In 1967, the administrative division of the district of Lurigancho took place to create the new district of San Juan de Lurigancho. This division was the result of the pressure of urban growth in the eastern part of Metropolitan Lima. The process of district subdivision was part of the sociodemographic …
In February 1976, around 4,700 families occupied land on the left bank of the Rimac River, near the Huascar Bridge. This massive land invasion was part of the process of human settlement formation in San Juan de Lurigancho during the 1970s. In its initial stage, up to 13 residential groups …
In 1978, during the transition and restoration of democratic order in Peru, the district of San Juan de Lurigancho saw a significant electoral victory for the left-wing coalition Izquierda Unida, which secured 46.6% of the district's vote for the Constituent Assembly. Despite this initial success, the left's influence waned due …
In October 1980, ten thousand residents of 10 young towns of San Juan de Lurigancho marched to the Congress of the Republic, demanding a solution to the water and sewage problem. The demonstrators succeeded in getting the senators to request an "Emergency Plan" for Canto Grande. However, since the promised …
In February 1981, approximately 20,000 residents of San Juan de Lurigancho, a district in Lima, Peru, participated in a large-scale protest demanding better living conditions, specifically addressing issues related to water and sewage. The protest was a response to the government's failure to implement a promised 'Plan of Emergency' for …
In October 1980, ten thousand residents of 10 young towns of San Juan de Lurigancho marched to Congress, demanding a solution to the water and sewage problem. The senators responded by requesting an 'Emergency Plan' for Canto Grande, but when the promised measures were not implemented, the villagers resorted to …
On January 10, 1985, four subversives assassinated two Republican guards who were guarding a high-voltage tower in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima. This attack was part of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso's strategy of attacking electrical infrastructure and eliminating members of the forces of law and order. The attack …
AH José Carlos Mariátegui arose as a result of a land seizure carried out on October 14, 1984, by a group of 200 families from the shantytowns of Barrios Altos and Callao. The families, faced with rising rents, organized themselves and decided to have their own land in this area. …
During her detention in 1986, a declarant was subjected to torture in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho. The events occurred in the context of detentions carried out by law enforcement forces during the internal armed conflict. The affiant witnessed that during the days she was detained, the police …
During a search ordered by the Primer Juzgado de Paz Letrado de San Juan de Lurigancho, police officers found a large amount of subversive literature in the house where Roger Tito Valle Travesaño and Yovanka Elizabeth Pardavé Trujillo lived. The analysis of the seized documents revealed that they belonged to …
Saul Cantoral, president of the Mining Federation, was assassinated in San Juan de Lurigancho by the Rodrigo Franco Command, a paramilitary group. El Diario denounced this assassination as a sign of the genocide of the APRA government, although alluding mainly to the 1986 prison massacre. The miners' unions, in response …
In 1989, Saúl Cantoral, the president of the Federation of Miners, was assassinated in San Juan de Lurigancho by the Comando Rodrigo Franco, a paramilitary group linked to the Ministry of the Interior and the Police. The assassination was part of a broader campaign of violence against opposition leaders, which …
The Executive President of Cementos Lima S.A., Víctor De La Torre Romero, was kidnapped around noon on his way to his workplace in San Isidro. A car without license plates blocked the way to his truck and several armed members of the MRTA descended from another truck, brutally beat the …
Juana López was assassinated in Callao in August 1991, in the context of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso offensive against leaders of grassroots organizations. Her murder occurred in the midst of a wave of violence against women leaders that intensified in mid-1991. This crime was part of a series of murders and …
Doraliza Espejo was a leader of grassroots organizations assassinated in San Juan de Lurigancho in September 1991. Her assassination occurred in the context of a PCP-Sendero Luminoso offensive against leaders of popular women's organizations that had begun in mid-1991. This crime was part of a series of attacks and assassinations …
On October 27, 1991 there was a mobilization to repudiate the attacks called by the Municipality of San Juan de Lurigancho. This mobilization took place after the assassinations of the general sub-secretary Fortunato Collazos Crispín and the press and propaganda secretary Alfredo Aguirre Berrocal, which occurred on September 14, 1991 …
In response to the violence and terrorism affecting San Juan de Lurigancho, a large march for peace and development was organized on October 27, 1991. This event was a significant demonstration against terrorism, with participants carrying banners denouncing violence and promoting the value of life. The march was part of …
In November 1991, the March 'Against Hunger and Terror' took place, led by the leaders María Elena Moyano and Emma Hilario, among others. This march took place in a context of intensified threats and attacks by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso against the leaders of women's grassroots organizations. The march was an …
On December 5, 1991, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated Doraliza Espejo Márquez, a leader of the José Carlos Mariátegui Human Settlement in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho. She was murdered for having collaborated in a food distribution organized by the Army. This crime was part of the PCP-SL's strategy …
In 1992, San Juan de Lurigancho became a significant operational center for the terrorist group Sendero Luminoso. Ana Carolina Lira, a police officer stationed in Lima's prisons, observed many former inmates, associated with Sendero Luminoso, freely walking in her neighborhood. Despite the threats and violence associated with the group, Lira …
On February 25, 1992, a military base was established in the communal premises of the Juan Pablo II human settlement, located in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima. This occurred in a context of intensifying political violence in the Peruvian capital. Days earlier, on February 15, María Elena …
On the morning of March 31, 1992, Ana Lira was assassinated in San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima, Peru. As she attempted to board public transport, she was shot in the back and subsequently killed by multiple gunshots, including a final shot to the head. Her husband, Efrén Poémape, witnessed the …
In April 1992, the brother of the neighborhood leader of the human settlement 'Esmeralda de los Andes' (Huanta), located in San Juan de Lurigancho, was murdered. This murder took place in the context of a wave of violence against neighborhood leaders in the district during that month. The attack was …
Before the autogolpe (self-coup) on April 5, 1992, mayors from Carabayllo, Ventanilla, San Juan de Lurigancho, and Villa El Salvador issued a statement proposing the formation of 'Councils of pacification and development with civil power.' This period was marked by significant political turmoil and conflict, with Villa El Salvador being …
On April 29, 1992, a leader of the housing association 'Proyectos Especiales' was assassinated in the intermediate zone of the district of San Juan de Lurigancho. This assassination occurred in the context of a wave of violence against neighborhood leaders in the district during April 1992. The attack took place …
Juan Crisóstomo Casasola Zavala, former leader of the "Canto Grande" housing association and deputy director of the Ricardo Palma National Mixed School, was murdered on April 30, 1992. His death occurred in the context of a wave of selective murders against neighborhood leaders in San Juan de Lurigancho during April …
The 1993 National Census revealed significant demographic changes in Peru, showing that more than 50% of the country's total population was predominantly urban. Metropolitan Lima concentrated almost a third of the national population with 28.4% compared to 9.4% in 1940. The census recorded that Metropolitan Lima was home to 6,434,323 …
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