PCP-SL hard, especially in the Ene River area. …
During 1991 and 1992 there were strong and continuous confrontations between the PCP-SL and the Rondas or Asháninka Self-Defense Committees in the Central Jungle. The year 1991 was the turning point in the Shining Path offensive in the region, when the Armed Forces together with the organized Asháninka population initiated …
In 1991, an armed confrontation occurred between the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and the Peruvian Army at the Port of Mantaro, on the Huallaga River. The subversives ambushed the military forces as they attempted to cross the river to Mantaro, attacking them from positions on the hill. The attack resulted in significant …
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 …
Police raids in Huaycán were carried out intermittently until March and April 1991, as part of the combined law enforcement operations in the human settlements of the Eastern Zone. These operations had begun in 1987, when nearly 300 settlers were detained in two successive raids. In 1991, military bases were …
On March 14, 1991, around 11:00 p.m., an Army patrol of approximately 20 soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Infantry EP Colins Collantes Guerra, together with members of the Chuschi Police Station, arbitrarily detained three district authorities: Manuel Pacotaype Chaupin (Mayor), Martín Cayllahua Galindo (Secretary of the Council) and Marcelo …
In the early morning of March 15, 1991, the military patrol transferred the four detainees from Chuschi to the Pampa Cangallo counter-subversive base. Family members followed the patrol and watched as the detainees were taken along a bridle path to a river that led to the back of the military …
On April 19, 1991, around 10:30 p.m., a military patrol of 15 soldiers under the command of Sub Lieutenant José Luis Israel Chávez Velásquez arrested six people who had just registered their electoral list 'Izquierda Unida Socialista' for the municipal elections: Zenón Huamaní Chuchón, Julio Arotoma Cacñahuaray, Eleuterio Fernández Quispe, …
Members of the Peruvian Army entered the communities of Chambara and Humaya in Lima, where they detained six villagers, three from each community. Subsequently, the bodies of the six detainees were found dead on the road leading to these communities. This event occurred in the context of the internal armed …
The World Confederation of Organizations of Professional Teachers (CMOPE) alleges a series of murders, arrests and acts of violence against teachers who were members of the Single Union of Education Workers of Peru (SUTEP) since the beginning of the strike on May 8, 1991. The repression of this strike resulted …
On May 14, 1991, the Sinchis (special forces of the Peruvian police) entered the community of Gloriabamba, located half an hour from Puerto Ocopa. This operation was led by three teachers who collaborated with the police. The Sinchis' entry was preceded by bombings, which alerted the population of the neighboring …
On May 17, 1991, seven teachers were arrested by the Peruvian Army in the province of Ayacucho. This arrest occurred in the context of the teachers' strike that began on May 8, 1991, whose repression resulted in the temporary arrest of 2,000 teachers, twenty disappearances and 14 murders. The teachers …
La Cantuta was militarily intervened at 3:00 a.m. on May 22, 1991, following a visit by then president Fujimori to the campus. Military troops stormed the university. By then, most of the 300 residents were aware of the situation and had managed to leave the premises beforehand. Among the students …
In June 1991, there was an armed confrontation between Peruvian Army troops and members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in Aucayacu, Leoncio Prado province, Huanuco department. The confrontation resulted in the death of sixty-five members of the PCP-SL who were killed by the military forces. This event occurred during the so-called …
In mid-June 1991, the army forced the formation of peasant patrols in the area of Huaycahuacho, in the province of Lucanas. This forced formation of self-defense committees was part of the army's counter-subversive strategy in the region. As happened in other communities organized in CAD's in previous years, that same …
On June 19, 1991, in Aucayacu, Army troops arrested Leovigildo Decio Hernández Celis at his home at 2 a.m. and took him to the military base. His body was found by family members, burned and without intestines, on the banks of a nearby river.
An Army patrol under the command of Infantry Lieutenant Javier Bendezú Vargas killed fifteen people, including adults and children, in a mine known as 'Misteriosa'. The detainees were taken into the tunnel, riddled with FAL bullets and then dynamite explosive charges were set off, causing a deflagration that ended up …
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., …
The U.S. government suspended military aid to Peru at the request of Senator Edward Kennedy. The temporary suspension of military aid credits was demanded in response to allegations of human rights violations attributed to Peruvian military personnel. This measure took place in a context of growing international concern about the …
On August 9, 1991, members of the counter-subversive base of Aucayacu detained Sara Luz Mozombite Quiñonez in Sangapilla. They accused her of being a 'tuca' and took her to the base. When family members went to the base, Lieutenant Gringo and Captain Lobo denied that she was there. A week …
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 16, 1991, in the district of Hermilio Valdizán, members of the Los Laureles base arrested César Beltrán Igúsquiza Caldas. He was taken to the local school, where he was beaten. That night he was taken behind the municipal council building, where they cut off his fingers and ears …
On August 22, 1991, the long teachers' strike was suspended. According to the newspaper La República, 2,000 teachers were arrested, twenty disappeared and 15 were murdered. The SUTEP Human Rights Secretariat attributed the deaths, which occurred in towns in a state of emergency, to the PCP-SL (5), paramilitary forces (4), …
After suffering multiple PCP-SL attacks since 1988, including raids, looting, kidnappings of youths and assassinations of opponents, the Cutivireni Asháninkas who had not joined the subversive group fled to the bush, to a high part of the valley called Tzibokiroato. In September 1991, a group of 169 Cutivireni Asháninka were …
In September 1991, a group of 169 Asháninkas from Cutivireni were transferred by air to the Urubamba valley with the support of the Franciscan priest Mariano Gagnon, after suffering multiple attacks by the PCP-SL. In 1991, the Peruvian Army installed a military base in Cutivireni. Along with the installation of …
On September 23, 1991, members of the Army entered the home of Eladio Avendaño Medrano, a health worker at the Cachicoto health center. Dressed only in his underwear, he was forced to kneel, handcuffed and tortured. With the radio on at full volume, they cut off his ear and hit …
The U.S. Congress lifts the suspension of military and economic aid to Peru related to the fight against drugs. This aid had previously been suspended at the request of Senator Edward Kennedy, who demanded the temporary suspension of military aid appropriations due to allegations of human rights violations attributed to …
On November 3, 1991, the Colina detachment executed fifteen people in Barrios Altos, Lima. The operation was carried out by heavily armed Peruvian army personnel wearing ski masks. The victims were executed indiscriminately with firearms with silencers, regardless of sex or age. The indiscriminate fire killed 11 adult males, 3 …
A light aircraft with national registration deplaned at 15:00 hours from a runway adapted by 'Limoniel' (known as 'Vaticano') in Campanilla. The loading and unloading operation lasted between 3 to 4 minutes. The head of the Military Base received 4 thousand dollars per flight, with three to four flights per …
On November 27, 1991, Cayo Silvestre Carhuancho was detained in Nuevo Copal by military personnel from the Aucayacu base. When family members arrived to ask for him they were denied detention and were threatened with death, finally they were 'suggested' to look in the body dumps near the Huallaga. Seven …
In 1992, the army raided the community of Apiza, located in the department of Huánuco. During this military operation, there were serious human rights violations against the civilian population. A witness provided testimony about the events that occurred during this military incursion. The event took place in the context of …
Three women were arbitrarily detained in 1992 in the department of Junín and subsequently victims of forced disappearance. Shortly after their disappearance, their bodies were found with signs of having been tortured. One of them was four months pregnant and her body was found 15 days later with torture and …
The CVR had access to the statement of a person who was detained with several women in the 9 de Diciembre Barracks in 1992, among them three women who were later found dead. Acts of sexual violence were not limited to rape but also included forcing women to have sex …
In 1992, fifteen soldiers intercepted a witness and his wife in Huancavelica, accusing them of having seen terrorists passing by. The soldiers raped the witness's wife in front of him. The testimony documents how sexual violence was used by military personnel as a form of intimidation and punishment against civilians …
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 …
A witness reported to the CVR that around 1992 in the city of Aucayacu, department of Huánuco, there were massacres, abuses and rapes by the army. These events were part of the pattern of sexual violence and abuses against the civilian population that characterized the actions of the armed forces …
A woman was arrested along with her partner in 1992 in the 9 de Julio district, Concepción province, Junín department. An army lieutenant told her 'to go with him because they were going to interrogate me', taking her to a separate place. The testimony documents a case of rape perpetrated …
In 1992, in the province of Oyón, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso ambushed a Peruvian Army detachment in the town of Paran. This attack represented a decisive blow against the Shining Path forces in the province of Oyón, marking a turning point in the internal armed conflict in this area. The confrontation …
In 1992, a military base was established in the UNCP university cafeteria, at the entrance to the campus. The military intervention was carried out peacefully, and the troops proceeded to clean and paint the walls. The base remained for many years until it was removed when Javier Valle Riestra became …
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 …
In March 1992, Army troops from the Counter-Subversive Base No. 313, reinforced by the Command Battalion No. 19, carried out Operation Spoon. Approximately 900 men participated. The objective was to teach the villagers a lesson so that they would not support the Shining Path. They bombed the area with helicopter …
On March 10, 1992, a commando patrol of the Peruvian Army from Lima entered the hamlet of Bambú and killed everyone working in the harvest. Antonio Bazán Isminio had hired twelve people to help him harvest cocoa and bananas. The murders were committed in retaliation for the deaths of some …
On March 19, 1992, about thirty villagers fleeing from the Alto Cuchara hamlet because of the bombings encountered a military patrol near Pozo Rico. The military separated the women and children and executed them with gunfire, first the men, then the women and finally the children. After a month, Benito …
Armed confrontation between soldiers of the Peruvian Army and Shining Path supporters in Raucana, district of Ate Vitarte. Raucana represented the largest organizational experiment of the PCP-SL in Lima, constituted as an 'Open Popular Committee' in the heart of Ate Vitarte. The inhabitants came mainly from El Agustino and Andahuaylas, …
Between May 6 and 9, 1992, the National Police and the Army carried out the operation Mudanza 1 to transfer inmates from Pavilion 1-A. The militarized intervention resulted in the extrajudicial execution of 42 inmates and hundreds of wounded. The forces of order used explosives, gases, long-range rifles and grenades. …
On June 19, 1992, in Challhuamayo, a vehicle belonging to the Huancasancos Municipality was dynamited by the Shining Path PCP. Seventeen people perished in the attack, including civilian and military authorities. Among the victims were the provincial mayor, the sub-prefect, the provincial prosecutor, the justice of the peace, the manager …
Agents of the Peruvian Army detain and disappear journalist Pedro Yauri Bustamante in Huaura. This case represents one of the many forced disappearances of journalists during the internal armed conflict.
In July 1992, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso raided the community of Pallcca, an annex of the Sacsamarca district in the province of Huancasancos, and killed 8 people. This event occurred in the context of the latest episodes of violence in Zone I of the south central region, shortly after the Challhuamayo …
Beginning in August 1992, the Huallaga Front of the Peruvian Army developed a systematic military offensive against the MRTA in the department of San Martin. This offensive took place in a context where the MRTA had already lost the support of the local population due to abuses in the collection …
On November 5, 1992, Juan Maya Montoya was arrested in the district of Chalhuanca, province of Aimaraes, department of Apurimac, when he went to receive his salary. A combination of the army and the police took him to DINCOTE where he was disappeared without giving any reason to his family. …
On November 23, 1992, María Magdalena Monteza Benavides declared before the judge that she believed she was pregnant. This fact has been argued in different instances as proof of the rape suffered during her detention. Subsequently, a medical examination showed that Magdalena was in fact approximately eight and a half …
On December 28, 1992, María Magdalena Monteza Benavides underwent a pregnancy test at the Laboratory Service of the Departmental Health Unit of Lima Sur, by means of Certificate No. 07833. This test confirmed that she was in a state of gestation, with approximately eight and a half months of pregnancy …
In 1993, rape was part of a practice known as "pichana. One witness reported that in military patrols "we grabbed women, everyone mostly 'pichaneaban' them. This practice was part of a systematic pattern of sexual violence exercised by members of the armed forces against women during military operations. The testimony …
In 1992, Captain Carlos Méndez commanded soldiers from the Satipo base who entered the community of Cushiviani for any suspicious act, including meetings where construction work was being coordinated with FONCODES. In 1992, Luzmila was invited by Captain Méndez to say goodbye. Shortly thereafter, in 1993, the Army withdrew from …
In 1993, the Peruvian Army retook control of Venenillo, located on the left bank of the Huallaga River. As part of this operation, it established a military base at the entrance to Bolsón Cuchara, thus consolidating control of the hamlets located along the Marginal Highway on the right bank of …
Due to the intense violence in the area, the army militarized the province. In response to the escalation of actions by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, the Peruvian state installed three military bases in strategic locations in the province of Barranca. This militarization was part of the counter-subversive strategy implemented in the …
On January 30, 1993, an armed confrontation took place between the Peruvian army and the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the district of Phara. The combat resulted in the death of 8 hikers, an officer and two army soldiers. Subsequently, 9 additional Shining Path members were captured in the so-called Support Base …
Chatin', an important logistical commander of the PCP-SL's T-4 in Tocache, was captured by an army patrol under the command of 'Cienfuegos' with 200 kilos of drugs in his possession. He was taken to the Bambamarca Base but later released thanks to the intermediation of the drug trafficker 'Cero Cero', …
Mrs. Amalia Tolentino was intercepted by a military patrol of 70 soldiers on April 8, 1993 when she was traveling with other people from Puerto de Moyuna to Huánuco. She was the victim of rape by the soldiers during this transfer. Mrs. Tolentino reported the incident to the Special Prosecutor's …
On May 6, 1993, General EP (r) Rodolfo Robles Espinoza, third in line in the Peruvian Army, in a public letter accused Army commanders and intelligence advisor Vladimiro Montesinos Torres of maintaining an operational command responsible for crimes against humanity, among them those of Barrios Altos and La Cantuta. In …
On June 10, 1993, the peasant patrols of Rodiobamba, in the district of Cachachi, Cajabamba province, received weapons in the city of Cajamarca from the Peruvian Army. This event was part of the counter-subversive strategy implemented since 1992, when the Peruvian Army encouraged the creation of Self-Defense Committees promoted and …
On June 18, 1993, the Special Terrorism Chamber of the Superior Court of Lima sentenced María Magdalena Monteza Benavides to twenty years imprisonment for the crime of terrorist collaboration, based on the police investigation. On March 11, 1994, the Supreme Court of Justice modified the sentence and sentenced her to …
Martha Cayetano Torres, political commander of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the province of San Roman in the department of Puno, was captured by combined police and army forces. She was presented to the press in Cuzco on October 6, 1993, together with 11 other Shining Path militants captured in various …
In 1993, the PCP-SL assassinated the industrial relations officer of the Julcani mine in one of its last bloody actions in the mining centers. Since then, the military and the police have been controlling the mining centers. During a workers' mobilization in the Julcani mining center, worker Juvenal Martinez was …
During 1994, sexual violence occurred in the barracks called 'La Veterinaria' in Trujillo. A declarant was detained for the second time in 1994 in Trujillo and taken to this barracks, where the reported events occurred. The barracks was a military facility used to detain people accused of terrorism. The testimonies …
The CVR report mentions the Huancavelica Military Base in the context of sexual violence during the internal armed conflict. Specific reference is made to cases of rape that resulted in pregnancies of the victims. The facts are documented in testimonies that indicate that the victims in both testimonies related to …
In 1994, the Peruvian army installed a military base in Chiquibamba, Cachachi district, Cajabamba province. This installation was part of the counter-subversive strategy implemented by the armed forces in the northern region of the department of Cajamarca. The base was established in the context of the fight against the PCP-Sendero …
On February 21, 1994, the War Chamber of the Supreme Council of Military Justice issued a sentence in joined cases 157-93 and 8841-93 against officers and subalterns of the Peruvian Army for the kidnapping, disappearance and execution of the nine students and the teacher from La Cantuta. Major Santiago Martin …
On March 29, 1994, army troops arbitrarily executed the father, mother and six-year-old sister of a witness in Cayumba Chico. The younger sister was raped before being executed. This case is part of a pattern of sexual violence associated with arbitrary executions during military incursions in rural areas. The witness …
On March 29, 1994 in Cayumba Chico, army troops arbitrarily executed the father, mother and six-year-old sister of a female witness. The massacre included sexual violence against the women prior to the executions. According to the documented pattern, the military raped the women prior to executing them. This event is …
In April 1994, the Army entered the town of Moyuna. During this military incursion, the women of this locality were victims of sexual violence, torture and executions. This event was part of a pattern of behavior identified by the CVR in which members of the Army committed rape against women …
Operation Aries was a counter-subversive military operation carried out by the Peruvian armed forces that began on April 5, 1994 on the left bank of the Huallaga River. The operation was carried out in two phases (April-May and June-July 1994) with the objective of dismantling the last Shining Path strongholds …
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 …
Approximately 40 army troops entered the Shapingo area in April 1994, resulting in a massacre. During the military incursion, sexual violence against local women was reported. One woman who survived the massacre reported that a woman was raped and then released. This event is part of a pattern of behavior …
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 …
On April 20, 1994, Colonel Jano, Chief of the Operational Staff of the Huallaga Front, made a public statement on the development of Operation Aries. He mentioned that the success of the operation was measured by the effectiveness of controlling all the existing exits on the left bank of the …
On April 23, 1994, the Commander General of the Armed Forces, Nicolás de Bari Hermosa Ríos, invited representatives of the International Red Cross to inspect the conflict zone where Operation Aries was being carried out. The invitation established that the inspection was to be carried out accompanied by a commando …
On April 27, 1994, George Comninos, representative of the Red Cross in Peru, responded to the invitation made by the Commander General of the Armed Forces, Nicolás de Bari Hermosa, to inspect the conflict zone of Operation Aries. The invitation, made on April 23, proposed that the Red Cross representatives …
The first phase of Operation Aries ended on May 26, 1994, after fifty days of operations which began on April 5. The operation had to be stopped definitively due to serious allegations of human rights violations received by the National Human Rights Coordinator (CNDDHH) and the Human Rights Commission of …
Operation Aries had to be stopped definitively on May 26, 1994 due to serious allegations of human rights violations received by the National Human Rights Coordinator (CNDDHH) and the Human Rights Commission of the Democratic Constituent Congress (CCD). After fifty days of encircling operations and captures that began on April …
The second phase of Operation Aries took place from mid-June to July 1994 on the left bank of the Huallaga River. Unlike the first phase, which used only information from repentants, in this second phase the commandos were directly accompanied by repentants, who pointed out the location of the committees, …
In June 1994, Manuel Barrientos García, mayor of the Sacsamarca district, was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The perpetrators dressed as military personnel to commit the crime. This assassination occurred almost as an isolated episode, being one of the last events of violence in the area, two years after the …
Miguel Rivera, a leader of the Pujas community, was killed by the PCP-SL in 1995. Rivera was a community leader who had participated in the PCP-SL assault on the Ayzarca farm in 1980, but had subsequently distanced himself from the subversive group. At the time of his death, Rivera was …
On January 17, 1995, an armed confrontation took place between members of the Peruvian Army and presumed MRTA subversives in the Boca Tigre sector, located between Satipo and Pichanaki in the department of Junín, killing two presumed MRTA subversives. This confrontation took place in the context of the military offensive …
In May 1995, in the district of Yanacancha, Pasco, there was an armed confrontation between alleged members of subversive groups and the Peruvian Army. The confrontation resulted in the death of 12 alleged subversives. This event occurred in the context of the final period of the internal armed conflict in …
On May 10, 1995, an armed confrontation took place between PCP-Sendero Luminoso militants and Peruvian army troops in the province of Daniel Alcides Carrion, department of Pasco. The confrontation resulted in the death of one soldier. This event occurred in the context of counter-subversive operations that had been taking place …
On July 27, 1995, an armed confrontation took place between the Peruvian Army and alleged subversives in Pichanaki, province of Satipo, department of Junin. The confrontation resulted in the death of 12 alleged subversives. This event took place in the context of the military offensive against the remnants of subversive …
A patrol of the Peruvian Army intervenes in the agricultural sugar production cooperative of Tumán, without it being clear if there was any infiltration by the PCP-SL. Subsequently, the Pomalca sugar mill was also taken over by a contingent of the EP, claiming 'security reasons'. These military interventions in civilian …
Ten officers of the Peruvian Army, among them two generals, are denounced before the 25th Criminal Court of Lima for supporting the activities of drug trafficker Abelardo Cachique Rivera. The Supreme Council of Military Justice claims for its competence the investigation of two generals involved in the mentioned drug trafficking …
By means of Decree Law No. 824, Congress ordered the definitive withdrawal of the armed forces from the fight against drug trafficking. This decision was taken after years of evidence of the harmful effects of drug trafficking among the military ranks and its corrupting sequel, which contributed to the discredit …
A female affiant was detained by soldiers who raided her community located in the department of San Martín in 1996. During her detention, a man accused her of being a terrorist but she was defended by a teacher who knew her, thanks to the help of a major. However, this …
On Saturday, February 22, 1997, at 10:00 p.m., a patrol of the Peruvian Army arrived at Julián's house. They pushed his door until they broke it, violently entered the house, then beat Julián and kicked and punched him out of the house. When Julián fled, the soldiers shot him, hitting …
The Supreme Council of Military Justice confirmed the dismissal of the case related to the rape of María Magdalena Monteza Benavides. The Chamber of the Permanent War Council of the 2nd Judicial Zone of the Army had previously declared the dismissal and referred it to the Supreme Council for consultation. …
After its defeat in the Mantaro valley in 1989, the MRTA retreated to the province of Chanchamayo where it managed to rebuild its ranks. During the period up to 1998, the subversive group engaged in constant confrontations with military patrols in which deaths were recorded on both sides. Gradually, the …
On June 6, 1998, the President of the Republic granted a pardon to María Magdalena Monteza Benavides through Supreme Resolution Nº105-98-JUS, on the recommendation of the Ad Hoc Commission created by Law 26655. The Commission established a reasonable presumption that María Magdalena Monteza Benavides was not linked to terrorist activities, …
On July 7, 1998, Army soldiers vacated the university campus of the National University of Central Peru (UNCP) in Huancayo. This military intervention took place in the context of years of political violence at the university, where both the PCP-SL and the MRTA had carried out proselytizing and armed propaganda …
In October 1998, witness No. 700237 was transferred to Yanamayo prison at 1:00 a.m. along with other inmates. They were taken to the airport where several soldiers were waiting for them. They were taken to the airport where several soldiers were waiting for them. When they arrived in Juliaca, they …
On April 13, 1999, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights issued Report No. 54/99 on Case No. 10,879, concluding that members of the Peruvian Army arbitrarily detained seven citizens of the town of Huancapi, Ayacucho, on April 19, 1991. The Commission recommended that the Peruvian government conclude the judicial investigations …
Members of the PCP-SL ambush and assassinate four officers and a non-commissioned officer of the Peruvian Army in Satipo, Junín. This attack demonstrates that, despite the capture of the main Shining Path leaders, elements of the PCP-SL continued to operate and carry out violent actions against the forces of law …
On November 28, 1999, there was an armed confrontation between members of the Peruvian Army and militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the area of Alto Sanoven, district of Satipo. The combat resulted in the death of 2 military personnel and 4 subversives. This confrontation occurred in the context of …
On December 8, 1999, a subversive ambush took place in Villa Asháninka, district of Pichanaki, province of Satipo. The attack was perpetrated by subversive forces against Peruvian Army troops. As a result of the confrontation, 2 military personnel were killed and 10 wounded members of the Peruvian Army. This event …
On April 13, 2000, the OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights concluded that the Peruvian State, through police officers from the district of Chuschi supported by military personnel from the Pampa Cangallo Military Base, detained Manuel Pacotaype Chaupín, Martín Cayllahua Galindo, Marcelo Cabana Tucno and Isaías Huamán Vila on March …
Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso, lieutenant colonel of the Peruvian Army Artillery and commander of the 501st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group, revolted with his troops and demanded the resignation of President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori, whose government and authority as supreme head of the Armed Forces he considered illegitimate. This military uprising occurred …
María Magdalena Monteza Benavides testified before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission about her detention, torture and rape by Army personnel in 1992. During her testimony, she reiterated the allegations she had made since the judicial stage about the physical and psychological mistreatment and rape suffered during her clandestine detention. The …
The Special Prosecutor's Office for Forced Disappearances conducted an exhumation in Ccarpaccasa with the participation of international experts from the CVR and experts from the Forensic Investigation Unit. The remains of the 4 victims executed in 1983 were located. Studies were carried out in a morgue in Ayacucho between August …
The Maternal Perinatal Institute of the Ministry of Health (Maternidad de Lima) issued Medical Report No. 081 on October 11, 2002. This medical report was used as evidence to determine the gestation time of María Magdalena Monteza Benavides. The document, together with Medical Record No. 3343 of the INPE Prison …
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