On Sunday, June 18, elections were held to initiate the political chronogram for the transfer of power from the Armed Forces to the civilian population. The leftist groups obtained a total of 30% of the valid votes; the PAP, 35%; and the PPC, 26%. The Christian Democracy and the National …
As a consequence of the attack on the CRAS of Huamanga on March 2, the state of emergency was reestablished in Huamanga by Supreme Decree 04-82-IN. The assault had a national resonance that demonstrated the operational capacity of the PCP-SL and caused the government, the FFPP and the Armed Forces …
The arrival of the Montoneros to Pichiwillca in April or May 1984 marked a milestone in peasant organization. On June 21, 1984, the Anti-Subversive Civil Defense (DECAS) of the Apurimac River Valley was formally constituted. From Pichiwillca, led by 19-year-old Antonio Cárdenas, the organization began to expand throughout the valley. …
In July 1984, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso killed 40 people in Ccanis, a community located in the highlands of the city of Huanta. This event occurred in the context of the intensification of the internal armed conflict in the area, during the period of greatest violence in the provinces of Huanta, …
General EP Carlos Briceño Zevallos, together with the main commanders of the Armed Forces and seconded by a hard-line sector of the ruling party, declared before public opinion a peculiar alliance between the retired Velasquist military and the PCP-SL. This statement was in reality a response to the attacks that …
In 1985, Rondas Campesinas were formed in the main communities and annexes in the area of Acobamba, Huancavelica. This organization arose as a response to the intensification of murders by the Shining Path against the civilian population during 1984, when they also victimized the authorities of the districts and communities …
On June 5, 1985, Legislative Decree 24150 was enacted, establishing norms to be complied with in states of exception (or emergency) in which the Armed Forces assume control of internal order, in all or part of the territory. This legislative decree regulated the states of emergency and the attributions of …
In the 1987 municipal elections, the United Left (IU) won in the province of Huamanga, while the APRA won in the provinces of Huanta and La Mar. These elections took place in a context of relative calm in Ayacucho, between 1986 and 1988, due to several factors: the decision of …
In the face of MRTA's armed actions in the northeastern jungle of the country, the government proceeds to hand over to the Armed Forces the political-military control of the entire department of San Martin. This decision comes after a column of seventy MRTA members seized several localities in the department, …
During a series of takeovers of localities by the MRTA in the department of San Martin, journalists interviewed Commander Rolando, head of the MRTA column, in the context of the armed actions that led the government to hand over political-military control of the entire department of San Martin to the …
A column of seventy MRTA members took the town of San Martin de Alao on November 9, 1987. This action was part of a series of takeovers of towns in the department of San Martin carried out by the MRTA between November 6 and 9. The column also took other …
The proposals of President Alan Garcia Perez on changes in the legislation to combat terrorism were admitted for debate in the Chamber of Deputies and sent to commissions for prior analysis before their approval. These proposals regulated the procedure for police investigation, instruction and trial of crimes committed for subversive …
President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori proposes the creation of military tribunals to try subversives, leaving civilian responsibility in the background. He points out that, in this way, the State could have an effective instrument to safeguard society. This proposal is framed in a context of concern about the government's respect for …
On July 30, 1991, President Fujimori addressed a memorandum to the Minister of Defense ordering that recognition be given for special work in the area of National Security carried out during 1990 and so far this year. The document specified that this recognition would be considered as an incentive for …
The Executive issued 79 legislative decrees on different topics, although most of them dealt with national security. Among these decrees were the national mobilization law, the national defense system law, the national intelligence system law, regulations for the Armed Forces in areas not declared in emergency, the recognition of self-defense …
In December 1991, 126 legislative decrees issued by the Executive Branch in use of extraordinary powers granted by Congress went into effect. These decrees covered various topics, most of them related to national security, including the national mobilization law, the national defense system law, the national intelligence system law, regulations …
The majority of the CCD approved a motion condemning the CNDDHH for having divulged "negative versions" -the denunciations of the residents of Leoncio Prado- about the "actions of the Armed Forces in the last strongholds of Sendero". This motion was part of the government's campaign against those denouncing human rights …
General EP (r) Walter Ledesma Rebaza is released after serving a forty-day prison sentence, accused of the crime of insulting the nation and the Armed Forces. His release takes place in the context of the application of the General Amnesty Law approved in June 1995.
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