During the 1970s, Lima experienced its greatest peripheral growth, with new districts being created as a result of the formation of shantytowns in the Northern, Southern and Eastern Cones. In the Northern Cone, the districts of Comas and Independencia were created as a result of the pressure of urban growth …
In June 1975, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso began the reconstitution of the party, incorporating new militants and rethinking the development of the people's war in the city. When a contradiction appeared within the Regional Committee, Abimael Guzmán opted to hold the Convention of the Regional Committee 'June 14' in Lima, specifically …
During 1976 there were nine land occupations in the Lima metropolitan area, in a context of growing popular mobilizations. These occupations occurred in the midst of protests against SINAMOS and municipalities in districts such as Independencia and Collique, as well as protests against service companies in Comas and the Southern …
On October 23, 1980, a mob of people set fire to the municipality of Comas under a hail of Molotov cocktails. This attack was one of the first acts of sabotage and intimidation by subversive groups in the Northern Zone of Metropolitan Lima. The fire occurred just four months after …
A PCP-SL commando, led by an armed woman wearing a black hood, entered the Carlos Wiese school in Comas during the school's anniversary celebration. At the time, 1,500 students were gathered in the school's courtyard. The members of the commando launched subversive slogans and made a call to armed struggle …
In 1983, subversive groups attacked the municipal buildings of Comas and Rimac as part of their strategy of sabotage and intimidation against local authorities and state representatives. These attacks were part of a series of actions against municipalities that began in 1980 with the burning of the municipality of San …
During the national strike of March 10, 1983, four workers were murdered in Lima (Comas) by the Republican Guard. The victims were Sixto Pérez Sánchez, José Antonio Monayco, Liborio Alfonso Aguilar and Hermenegildo Julián Huatuco. This event was documented in complaints filed with the International Labor Organization (ILO) as part …
On October 8, 1984, a group of the MRTA took over the facilities of Radio Comas and spread a commemorative message for the 17th anniversary of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara's death. This action was part of the first MRTA incursions in the Northern Zone of Metropolitan Lima. The event demonstrated the …
At the end of 1985, subversives of the PCP-SL dynamited the premises of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) located in the districts of Comas and San Martin de Porres. This attack was part of a broader strategy of the PCP-SL to attack APRA premises and infrastructure during the APRA government. …
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.
Navy non-commissioned officer Juan Asto was killed in Comas by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso as part of their campaign of selective annihilations against members of the armed forces in Lima during 1986.
In 1987, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) began its violent activities in the Tulumayo basin. On September 12, 1987, a Shining Path column made successive incursions into the districts of Cochas and Comas. At the end of that same year, the MRTA also entered, albeit sporadically, …
In 1987, the PCP-SL began its violent activities in the Tulumayo basin, which includes the districts of Comas, Cochas and Mariscal Castilla in the province of Concepción. The key date was September 12, 1987, when a Shining Path column successively raided the capitals of Comas and Cochas, threatening authorities and …
On September 12, 1987, a Shining Path column of the PCP-SL successively raided the district capitals of Cochas and Comas, in the Tulumayo basin. During these incursions, the Shining Pathists threatened the local authorities and demanded their resignation, distributing a communiqué stating that the Communist Party of Peru had been …
On September 12, 1987, a PCP-SL hiker column successively raided the districts of Cochas and Comas, in the Tulumayo basin. This event marks the beginning of the PCP-SL's violent activities in the Tulumayo region. The incursion is part of the new escalation of trekking operations that began in 1987 in …
On September 12, 1987, the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) carried out coordinated attacks in the district capitals of Cochas and Comas in Peru's central region. In Cochas, they burned down municipal buildings and demanded the resignation of local authorities. In Comas, they captured a police officer, held a public assembly, …
The hikers took the young women to the park called Ushlalatuco, where they raped them and prepared them physically and militarily. They also trained them to loot animals and learned how to handle weapons so that they could carry out raids. The girls who suffered these acts were sixteen years …
The municipality of Carmen de la Legua was attacked in 1989 as part of a series of sabotage and intimidation actions carried out by subversive groups in the Northern Zone of Metropolitan Lima. This attack was part of a broader strategy to weaken the presence of the state through attacks …
The witness's sister was sexually assaulted by two subversives in 1989. When the first one finished, the other abused her in the same way. Then they left her and fed her some cookies, threatening to disappear her if she told her family. The victim began to bleed, did not scream …
In early May 1989, two units of the MRTA (Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement) organized a movement towards Uchubamba. One unit, consisting of 15 men, traveled from Pariahuanca to Santo Domingo de Acobamba, while another unit of 22 armed men moved from Cochas - Comas. They met in San Rafael, a …
On September 28, 1989, a group of unknown persons attempted to kidnap Humberto Paredes, a PUM (Partido Unificado Mariateguista) militant and Izquierda Unida (United Left) candidate for mayor of Comas. The kidnapping attempt occurred in a context of increasing political violence in the northern area of Metropolitan Lima. It is …
José Gálvez, FREDEMO candidate and principal of the Carlos Wiesse school in Comas, was assassinated by the PCP-SL in 1990. This assassination took place in the context of a Shining Path strategy of attacking authorities and political figures in the Northern Zone of Metropolitan Lima. The crime was part of …
On January 19, 1990, the few remaining inhabitants of the town of Cochas agreed to plant a white flag and organize the peasant patrols, and then went to the town of Tunzo. There, together with residents from the communities of Parco, Huancamanta, Lucmayo and Macon (annexes of the Cochas district), …
A teacher was arrested in the district of Comas, province and department of Lima, on August 9, 1993. The rape took place in March 1990 in the facilities of the DINCOTE (Dirección Nacional Contra el Terrorismo). The testimony documents cases of sexual violence perpetrated by police officers against women detained …
In March 1990, delegates from all the communities of Upper and Lower Tulumayo met in a general assembly, agreeing to form the Central Committee of the Rondas Campesinas of Upper and Lower Tulumayo. This organization emerged as a response to the violence exercised by the PCP-SL in the area, 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 …
The military detachment installed in Comas in 1991 became a counter-subversive base in July 1992. Until then, since the first months of 1990, the peasant patrols were in charge of controlling internal order and the administration of justice, with relative autonomy, assuming all the functions of the communal and local …
The municipality of Carabayllo was attacked in 1991 as part of a series of sabotage and intimidation actions carried out by subversive groups in the Northern Zone of Metropolitan Lima. This attack was part of a broader strategy to weaken the presence of the state and local authorities in the …
In the early 1990s, the Shining Path (PCP-SL) had a significant influence over the MRTA in Northern Lima, Peru. The organization established a military and political presence across various districts, including Carabayllo, where former members continued to reside even after stepping down from leadership roles. By 1991, areas like San …
In November 1991, paramilitary groups carried out four murders in the district of Carabayllo, in the Northern Zone of Metropolitan Lima. These murders took place in a context of increasing political violence in the area, where subversive groups as well as law enforcement and paramilitary groups were operating simultaneously. The …
At the beginning of 1992, the leadership cell of the Northern Zonal Committee of the PCP-SL was reorganized in a meeting held in Zárate. This reorganization was in charge of Juan Francisco Tulich Morales as political commander and Remigio Mercado Sangama as military commander. The Northern Zonal Committee covered the …
During February 1992, the PCP-SL intensified its attacks against popular leaders, local authorities and ronderos in Lima. Among the targets were leaders of the Bocanegra human settlement and the mayor of Comas, Humberto Paredes. The most emblematic case was the assassination of María Elena Moyano Delgado on February 15, who …
On February 6, 1992, four murders took place in Comas, attributed to paramilitary groups. This event occurred in a context of intense violence in the Northern Zone of Lima, where subversive groups as well as law enforcement and paramilitary groups were operating simultaneously. The murders were part of what many …
On February 14, 1992, the PCP-SL called for an armed strike in Metropolitan Lima, during which 25 attacks were carried out in the city. The most spectacular act of that day was the blowing up of a police patrol truck in the district of Comas. This attack occurred in a …
The ronderos captured the murderers of the sub-prefect of Huancayo in the district of Comas, province of Concepcion. After capturing them, the ronderos executed them and later 'fondearon' (threw them) in the Huacracocha lagoon. This event occurred in the context of the organization of peasant patrols that confronted the PCP-SL …
In June 1992, the Northern Zonal Committee of the PCP-SL entered into reorganization, suppressing the position of military command and reorganizing its structure into two detachments and a militia. This reorganization occurred in the context following the police intervention in the Canto Grande prison (June 6-9, 1992) and shortly before …
The military detachment installed in Comas in 1991 became a counter-subversive base in July 1992. Until then, since the first months of 1990, the peasant patrols were in charge of controlling internal order and the administration of justice, with relative autonomy, assuming all the functions of the communal and local …
On July 3, 1992, a woman was arrested in the Urbanización San Felipe, located in the district of Comas, Lima. The detention was carried out by law enforcement forces in the context of the Peruvian internal armed conflict. This case is part of the testimonies documented by the CVR about …
During 1993, in the district of Comas, Lima, there were multiple cases of arbitrary detention accompanied by sexual violence and torture by police officers. One witness reported that during her interrogation at the Comas police station in 1992, she was subjected to groping, attempted rape and forced nudity. Another witness …
In 1993, several individuals were detained in various districts of Lima, including San Martín de Porres and Comas. These detainees were subsequently transferred to the DINCOTE, a facility associated with the Peruvian intelligence services, where significant events took place. The detentions were part of broader security measures during a period …
One affiant was detained at her home in the district of Comas on November 30, 1993. The case is mentioned in the context of a broader analysis of sexual violence and arbitrary detentions during the internal armed conflict. The detention forms part of a systematic pattern of human rights violations …
In 1994, Army troops withdrew from the Tulumayo after having established a counter-subversive base in Comas since July 1992. Control of the region continued under the control of the Tulumayo peasant patrols, which had achieved, together with the army's operations, the definitive destruction of the Shining Path groups throughout the …
