On March 1, Abel Callirgos Granero, secretary general of SUTEP of Callao, died in strange circumstances when two officers were about to arrest him. The circumstances of his death were considered suspicious and occurred during the context of the mining strike and the state of emergency.
Beginning in 1982, the PCP-SL increased its actions in the Central Zone of Lima, attacking commercial centers during blackouts, as well as carrying out a series of attacks and assaults on police officers. Violence intensified from the mid 80's onwards. On August 20, 1982, a State of Emergency was declared …
On March 29, 1982, there was a total blackout in Lima for two hours. This event was part of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso's sabotage strategy against the capital's electrical infrastructure. The blackouts in the city were part of the actions characteristic of the initial period of violence (1980-1984), when the PCP-SL …
In July 1982, the Sendero Luminoso launched its largest offensive since the beginning of its armed struggle, with 34 terrorist actions and five mass incursions into small towns. This included attacks on municipalities in Ayacucho and the assassination of local officials. In response to the escalating violence, the Peruvian government …
The Council of Ministers declared a state of emergency in Lima and Callao for sixty days through Supreme Decree 036.82.IN. This measure was taken in the context of a growing wave of terrorist attacks by the PCP-SL both in the capital and in the interior of the country. Prime Minister …
On August 2, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso blew up 5 high tension towers, causing a general blackout in Lima and Callao. This attack was part of the initial strategy of sabotage and attacks against state infrastructure that characterized the period 1980-1984. Attacks on high voltage pylons were a recurrent tactic …
Teófilo Pacheco Quispe, a member of the MRTA (Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru), died on August 9, 1982 in a confrontation with the police in the district of Surquillo, Lima. This event occurred in the context of a growing wave of political violence in the country, during the month in which …
On August 20, 1982, a State of Emergency was declared in Lima and Callao, after it had already been decreed in some places in the interior of the country. This measure marked the beginning of a series of attacks in the capital and was part of the State's response to …
A state of emergency was declared in Lima and Callao for 60 days. The PCP-SL had planned a 'Great Response' to this declaration, consisting of a campaign of 'panic' actions aimed at psychologically wearing down the forces of law and order. However, this plan apparently aborted because during those months …
In response to escalating terrorist activities by the Shining Path (PCP-SL), President Fernando Belaúnde Terry declared a state of emergency in Lima and Callao on August 20, 1982. Despite this measure, the violence continued, including a significant attack on a police post in Vilcashuamán on August 22, resulting in the …
On December 26, 1982, President Fernando Belaunde Terry issued an ultimatum to the Shining Path. This occurred in a context of escalating violence in Metropolitan Lima, where the PCP-SL had intensified its subversive actions. During that year there had been multiple attacks, including general blackouts in Lima and Callao due …
On May 25, 1983, a police strike occurred in Peru, primarily demanding salary improvements. The strike led to the government declaring a state of emergency in Lima and Callao, suspending constitutional guarantees, and deploying army tanks to patrol the streets. The strike resulted in the approval of salary homologation for …
The Civil Guard went on strike on May 25, 1983, in a context of growing political violence and social tension in the country. As an immediate response to this paralyzation of the police forces, the government decreed a state of emergency in Lima and Callao. This measure was part of …
On May 30, 1983, the Peruvian government decreed a state of emergency throughout the country for sixty days. This measure was taken in view of repeated acts of sabotage at different points of the interconnected electrical system and the growing wave of terrorist violence. Several of the individual guarantees were …
On May 30, 1983, the Peruvian government decreed a state of emergency throughout the country for sixty days, suspending several individual guarantees. This measure was taken in view of repeated acts of sabotage at different points of the interconnected electrical system. Days before, on May 27, there had been a …
On July 16, 1984, there was an attack against high tension towers that seriously affected the interconnected electrical system of Lima, Callao, Huancayo and other cities in Peru. This attack was part of an escalation of violence that began throughout the country on June 22, 1984. Parallel to the attack …
The José Carlos Mariátegui Human Settlement arose as a result of a land seizure carried out on October 14, 1984, by a group of 200 families from the shantytowns of Barrios Altos and Callao. The families, faced with rising rents, organized themselves and decided to have their own land in …
The human settlement José Carlos Mariátegui was established following a land occupation on 14 October 1984 by 200 families from overcrowded alleys in Barrios Altos and Callao. These families, facing rising rents, organized to secure their own land. The state agency ENACE approved the lot division and began settling the …
The prison massacres occurred in 1985, 1986 and 1992, remaining in the terrible tally of penitentiary history. Approximately 350 inmates were killed, most of them as a result of extrajudicial executions. The State, unable to apply a correct and efficient anti-subversive strategy in the prisons, opted on these occasions for …
In October 1985, a violent eviction was carried out against the invaders of the Garagay estate in Callao. The event is briefly mentioned in the CVR report within the context of political events of October 1985. No additional details are provided on the specific circumstances of the eviction, the number …
AH José Carlos Mariátegui arose as a result of a land seizure carried out on October 14, 1984, by a group of 200 families from the shantytowns of Barrios Altos and Callao. The families, faced with rising rents, organized themselves and decided to have their own land in this area. …
During the riot at the Frontón Prison in 1986, a debellation operation (riot suppression) took place, resulting in fatalities among law enforcement officers. Three members of the Peruvian Navy died during the operations to control the riot. This event is part of the context of the internal armed conflict in …
The government decreed a state of emergency and a curfew for sixty days in the provinces of Lima and Callao. These measures were taken after a series of terrorist attacks in the capital city. When referring to these attacks, President Alan Garcia Perez suggested the participation of new subversive groups …
During the State of Emergency in Lima and Callao, a Habeas Corpus was filed in favor of WMG against the arbitrary detention by the police. The case was resolved by Judge César San Martín Castro, who emphasized the principle of reasonableness to protect the personal liberty of the citizen. This …
During March 1986, five private schools were targets of terrorist attacks that caused serious material damage. The schools affected were Inmaculada, Pedagógico, León Pinelo, Markham and Maristas del Callao. These attacks occurred in the context of a state of emergency and curfew which had been extended for sixty days in …
On May 21, 1986, prisoners from the Santa Bárbara, San Juan Bautista, and San Pedro (Lurigancho) penitentiaries filed an action of amparo against several high-ranking officials, including the Minister of the Navy and the Minister of Justice. This legal action was part of a broader investigation into the events that …
In June 1986, a violent incident occurred in the prisons of Lima and Callao, Peru, resulting in the deaths of numerous inmates. This event was condemned by religious figures and organizations, who highlighted it as a symptom of the deep moral crisis affecting the country. The violence was attributed to …
On June 16, 1986, the XVIII Conference of the Socialist International Women began in Lima. This international event took place in a context of high political and social tension in Peru, just two days before the riot in the prisons of Lima and Callao (June 18). The conference took place …
Between June 18 and 19, 1986, there were simultaneous riots in three penitentiaries in Lima. In CRAS Lurigancho, 124 inmates died after repression by members of the Navy and the Republican Guard. In CRAS El Frontón, located in Callao, approximately 150 inmates died. In CRAS Santa Barbara 3 female inmates …
On June 18 and 19, 1986, a massacre took place in the prisons of Lima and Callao. This event occurred in the context of riots and tensions in the prisons where prisoners accused of terrorism were being held. The incident is mentioned as one of the most significant events of …
Between June 18 and 19, 1986 there were simultaneous riots in three prisons: CRAS Lurigancho, CRAS El Frontón in Callao, and CRAS Santa Bárbara. The riot in Lurigancho was broken up by members of the Navy and the Republican Guard, resulting in 124 inmates dead. In the Frontón prison approximately …
On June 18, 1986, the President of Peru convened an extraordinary session of the Council of Ministers in response to unrest in the country's prisons. The unrest was triggered by the suspension of family visits due to a planned strike by the National Penitentiary Institute workers. The government decided that …
On June 18, 1986, detainees held for terrorism in three prisons in Lima and Callao (Lurigancho, El Frontón and Santa Bárbara) rioted. In Santa Barbara two subversives died on June 19. The government ordered the Joint Command to have the military justice system carry out the necessary investigations to determine …
On June 18 and 19, 1986 there were simultaneous riots organized by the PCP-SL in three prisons in Lima and Callao. Law enforcement forces intervened with extreme violence resulting in the death of 244 inmates executed: 118 in El Frontón, 124 in Lurigancho and 2 in Santa Bárbara. The riots …
There was a massacre of prisoners in the jails of Lima and Callao, where hundreds of human beings died. The bishops of Peru pronounced themselves against violence 'wherever it came from'. They pointed out that they could not accept the method of terror as a means to achieve change, but …
On June 18, 1986, detainees held for terrorism in three prisons in Lima and Callao (Lurigancho, El Frontón and Santa Bárbara) rioted. In Santa Barbara prison, two subversives died on June 19. The government ordered the Joint Command to have the military justice system carry out the necessary investigations to …
The XVII International Socialist Congress was held in Lima on June 20, 1986. This international event took place a few days after the start of the XVIII Conference of the Socialist International Women, which had begun on June 16 in the same city. The congress took place in a very …
On June 21, 1986, members of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) attacked the offices of the transnational oil company OXY. The attack resulted in the destruction of the company's facilities. This attack occurred in a context of intense subversive activity, coinciding with the riots in the Lima and Callao …
During a period of intense political violence that coincided with prison riots in Lima and Callao, twenty peasants were murdered in the province of La Convención, Cuzco. This event occurred between June 22 and 28, 1986, in the context of an escalation of subversive violence in the country. The event …
President Alan Garcia Perez addressed a message to the country on June 24, 1986, four days after the riot of terrorist detainees in three prisons in Lima and Callao (Lurigancho, El Fronton and Santa Barbara) occurred on June 18. In his message, the president condemned terrorism and reiterated his support …
On June 25, 1986, there was a terrorist attack on a train car on its way to Machu Picchu. The attack resulted in the death of 8 passengers and left forty people injured. This attack occurred in a context of intense political violence in Peru, during the same month as …
President Alan Garcia Perez made a public statement demanding sanctions for those responsible for the events that occurred in the Lima and Callao prisons during the riot of June 18, 1986. In his message, the President used a strong phrase: "Either all those responsible leave or I leave", expressing his …
On June 27, 1986, there were simultaneous attacks against eleven bank branches and three premises of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) in Lima. These attacks occurred in a context of high political tension, a few days after the serious events in the prisons of Lima and Callao (June 18-19), where …
The ministerial cabinet as a whole resigned on July 14, 1986, after the serious events that took place in the prisons of Lima and Callao in June of the same year. The National Directive Committee of the IU had proposed the resignation of the cabinet considering the political responsibility for …
On August 7, 1986, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) held its second clandestine press conference. This event took place in a context of intense subversive activity and state repression, just two months after the tragic events in the Lima and Callao prisons in June 1986. The conference was part …
With the presence of dignitaries of the Catholic Church from Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia, the First International Theological Congress was held in Chimbote. The event brought together Catholic representatives from different continents during the month of September 1986. This congress took place in a context of political violence …
On May 23, 1987, the Peruvian government extended for sixty days the state of emergency in the provinces of Lima and Callao. This measure was taken in the context of a series of terrorist attacks that had been affecting the capital and the port of Callao. The state of emergency …
About six thousand people, coming from all the Vicariates of the Archdiocese of Lima, and a delegation from Callao, gathered for the 6th Day of Fasting and Prayer for Peace in Peru, which culminated with a march for peace led by Bishops Augusto Beuzeville and Javier Ariz.
On December 1, 1987, the commission investigating the case of the prisons presented its report, signed by six members, pointing out the President of the Republic, the Alva Castro ministerial cabinet and the Joint Command of the Armed Forces as politically responsible for the massacre of the prisons that took …
In 1989, the APRA government ordered the Armed Forces to take charge of internal order in Lima and Callao, within the framework of a state of emergency. This measure was taken in a context of escalating subversive violence, particularly by the PCP-SL, which had intensified its actions in the capital. …
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