On March 10, the government promulgated a special law, Legislative Decree 046, which typifies the crime of terrorism. The PAP and the left expressed their concern for the scope and dangers that this law could have for the exercise of freedom of expression, press and association. This law was very …
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 …
The government declared a state of emergency in five of the seven provinces of Ayacucho (Huamanga, Huanta, Cangallo, La Mar and Victor Fajardo), suspended for 60 days the constitutional guarantees related to individual freedom and security, and sent the counter-subversive police detachment of 'los sinchis' to Ayacucho. The disinformation of …
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 March 1985, the Intersectoral Confederation of State Workers (CITE) began an indefinite strike that lasted 22 days. This strike was joined by various sectors including workers of the Corporación Peruana de Aeropuertos y Aviación Comercial S.A., workers of the Ministry of Justice, SUTEP and Social Security, as well as …
On June 18, 1986, there was a riot at San Juan Bautista prison, known as El Frontón, where Víctor Neira Alegría, Edgar Zenteno Escobar and William Zenteno Escobar were being held as defendants for terrorism. As a result of the riot, the Government by Supreme Decree No. 006-86 JUS delegated …
On June 21, 1986, the Government officially admitted the possibility that excessive use of force had been committed in the Lurigancho prison and informed that it had ordered the Military Court to investigate these events, following complaints by Senator Javier Diez Canseco and the media about extrajudicial executions.
The MRTA took over Juanjui and San José de Sisa in San Martin. As a result of this action, the Government handed over military control of the area to the Armed Forces. This seizure of towns was one of the most important actions of the MRTA in the San Martin …
In November 1991, students in open defiance burned two vans and a large amount of food that the government had sent to the University. This action occurred despite tighter control of the universities with more constant military interventions.
As part of the Bahamas agreements, the government officially summoned all political parties to participate in a "national dialogue" which began on June 30. The opposition refused to participate, considering it a "farce to deceive the people". Insisting on the unconstitutionality of the government but with no real capacity to …
On June 10, 1993, the peasant patrols of Rodiobamba, in the district of Cachachi, Cajabamba province, received weapons in the city of Cajamarca from the Peruvian Army. This event was part of the counter-subversive strategy implemented since 1992, when the Peruvian Army encouraged the creation of Self-Defense Committees promoted and …
The government enacted the so-called 'Cantuta Law', according to which jurisdictional disputes are understood to be resolved with a simple majority. In practice, this paralyzed the new vote on jurisdiction in the La Cantuta case and the case went directly to military jurisdiction, favoring the impunity of those responsible.
On September 17, 1994, the process of returning displaced families in the central jungle officially began as part of a campaign promoted by the government and the Armed Forces. However, it was not until 1995 that the majority of displaced families began to return to their original communities. Many had …
The TRC held a workshop with grassroots peasant communities in Huanta to discuss reconciliation. The communities expressed their needs for support from the government and regional and local authorities with food, clothes and other basic necessities. The participants stated that because of violence and corruption they were left without the …
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