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 …
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 …
The NGO CIPEP, which operated in Independencia and Carabayllo, organized talks on violence in conjunction with parishes and the Peru Life and Peace Forum in 1987. These talks took place in the context of an upsurge of violence in the Northern Zone of Metropolitan Lima. By then, the increase in …
On February 19, 1987, the APRA governor Pedro Moreno was assassinated in the district of Independencia. This assassination occurred during the administration of IU mayor Esther Moreno and exacerbated the existing conflict in the district. The tensions went back to the disputes over the land development in the 'Víctor Raúl …
Pedro Moreno, the aprista governor, was assassinated on 19 February 1987 in the district of Independencia during the tenure of Esther Moreno, the IU mayor. This event heightened the existing conflict in the district, which stemmed from disputes over land allocation in the 'Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre' settlement, …
Raul Santiago was a leader of the United Left (IU) in the district of Independencia who was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in 1989. His assassination was part of a Shining Path strategy to attack neighborhood leaders and leftist politicians in the Northern Zone of Metropolitan Lima. This crime took …
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 …