On April 24, 1985, Domingo García Rada, the President of the National Jury of Elections, was the target of a terrorist attack by members of the subversive group Sendero Luminoso. The attack occurred when his vehicle was intercepted in the district of San Isidro, Lima. As a result of the …
Cesar Lopez Silva, national leader of APRA, was assassinated by militants of the Shining Path PCP when he was on his way home. The perpetrators, identified as 'Clara', 'Marcio' (Damian Huallpa Mollehuanca), 'Andres' (Carlos Hidalgo Marchan) and 'Rodolfo', intercepted him and shot him three times in the head. The attack …
In January 1990, the MRTA assassinated General Enrique López Albújar in San Isidro. López Albújar was a former Peruvian Minister of Defense. This assassination occurred on the eve of the 1990 presidential elections, in a context of escalating political violence in the capital. The attack was part of a series …
On January 9, 1990, retired Army General and former Minister of Defense Enrique López Albújar was assassinated by a commando of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) in the district of San Isidro, Lima. This selective assassination was part of the MRTA's strategy of carrying out military actions against specific …
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 PCP-SL attacked an army patrol traveling in convoy through the San Isidro hacienda in Melgar province. The attack resulted in the death of one officer and five Peruvian army soldiers. Four PCP-SL subversives were also killed during the confrontation. Additionally, the administrator of the San Rafael mine lost his …
Hory Chlimper Halfin, main shareholder of the Farmaindustria and Droguerías Kahan laboratories, was kidnapped at 9:00 a.m. when he arrived at his office in Lince. Three MRTA cars participated in the operation. They grabbed him from behind, beat him over the head, tied him up and threw him in the …
Businessman Raul Hiraoka Torres was kidnapped by members of the MRTA on July 9, 1992 as he was leaving his home in San Isidro. He was held captive in three different properties in Lima (Santa Anita, Urbanización Aurora in Surquillo, and Calle Vesalio in San Borja) for more than a …
On approximately July 31, 1992, Samuel Dyer Ampudia was taken to his home for an inspection by members of the DINCOTE in the presence of members of the Army. Prosecutor Fabiola Peña Tavera participated in the inspection and forbade Samuel Dyer to look at her or speak to her. The …
A woman testifies that during her detention in 1993 she was subjected to sexual violence in the San Isidro district of Lima. The testimony is part of the numerous cases of rape documented by the CVR that occurred during the period of political violence in Peru. This case is mentioned …
Raúl Hiraoka Torres, son of the owner of the Hiraoka chain of stores, was kidnapped around 8:30 p.m. when he was driving a pickup truck in the Córpac neighborhood, San Isidro. His vehicle was hit by a pickup truck, and people got out and shot him with short-range weapons. The …
In August 1993, some 200 subversives of the Shining Path PCP, among them natives, attacked the communities of Santa Isabel, Monte Rico, Jerusalén, San Isidro, Tahuantinsuyo and Irriari in the central jungle. During the assault, in addition to murdering the authorities and teachers of these communities, the subversives committed acts …
On August 18, 1993, three groups of alleged hikers, between one hundred and three hundred men, women and children, settlers and natives, entered seven communities in the Tsiriari valley. The communities attacked were Monterrico, San Isidro, Sol de Oro, Union Cubaro, San Francisco de Cubaro and Santa Isabel (colonists) and …
On October 14, 1993, DINCOTE personnel executed the 'Alacrán 1' operation plan and rescued businessman Raúl Hiraoka Torres alive. First they captured Lautaro Mellado Saavedra and Luis Astorga Valdez in the afternoon in the 22nd block of Las Magnolias Street in San Isidro. At approximately 8:00 p.m., they burst into …
The MRTA took over the Japanese Ambassador's Residence located on block two of Prescott Avenue, San Isidro, on December 17, 1996 at approximately 8:10 p.m. during a reception for the Japanese Emperor's birthday. There were about 600 people. The main objective was to obtain the release of MRTA detainees. They …
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