In 1961, seven additional districts were registered in the province of Lima, four of them as a result of the creation of seaside resorts and three as a result of the subdivision of existing districts due to the pressure of urban growth. The three districts created by subdivision were Breña, …
The 1961 national census recorded a total population of 10,420,357 inhabitants in the country. Metropolitan Lima had 1,901,927 inhabitants, representing 18.3% of the national population, a significant increase over the 9.4% recorded in 1940. This census also recorded 7 additional districts in the province of Lima, four of which were …
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 …
One informant was detained in the district of Surquillo on April 5, 1991. She was later transferred to the Santa Monica Penitentiary in Chorrillos, where in 1992 a colonel in charge of the prison conditioned benefits to the inmates in exchange for sexual favors. The colonel would take groups of …
The affiant was detained on April 5, 1991 in Surquillo, Lima. This detention event is mentioned in the context of cases of sexual violence and other human rights violations documented by the CVR. The detention is part of the pattern of arbitrary detentions that occurred during the internal armed conflict …
Businessman Raul Hiraoka Torres was kidnapped by members of the MRTA on July 9, 1992 as he was leaving his home in San Isidro. He was held captive in three different properties in Lima (Santa Anita, Urbanización Aurora in Surquillo, and Calle Vesalio in San Borja) for more than a …
On 12 August 1992, Peruvian police forces successfully captured Abimael Guzmán, the leader of the Shining Path (PCP-SL), along with key members of the organization's Central Committee. The operation took place in a house located in the Urbanización Los Sauces, Surquillo, after months of surveillance. This event marked a significant …
David Ballón Vera, owner of the Santander de Canta mine, was kidnapped while driving his vehicle on the fifth block of Tomás Marsano Avenue, Surquillo. MRTA members wearing police uniforms and medical aprons, with two fake patrolmen and a stolen ambulance, intercepted his vehicle. They shot at the armored windows, …
David Armando Ballón Vera, a prominent mining engineer and businessman, was kidnapped and subsequently murdered by members of the MRTA on 11 September 1992. The incident occurred while he was driving his vehicle in the district of Surquillo, Lima. The assailants used an ambulance to intercept his vehicle, forcibly removed …
On September 12, 1992, the Special Intelligence Group (GEIN) of the DINCOTE captured Abimael Guzmán Reinoso, maximum leader of the PCP-SL, together with the party's top leadership, in a residence located in the district of Surquillo. This capture marked a decisive turning point in the internal armed conflict, since after …
The Special Intelligence Group (GEIN) of the DINCOTE captured Abimael Guzmán Reinoso, maximum leader of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, together with the party's top leadership, in a residence located in the district of Surquillo. This capture marked a decisive turning point in the internal armed conflict, since after it the actions …
At approximately 10:00 p.m. on September 23, 1992, Raul Hiraoka Torres was taken from the first building where he was being held captive to a second house located in Urbanizacion Aurora in Surquillo. He was blindfolded, handcuffed and a hood was placed over his head. This transfer was carried out …
In November 1992, a special detachment from the Zona Sur agreed in San Juan de Miraflores to plan an assassination attempt on a PNP Commander from the Surquillo station. The operation was in retaliation for the commander's involvement in the capture of President Gonzalo. The plan involved a tactical operation …
On November 5, 1992, at approximately 8:30 in the morning, PNP Colonel Manuel Tumba Ortega was killed by a special detachment of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso when he was leaving his home to buy a newspaper. The attackers 'Jeremías' (Gerardo Salinas Galarza) and 'Enrique' (Juan Gutiérrez Quispe) shot him in the …
Members of the PCP-SL assassinated Colonel Manuel Ortega Tumba, head of the Administrative Department of the DINCOTE, in Surquillo, Lima, shooting him in the back. This assassination represents a reprisal by the Shining Path against the police after the capture of Abimael Guzmán.
David Ballón was kidnapped by members of the MRTA while driving in Surquillo, Lima. The kidnappers demanded a ransom from his family, but negotiations failed. Five months after his abduction, Ballón was tortured and murdered, and his body was found in San Miguel, Lima.
On August 10, 1993, the National Police Intelligence Directorate captured Jose Castro Campos, who acted as the driver of the getaway vehicle in the assassination of Colonel Manuel Tumba Ortega. In his statement he confessed that in November 1992 he participated in a meeting where 'Bertha' (Iris Quiñonez Colchado) informed …
During the early hours of October 15, 1993, the National Police searched several properties used by the MRTA. In the Aurora Urbanization in Surquillo, they arrested Fortunata Leyva Quispe, Jaime Sebastián Castillo Petruzzi, Heber Celso Oliva Zelada (Chileans), Segundo Nemesio Alva Marín and the 15-year-old minor Juan Llacta Sacha. In …
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