The Federico Basadre Highway, completed in 1943, became a crucial axis for the occupation and growth of the Ucayali region in Peru. This infrastructure development facilitated increased population concentration and urban development along the riverbanks of major rivers in the region. The highway connected Tingo Maria to Pucallpa, enhancing economic …
The Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria - El Militante (MIR-EM) managed to capture the largest number of followers and control the unions in Ucayali, where most people were sympathizers of Patria Roja. In 1975, the MIR-EM took over the Unitary Union of Education Workers of Coronel Portillo (SUTECOP), consolidating its presence …
On July 19, 1977, the Committee for the Defense and Struggle of Coronel Portillo (CODEL-COP) was created, an organization that brought together all the union, peasant and even native forces of the province. At that time, the Committee of Revolutionary Workers of Peru (CTRP) was also included. This organization was …
In November 1979, a significant strike was organized by coca producers in the departments of Huánuco, San Martín, and Ucayali, under the leadership of Tito Jaime. The protest, which involved 3,000 coca growers and road blockades, was a response to DL 22095 and aimed to initiate dialogue on coca-related issues. …
Between the 1980s and 1990s, the coca leaf area expanded into areas dedicated to various agricultural crops and into little explored areas of Ucayali. This expansion of coca cultivation significantly transformed the region's economy and land use. The extension of coca cultivation displaced other traditional agricultural crops and reached previously …
The Pucallpazo mobilizations were a series of protests demanding better living conditions in Coronel Portillo. The first Pucallpazo led to infrastructure improvements such as street paving and the construction of a hospital and a fluvial terminal. The second Pucallpazo resulted in the creation of the Ucayali department.
During the first stage (1984-1987), the PCP-SL established itself clandestinely in the province of Padre Abad. The militants took advantage of their status as teachers to exacerbate the spirits of coca farmers and encourage them to initiate an unrestricted struggle in defense of coca leaf cultivation, which was already their …
After consolidating the work of political recruitment with students in the Young Towns of Pucallpa, the MIR-EM (Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria - El Militante) began in 1984 its work of forming workers' cells. This work was developed specifically in the unions of drivers, municipal and bank workers in the city …
In 1984, the MIR-EM in Ucayali began to prepare for war, having previously consolidated its political recruitment work with the formation of student cells in the Young Towns of the city of Pucallpa and created the Committees of Coordination and Neighborhood Struggle (CCOLUB). However, these plans were discouraged by the …
Beginning in 1985, drug production and commercialization began to take place openly on the Tamaya River, along with Lake Imiría and the Abujao River in Ucayali. This area became an important center for the production of cocaine paste. Drug trafficking in this area later intensified when drug trafficking firms were …
In 1985, the Comité de Defensa de los Derechos Humanos de Ucayali was formed, later renamed the Comité Vicarial de Derechos Humanos. Under the leadership of Father Gerald Veilleux and lawyers like Lisandro León Leveau, the committee worked to address human rights violations during a period of political violence in …
On December 9, 1986, the MIR-VR and MRTA formally merged, forming a National Directorate composed of three leaders from each organization. This merger included the integration of the MIR-EM from Ucayali. The merger aimed to consolidate efforts and strengthen the guerrilla movement in Peru.
In 1987, the violence in the northeastern region of Peru intensified with the involvement of new actors, including the Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru (MRTA) and paramilitary groups like 'Rodrigo Franco'. The MRTA initiated armed conflict in the southern part of San Martín, clashing with both state forces and the PCP-SL …
The capital of the province of Padre Abad, Aguaytia, was taken over by the Shining Path PCP in one of its first acts in the Ucayali region in June 1987. During the raid, the municipal building was burned with all its belongings, as well as the Agrarian Bank's archives and …
On June 2, 1987, members of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) attacked and took over the town of Aguaytia, located in the province of Padre Abad, department of Ucayali. This attack was part of the IV Military Plan of the PCP-SL called "Develop support bases", which …
Beginning in 1988, the MRTA made incursions into various native communities in Ucayali as part of its territorial expansion strategy. The Ejército del Terreno (ET) of the Eastern Front went through communities such as Colonia del Caco, Curiaca, Santa Rosa de Sheshea and Nueva Alianza de Sheshea. In these incursions, …
Between 1988 and 1990, the Ejército del Trabajo (ET) of the Western Front (FO) of the MRTA managed to establish zones of passage and obligatory stays in several strategic locations. In Nueva Requena and Shambo, a native Shipibo-Conibo community, they established a corridor that allowed them direct access between the …
Between 1988 and 1990, the armed forces and the police forces carried out anti-drug and counter-subversive operations in Tocache, San Martin. These operations resulted in the displacement of the drug trafficking firms that were based in that area. The firms were forced to move to other areas of the country, …
During 1988, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) consolidated its presence in Ucayali by assuming as its slogan the defense of coca leaf cultivation. The Shining Path militants, taking advantage of their status as professors, stirred up the spirits of the coca growers in the province of …
Between 1988 and 1989, the PCP-SL (Shining Path) began its armed incursions into the hamlets of the province of Padre Abad involved in the defense of coca leaf cultivation. These incursions were part of the second stage of the Shining Path's presence in Ucayali, when they assumed the defense of …
During the second stage of the Shining Path's presence in Ucayali (1988-1992), the PCP-SL took up the defense of coca leaf cultivation as a slogan. The Shining Path militants, taking advantage of their status as professors, stirred up the spirits of the coca growers in the province of Padre Abad …
In 1988, the first MRTA (Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru) incursions were recorded in the Caco and Sheshea ravines in the Ucayali region. This MRTA presence preceded the arrival of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the Ucayali River, which occurred between the end of 1989 and the beginning of 1990. The MRTA …
Faced with the violence that broke out in the department of Ucayali, the Catholic Church, through the Vicariate of Pucallpa, established in 1988 the Vicariate's Human Rights Office based in Pucallpa. This Office had two priority areas of attention: the area of complaints of human rights violations, with legal advice …
In response to escalating violence in the Ucayali region, the Catholic Church established the Human Rights Office of the Vicariate in Pucallpa in 1988. This office focused on addressing human rights violations and providing legal assistance to victims of political violence. Despite initial challenges in communication, the office played a …
Between 1985 and 1990, Sendero Luminoso carried out 'social cleansing' operations in Ucayali, targeting individuals deemed 'undesirable' such as drug addicts, homosexuals, and prostitutes. On September 12, 1988, in Pucallpa, a group of senderistas executed eight people in a public display, which was witnessed by journalists. These extrajudicial killings were …
Between 1989 and 1990, the Peruvian Navy applied a counter-subversive strategy based on terrorizing the populations settled along the banks of the Ucayali River and its tributaries. They used helicopter gunships to bomb different villages, considering them, a priori, as 'red zones'. Pucallpa's aguajales became the walking cemeteries of dozens …
In 1989, the MRTA (Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement) was actively operating in the district of Yarinacocha, Ucayali, Peru. They were recruiting adolescents under threats to their lives. This event is part of a broader pattern of forced recruitment by the MRTA across various regions in Peru, targeting young individuals and …
Faced with the presence of PCP-SL and drug trafficking in the province of Padre Abad, in 1989 the Army created a military base in Aguaytia, where the "Counter-Subversive Battalion 28" was established from the "Los Laureles" base in Tingo Maria. This action was framed in the context of the declaration …
PCP-SL made one of its first incursions into the town of Iparia in mid-1989, as part of its expansion into the province of Coronel Portillo after consolidating in Padre Abad. The Main Force of the Upper Huallaga Regional Committee faced limitations in operating in this area due to the long …
With the explosion of hyperinflation in 1989, the state-owned companies ENCI and ECASA were unable to pay for the peasants' products. This economic crisis led the Confederation of Peruvian Peasants (CCP) to promote regional peasant strikes throughout the country. In Ucayali, the peasants grouped in the Federation of Peasants of …
Between 1989 and 1990, the Peruvian Navy applied a counter-subversive strategy based on terrorizing the populations settled along the banks of the Ucayali River and its tributaries. They used helicopter gunships to bomb different villages, considering them, a priori, as 'red zones'. Pucallpa's aguajales became the walking cemeteries of dozens …
In Pucallpa, Ucayali, peasants lifted a 16-day strike and celebrated with a demonstration the agreements reached with the government. The prefect denied permission for the demonstration, which provoked a confrontation. The police intervened in the mobilization carried out by the Federation of Peasants of Ucayali when they tried to deactivate …
On February 9, 1989, one of the largest peasant and native mobilizations was held in Pucallpa to demand improvements in agriculture from the government. This march was organized by the Confederation of Peruvian Peasants (CCP) to celebrate an agreement after a three-week strike by peasants grouped in the FECADU and …
On February 9, 1989, 8 peasants were massacred during a mobilization in Pucallpa. This event was denounced by the Catholic Church through the Human Rights Office of the Vicariate of Pucallpa. The massacre took place in the context of generalized violence in the department of Ucayali, where both subversive groups …
Once settled and with control of the drug business in Padre Abad, PCP-SL continued its political and military expansion into the province of Coronel Portillo, entering the Ucayali River, mainly the districts of Masisea and Iparia, in mid-1989. PCP-SL carried out one of its first incursions into the town of …
On June 1, 1989, the Peruvian State declared Ucayali an emergency zone, installing a Political-Military Command led by the Navy. This measure was taken in response to the problems generated by the hyperinflation of 1989, which prevented the state-owned companies ENCI and ECASA from paying peasants, causing regional strikes organized …
On 01 June 1989, the Peruvian government declared the Ucayali region in a state of emergency due to the increasing influence of drug cartels and insurgent activities. A Political-Military Command was established, led by the Navy, to manage the situation. The Navy and the Army divided responsibilities, with the Navy …
On June 1, 1989, the Peruvian State declared Ucayali an emergency zone and installed a Political-Military Command led by the Navy. This measure was taken in response to the problems generated by the hyperinflation of 1989, which prevented the state-owned companies ENCI and ECASA from paying peasants for their production, …
On June 19, 1989, the Shining Path (PCP-SL) carried out an ambush against an Army convoy on the Federico Basadre Highway in Aguaytía. The attack resulted in the deaths of a Major (second in command of the political-military command of Ucayali), a Lieutenant, and 14 soldiers, with an additional 10 …
Commander Mario, whose real name was Osler Panduro, was the first General Commander of the Eastern Front (FO) of the MRTA in Ucayali, a position he held between 1988 and 1989. In September 1989, he died of peritonitis. His death generated a major organizational crisis in the Eastern Front that …
The MRTA made a second incursion into the Cashibo community of Mariscal Caceres shortly before the 1990 elections. This was the second time the subversive group visited the community, the first being in June 1989. During this incursion, the MRTA again attempted to organize the native population and persuade them …
The Peruvian Navy carried out an ambush against MRTA militants in the Boca del Pachitea area. This military action resulted in the death of several young men who were part of the Territorial Army of the Eastern Front of MRTA. The event occurred in the context of counter-subversive operations carried …
Between 1990 and 1993, the Territorial Army (TE) of the Eastern Front (FO) of the MRTA experienced a progressive disconnection with the Regional Directorate (DR) and faced scarce logistical support from the city. This situation caused the gradual abandonment of military contingents. Although between 1988 and 1990 the FO ET …
In January 1990, the Peruvian military established several counterinsurgency fronts to combat subversive activities across the country. These fronts included the Mantaro Front in Junín and Pasco, the Huallaga Front in San Martín and Huánuco, and the Ucayali Front in Ucayali and parts of Huánuco. Each front was equipped with …
During the 1990 elections, Shining Path supporters stationed themselves on an esplanade near Puerto Alegre to prevent, under threat of death, the inhabitants of Tamaya and Imiria from going to Masisea to vote. This action was part of the PCP-SL's territorial control strategy in the area, which had established Open …
Between March and April 1990, the Peruvian Navy carried out counter-subversive operations on the Ucayali River in order to prevent armed actions by the PCP-SL during the electoral process. During 1989 and 1990, the Navy applied a counter-subversive strategy based on terrorizing the populations settled on the banks of the …
On April 9, 1990, a significant agreement was signed that established the PCP-SL as the primary controller and negotiator in the cocaine trade. This agreement included seven key points, such as price, weight, and the role of intermediaries, effectively legalizing the PCP-SL's control over the market. The agreement also outlined …
On April 9, 1990, a "more organic and integral" compromise was signed between the PCP-SL and the drug trafficking firms in Uchiza. This agreement established seven fundamental points: (1) price, (2) weight, (3) direct negotiation, (4) intermediaries, (5) agreements and norms, (6) delegations, and (7) sanctions. Point 4 of the …
In 1991, due to the gradual change in the Navy's counter-subversive strategy, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso began to retreat to some areas along the Ucayali River and lost control of the villages along the Federico Basadre Highway (CFB). This change of strategy implied that the Navy stopped carrying out bloody operations …
The Regional Directorate (DR) of the Eastern Front of the MRTA continued its operations in Ucayali during 1991, although with limited political and military relevance after the events of February 9, 1989, which disarticulated the peasant, popular and political movements in the region. The organization's work remained active until 1991, …
In 1991, the armed forces, particularly the Peruvian Navy, implemented a significant change in their counter-subversive strategy in Ucayali. This new strategy was based on winning over the social base of the PCP-SL through civic actions that demonstrated to the civilian population that the armed forces respected the lives of …
In 1991, the Peruvian Navy took over full command of the Political-Military Command of Ucayali, which had been initially established on June 1, 1989 when the department was declared in a state of emergency. This change implied a change in the counter-subversive strategy, ceasing to carry out bloody operations in …
In 1991, with the change in the Peruvian Navy's counter-subversive strategy, a Self-Defense Committee (CAD) was formed in Masisea with advice from the Navy. This CAD was part of a broader strategy to win over the social base of PCP-SL in the Ucayali region and its tributaries. The Masisea ADC …
The PCP-SL (Shining Path) established control over the narcotics trade in Ucayali, Peru, by imposing taxes on coca leaf and paste buyers and coercing local farmers into compliance. They confiscated lands from those who fled their control and used the proceeds from the drug trade to fund their operations. In …
In 1991, native communities in Ucayali, including the Shipibo-Conibo, resisted the attempts of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) to recruit their youth into the guerrilla movement. The community of Caimito, among others, refused to join the armed struggle and engage in coca cultivation. Instead, they allied with the CAD of …
On April 26, 1991, in Aguaytía, province of Padre Abad, department of Ucayali, three people were arrested and subsequently disappeared: the brother, cousin and partner of the plaintiff. The facts were perpetrated by members of the Peruvian Navy. The affiant gave her testimony narrating these events that directly affected her …
In 1992, the Peruvian Navy assumed command of the Political-Military Command of Ucayali, marking an important change in the counter-subversive strategy in the region. This change coincided with a new strategy based on winning over the PCP-SL's social base through civic actions that demonstrated to the civilian population that the …
In 1992, the Peruvian region of Ucayali witnessed significant conflict between the Shining Path (PCP-SL) and the Peruvian armed forces. The PCP-SL imposed strict control over local communities, using fear tactics such as public executions to maintain power. In response, the Peruvian Navy took over the Political-Military Command of Ucayali …
In 1993, the Human Rights Office of the Vicariate of Pucallpa succeeded in forming a support network by appointing pastoral agents in the department of Ucayali. These agents had the mission of disseminating the support of the Catholic Church to the victims of political violence in the region. In addition, …
Between 1990 and 1993, the MRTA experienced a progressive disarticulation in Ucayali due to multiple factors. The disconnection of the Army of the Territory (ET) from the Eastern Front (FO) with the Regional Directorate (DR) and the scarce logistical support from the city caused the abandonment of the military contingents. …
In 1995, as Peru prepared for general elections, remnants of the terrorist group Sendero Luminoso retreated to the jungle areas, leading to a state of emergency in the Ucayali department. The region was under the control of the Political Military Command of the Ucayali Front, managed by the Peruvian Navy, …
On April 2, 1995, a family living near a naval base in Ucayali, Peru, was attacked by military personnel. The military arrived early in the morning and assaulted the family members, including Juan Francisco Pomatanta's son, Indalecio. Indalecio was severely beaten and ultimately set on fire, leading to his death.
On April 2, 1995, the family was run over by the Navy's military base. They arrived at six o'clock in the morning in a white van. The commander and the civil affairs lieutenant grabbed the son and beat him in the belly, punched and kicked him. They took the family …
In 1998, the Peruvian Navy withdrew support from the Self-Defense Committees (CAD's) in the Ucayali region. This decision was due to the fact that the CAD's became directly dependent on the Prefecture, thus changing the command and supervision structure of these organizations. The CAD's had been formed and supported by …
In September 2002, communities in regions such as Pucallpa, Ucayali, and Satipo, Junín, expressed fear over the potential resurgence of the PCP-SL (Shining Path) insurgent group. The Asháninka people, who had previously suffered from massacres and mass abductions, felt unprotected and feared a return to violence. These fears were exacerbated …
The witness recounts the murder of her brother in La Merced, Padre Abad, Ucayali. The testimony was collected in Aguaytia in September 2002. This case is part of the testimonies on political violence in the Ucayali region. The testimony is found in the context of the section of the report …
Testimony 487516 recorded in Aguaytia, Padre Abad, Ucayali in September 2002, documents the murder of a brother of the affiant in La Merced, Padre Abad, Ucayali. The case is part of the testimonies compiled by the CVR on acts of violence in the Ucayali region. The declarant narrated the facts …
On September 26, 2002, in San Alejandro, Pucallpa, Ucayali, Peru, Indalecio was detained at his home by members of the Peruvian Navy. He was subsequently burned with gasoline, resulting in severe injuries. His mother, Rosa Albarran, discovered the aftermath, finding her home destroyed and her son's flesh scattered around the …
Testimony collected in Lima from a displaced declarant from Guacamayo, Padre Abad, Ucayali. The testimony is part of the documentation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on the effects of the internal armed conflict in Peru. The declarant relates his experience as a displaced person and the emotional and psychological …
The affiant is a displaced person from Guacamayo, Padre Abad, Ucayali. The testimony was collected in Lima in November 2002. The case is part of the testimonies on forced displacement of population during the internal armed conflict in the region of Ucayali. The testimony is registered in the CVR Report …
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