In November 1981, militants of the PCP-SL tried to attack the Campo Armiño Hydroelectric Power Plant, located in the district of Colcabamba, province of Tayacaja. The attack was repulsed by the Republican Guard that was guarding the hydroelectric plant. This sabotage attempt was part of the initial strategy of the …
On December 15, 1981, presumed militants of the PCP-SL attacked the Central Hidroeléctrica de Campo Armiño in Tayacaja, Peru. The attackers were repelled by personnel from the Guardia Republicana. This event is part of a series of violent actions attributed to subversive groups in the region during this period.
In 1982, Valerio Flores, a student accused of being a member of the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path), was tortured and murdered by the Guardia Republicana and local ronderos in Oronqoy, Peru. This event occurred amidst a period of intense conflict and violence in the region, as government forces and local …
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 …
Shining Path command assaulted the Huamanga CRAS and rescued its prisoners, managing to escape without an adequate response from the police forces. The assault on the Huamanga prison forced different observers to consider the PCP-SL as a major threat. Hours after the attack, a group of members of the Republican …
In March 1982, members of the Guardia Republicana assassinated three wounded detainees, Roussell Wensjoe, Amilcar Urbay, and Carlos Alcántara, who were being treated at the hospital in Huamanga. This act was condemned by Mons. Metzinger, who highlighted the enormity of the crime, emphasizing that it was unacceptable to murder patients …
In March 1982, the PCP Sendero Luminoso orchestrated an attack on the Huamanga prison, successfully liberating over 200 detainees, including both their militants and common prisoners. This event contributed to the group's image of romantic heroism, while the subsequent retaliatory actions by the Guardia Republicana, which included the cold-blooded killing …
The PCP-SL managed the escape of 304 prisoners from the CRAS of Huamanga, of which approximately 70 were Shining Path members, among them Hildebrando Pérez Huarancca and Edith Lagos. It was the largest military action undertaken by the PCP-SL up to that date and was carried out with surprising effectiveness, …
Assault by the PCP-SL on the Center for Reclusion and Social Adaptation (CRAS) of Huamanga. A group of approximately 100 subversives attacked the prison. A total of 247 inmates escaped, of which at least 50 were sentenced or being prosecuted for alleged terrorism. The assault left two policemen dead: Florencio …
GR soldiers kill three wounded detainees (Rousell Wensjoe, Amílcar Urbay and Carlos Alcántara), who were hospitalized in the Huamanga Hospital. This constituted a serious violation of human rights and generated protests. The burial of Carlos Alcántara was significant, his coffin was covered with the flag of the PCP-SL.
In a confrontation with the Republican Guard, the Shining Path leader Edith Lagos, who had escaped from Ayacucho prison, dies. Her funeral in Huamanga was a massive demonstration.
In January 1983, a mixed base composed of Sinchis, police and Republican Guard was installed in the community of Pallqas. This installation occurred after the massacre of 40 community members in the temple of the same town at the hands of subversives of the PCP-SL. In mid-January, the police and …
In January 1983, the Shining Path PCP perpetrated a massacre of 40 community members in the temple of the town of Pallqas. This was one of the events that triggered the installation of a mixed law enforcement base in the area. As a direct response to this massacre, a base …
In mid-January 1983, after the massacre of 40 community members in the Pallqas temple at the hands of subversives, a mixed base composed of Sinchis, police and Republican Guard was set up in the community of Pallqas. In response to the Shining Path violence and after the capture of several …
Four men and a woman hikers took over the university canteen, distributed leaflets on 'guerrilla warfare' and solicited economic support. Hours later, members of the Republican Guard and the Peruvian Investigative Police entered the university campus in response to this action.
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 …
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 …
During the national strike of March 10, 1983, four workers were murdered in Lima (Comas) by the Republican Guard. The victims were Sixto Pérez Sánchez, José Antonio Monayco, Liborio Alfonso Aguilar and Hermenegildo Julián Huatuco. This event was documented in complaints filed with the International Labor Organization (ILO) as part …
In May 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso entered the town of Yerbabuena taking advantage of the absence of the Republican Guard. During this incursion, the subversives assassinated 29 villagers. This attack took place in a context of increasing violence in the Chungui area, where the PCP-SL sought to expand its territorial …
In June 1983, there was a change in police forces in the district of Andarapa, province of Andahuaylas. The Republican Guard that had been operating in the area was replaced by members of the Civil Guard. This change in law enforcement occurred in the context of the intensification of the …
In 1984, a detainee was held by the Guardia Republicana in Huanta and later transferred to Cuartel Los Cabitos 51. During his detention, he was subjected to severe torture, including being submerged in a mixture of detergent and pig excrement. The detainee was kept in a small cell and only …
On January 25, 1985, the first assault on a police post in the region took place in San Sebastian, near the city of Cusco. This attack marked the beginning of the violent actions of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso against the forces of law and order in the department of Cusco. Two …
In February 1985, a sergeant of the Republican Guard was murdered in Chiaraje, located in the highlands of Canas, department of Cusco. This assassination occurred in the context of the expansion of PCP-Sendero Luminoso violence into the southern Andes. The event occurred shortly after the first assault on a police …
A subversive commando attacked with explosive charges the Officers' Casino of the Republican Guard as a reprisal against its members who had broken up a riot of PCP-SL inmates in the Lurigancho prison on October 4, resulting in the death of more than 30 people.
Avelino Zamora, a member of the Republican Guard, was killed as part of the selective annihilations that the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out against members of the forces of law and order in Lima during 1986.
In June 1986, allegations emerged of extrajudicial executions at Lurigancho prison in Peru, following a rebellion that had been subdued by the military. The government, led by President Alan García, admitted the possibility of excessive force and initiated investigations. The investigations found responsibility among members of the Guardia Republicana, leading …
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 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 …
In June 1986, inmates accused of terrorism of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso rioted and took control of wards in Lurigancho and El Frontón prisons. Between June 18 and 19, operations were carried out to retake control. The official toll was 124 inmates dead in Lurigancho and 119 in El Frontón. There …
On June 18, 1986, there was a Shining Path riot in the Lurigancho, El Frontón and Santa Bárbara prisons with hostage taking. The Council of Ministers decided to reestablish order with maximum energy, entrusting the task to the Joint Command of the Armed Forces. The repression resulted in the death …
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 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.
On June 27, 1986, President Alan Garcia Perez admitted that there was evidence of the commission of crimes in the Lurigancho prison by the Republican Guard and announced the beginning of an investigation aimed at punishing all those responsible for the massacre, with the famous phrase 'either all those responsible …
The Peruvian government accepted the resignation of the general director of the Police Forces and the senior directors of the Civil Guard (GC) and the Republican Guard (GR). This decision took place in a context of increasing political violence and terrorism in the country. The resignations were part of changes …
The emerretista column, integrated by 60 men, took the city of Juanjui in the political-military campaign Túpac Amaru liberator. The subversive forces simultaneously attacked the posts of the Investigation Police, the Civil Guard and the Republican Guard, and took the small airport. During the attack on the police post Jorge …
Law 24949 was enacted, which modified the related articles of the Political Constitution of Peru and created the National Police of Peru (PNP), culminating the reorganization process of the FFPP. The National Police would assume the organization and functions of the FFPP (Civil Guard, Investigation Police and Republican Guard), with …
In order to take the city of Yurimaguas, the MRTA concentrated in Chazuta the detachments located in Yurimaguas, Central Huallaga and Alto Mayo. The subversives began the attack on the police posts and the CRAS. The police posts were the first to fall into the hands of the guerrillas who …
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