In 1965, the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) guerrilla movement took place in the province of La Mar, Peru. This event is remembered for the assassination of the Carrillo brothers, owners of the Chapi estate, and the subsequent violent incursion by the Guardia Civil, which involved repression, torture, and killings …
The Ministry of the Interior holds Vanguardia Revolucionaria responsible for the events of Huacataz in Cajamarca, where four peasants died in a confrontation with the Civil Guard. The government attributed responsibility for the confrontation to the political organization Vanguardia Revolucionaria.
The presence of the PCP-SL in Alto Huallaga did not begin to be felt until 1980-81, approximately six years after the beginning of the drug boom in the area. The Shining Path cadres would have initiated their party's political work in the countryside taking as their cause the defense of …
Juan Coaccza Chifana, leader of the Federation of Municipal Workers of Peru, died in May 1980 in Lima. According to complaints filed with the ILO (International Labor Organization), the alleged perpetrator of his death was the Civil Guard. This case is one of the violations of freedom of association documented …
In September 1980, tensions escalated between different police institutions in Peru, particularly involving the Guardia Civil (GC) and the Policía de Investigaciones del Perú (PIP). The conflict was sparked by General Balaguer's unauthorized public statements, leading to a near-rebellion within the CG. The situation resulted in a standoff, with police …
The PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Civil Guard barracks in Sicuani, capital of the province of Canchis. This attack was part of a series of initial PCP-SL actions in the area, which also included damage to the railroad and the Municipality between January and May 1981. On May 26 of that …
The SL Central Committee began its third plenary session. In this meeting they discussed how to increase the number of actions in the city, how to plan the growth of actions in the countryside, and how to organize policies by outlining a line of work that combined political, union and …
On January 10, 1981, the PCP-SL attacked the Vischongo Civil Guard post in the province of Vilcashuamán. This attack was part of a sustained strategy of the PCP-SL during 1981 to attack the police, pushing them back and generating a 'power vacuum' in the countryside. The objective was to leave …
On January 21, 1981, the Civil Guard post of Mollebamba in the province of Cangallo was assaulted by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This attack was part of a series of sustained offensives against the police during 1981, with the aim of pushing back the forces of law and order and generating …
On April 26, 1981, Edmundo Cox Beuzeville was denounced in the city of Sicuani as responsible for 27 attacks. This denunciation took place in the context of the first years of the internal armed conflict, when the PCP-Sendero Luminoso began its actions in the department of Cuzco. On May 26 …
On May 26, 1981, Edmundo Cox Beuzeville was arrested along with other people in the town of Sicuani, province of Canchis, department of Cuzco. They were accused of being militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This arrest took place in the context of the early years of the internal armed conflict, …
Edmundo Cox Beuzeville was captured in Sicuani, Cuzco on May 26, 1981. Subsequently, the Episcopal Commission for Social Action presented a documented denunciation of torture and human rights violations by the GC, the case of Cox Beuzeville being one of the most notorious.
The PCP-SL attacked a Civil Guard patrol boat in the locality of Ayaviri, province of Melgar, department of Puno. This attack is part of the first armed actions of the PCP-SL in the department of Puno during 1981. The event is inscribed in the context of the initial phase of …
On Saturday, September 19, 1981, dynamite firecrackers exploded at the main gate of the Bishopric of the Prelature of Juli. This attack occurred approximately one month after about 40 masked hikers ransacked the Palermo farm, where the Institute of Rural Education (IER) was located, five kilometers from the town of …
On October 12, 1981, the Government decreed a State of Emergency in the provinces of Huamanga, Huanta, La Mar, Cangallo and Victor Fajardo, as a consequence of the political violence initiated in the department of Ayacucho in 1980 by the PCP-SL. Initially, the former Civil Guard was in charge of …
In 1982, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) carried out the first campaign to 'beat the countryside' as part of its guerrilla warfare plan. This campaign, known as 'Batir 1', focused on fighting against gamonalismo and local power, and annihilating the living forces of reaction. The subversive …
In February 1982, in the locality of Chanta, district of Umaca, four community authorities were detained and disappeared by police officers. This occurred in the context of police repression that resulted in the detention of countless peasants accused of belonging to the PCP-SL. The police arrests were accompanied by looting …
In February 1982, three communal authorities were detained and subsequently killed by the Guardia Civil in Andarapa, a district in the province of Andahuaylas. This event was part of a series of violent incidents during a period of internal conflict in Peru, involving state forces and insurgent groups.
In February 1982, in the town of Andarapa, three community authorities were detained by members of the Civil Guard. Later, these authorities were assassinated by the same police. This occurred in the context of an intensification of police repression in the province of Andahuaylas, which resulted in the detention of …
Attempted escape from the Huamanga Center for Imprisonment and Social Adaptation (CRAS). In this attempt four subversives died and Eucario Najarro Jáuregui and Vicente Amilcar Urbay Ovalle were seriously wounded. They were taken to the hospital of Huamanga under surveillance of the Civil Guard. Carlos Alcántara, a school student and …
The gamonal surnamed Echegaray was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the area of Pincos by means of a 'popular trial'. This event occurred shortly after the assassination of Civil Guard Captain Luis Rodriguez Hernandez in Talavera on March 3, 1982. The assassination was part of a series of violent …
On March 2, 1982, at approximately 11:30 p.m., there were three simultaneous attacks of greater magnitude against the Civil Guard headquarters, the headquarters of the Investigative Police and again against the Ayacucho penal establishment. As a result of these attacks, two policemen and ten subversives died. In addition, 254 inmates …
On April 1, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out an assault on the Civil Guard post of Pacucha, in the province of Andahuaylas. This attack was part of a series of initial armed actions by the PCP-SL in the area, which included assaults on police posts, takeovers of villages and …
On April 4, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso took the town of Andarapa as part of its main initial armed actions in the province of Andahuaylas. This action took place three days after the assault on the Civil Guard post of Pacucha (April 1, 1982). The seizure of Andarapa was preceded …
On August 18, 1982, members of the PCP-SL simultaneously attacked the Civil Guard posts of Orurillo and Umachiri, in the province of Melgar, department of Puno. The confrontations lasted for five hours. As a result of these attacks, seven policemen were killed. After the attack, the Minister of the Interior, …
On August 18, 1982, a column of the Shining Path (PCP-SL) attacked the Guardia Civil station in the district of Umachiri, located in the province of Melgar, Puno. This event marked the beginning of the Shining Path's insurgency in the Puno region, as they sought to establish control and influence …
On August 18, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso simultaneously attacked the Civil Guard posts of Orurillo and Umachiri, located in the province of Melgar, department of Puno. This attack was part of the initial actions of the Shining Path in the department of Puno during the period 1980-1983. The attack on …
On August 18, 1982, a column of the PCP-SL burst into the Quechua zone of the department of Puno, attacking the Civil Guard station in the district of Umachiri, province of Melgar. This attack represents one of the first significant military actions of the PCP-SL in the Puno region, marking …
On August 18, 1982, members of the PCP-SL attacked the Civil Guard posts of Orurillo and Umachiri, in the province of Melgar, Puno. After five hours of confrontations, seven policemen were killed on August 22. After the attack, the Minister of Interior, General FAP (r) Jose Gagliardi Schiaffino, and the …
On August 22, 1982, the third and most devastating attack against the Vilcashuamán police post took place. A group of armed hikers bombed the police post, resulting in the death of seven policemen and several wounded. This was the worst attack on the Vilcashuamán police post since the attacks on …
On August 22, 1982, a detachment of the PCP-SL attacked the police post of the Guardia Civil in Vilcashuamán. The confrontation lasted five hours, resulting in the deaths of seven police officers. This event was part of a series of violent actions by the PCP-SL in the region during that …
In September 1982, a group of Shining Path militants, including two women, attacked the Guardia Civil post in Huayrapata, La Convención, Cusco. The assault resulted in the death of one civil guard and injury to a corporal. The attackers, numbering around 35, seized weapons and ammunition during the raid.
On September 2, 1982, Edith Lagos Saenz died in Umacca, Apurimac, during a confrontation between members of the PCP-SL and the Civil Guard. Her death occurred in the context of the operations of the Batir II campaign, which took place between November 1982 and March 1983. The funeral of Edith …
Juan Vilca Cutipa, lieutenant governor of Tiramaza in the province of Azángaro, was assassinated on September 9, 1982. This assassination occurred in the context of a series of attacks perpetrated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the Puno region. On the same day of Vilca Cutipa's assassination, attacks were also registered …
On September 2, 1982, Edith Lagos Saenz died in Umacca, Apurimac, during a confrontation between members of the PCP-SL and the Civil Guard. Her funeral was held on September 10, 1982 and was attended by approximately 10,000 people. The massive attendance at the funeral was evidence of the level of …
On September 15, 1982, Simón Sánchez Torres, Mayor of Huanta, was arrested by members of the Civil Guard and accused of terrorism. His case is one of the best known among the innocent people prosecuted during the early years of the conflict, when the authorities wrongly considered leftist political leaders …
On October 1, 1982 there was an assault on the Civil Guard post located in Erapata, district of Vilcabamba, province of La Convención, Quillabamba. During this attack, one Civil Guard died. This event is part of the first armed actions of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the Apurimac river valley area. …
Modesto Melgar was murdered by the PCP-SL in December 1982 in a place called Chillcapampa, on the banks of the Pampas River in the jurisdiction of Cangallo. At that time, the PCP-SL had set up a barracks in this area. Previously, the hikers had attacked the Civil Guard post in …
The PCP-SL attacked the sub-prefect of Huamanga, César del Solar, who was shot four times just two blocks from the Ninth Command of the Civil Guard. This attack was part of a series of actions by the PCP-SL during December 1982 which showed that the situation in Ayacucho had become …
In 1983, during a period of intense political violence in Peru, eight teachers affiliated with the SUTEP union were detained and executed extrajudicially by the Guardia Civil in the regions of Cangallo and Ayacucho. This event was part of a broader pattern of repression against educators, who were often suspected …
In 1983, there was an assassination attempt against the governor of Aucayacu at the door of his house. This attack was part of a series of selective actions by the PCP-SL against local authorities in the area. The attack was part of the period of consolidation of Shining Path control …
After the trials carried out in the Uchuraccay plaza against the imprisoned Iquichanos and the women relatives of the guide Juan Argumedo, the community members Constantino Soto Aguilar and Mariano Ccunto were sent to the Tambo Civil Guard post. Their mission was to inform the authorities about the deaths of …
The second patrol under the command of Civil Guard Captain Novato Soto Barreda, head of the Counter-Subversive Command of Huanta, arrived in Huaychao around noon on January 28, 1983. The patrol spent the night in the community that night. The next day, accompanied by Huaychao community members, they went to …
On January 29, 1983, around six o'clock in the afternoon, a helicopter commanded by FAP Major Jorge Ernesto Barboza Salaverry landed in Uchuraccay to verify the existence of the graves of the murdered journalists. Major Barboza had first arrived in Huaychao, where he met with the second patrol commanded by …
The second patrol under the command of Civil Guard Captain Novato Soto Barreda, head of the Counter-Subversive Command of Huanta, arrived in Huaychao on January 28 around midday and spent the night in that community. At dawn on January 29, several Huaychao villagers accompanied the members of this patrol to …
On January 29, 1983, the first Civil Guard patrol arrived in Uchuraccay to investigate the disappearance of the journalists. The members of this patrol traveled by jeep from Tambo to Chalhuamayo, and from there they set out on foot to Uchuraccay. The communal authorities informed the patrol about the deaths …
In March 1983, a Civil Guard post was installed in Illahuasi, as part of the State's strategy to intensify its presence in the rural area of Andahuaylas in the face of the advance of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This installation was part of a broader process of establishing new police posts …
On March 3, 1983, nine people from the community of Cocairo were detained by combined forces of the Civil Guard, Republican Guard and soldiers from the Los Chancas barracks in Andahuaylas. At the Los Chancas barracks, the detainees were beaten and mistreated in various ways. They remained in the barracks …
On March 3, 1983, nine individuals from the Community of Cocairo were detained by combined forces of the Guardia Civil, Guardia Republicana, and soldiers from the 'Los Chancas' barracks in Andahuaylas. The detainees were subjected to beatings and various forms of mistreatment at the barracks for 12 days, deprived of …
Heraclio Palomino Ayala, leader of the Sindicato Único de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú (SUTEP), was a victim of violence on March 23, 1983 in Paras, Ayacucho. According to the record of complaints to the ILO included in the CVR report, the Civil Guard was responsible for his death. …
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