The Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú (UNCP) was founded as the Universidad Comunal del Centro in 1959, following efforts by the local communities in the Mantaro Valley. It was officially recognized on December 16, 1959, by a decree signed by President Manuel Prado Ugarteche, and began operating as a …
In 1980, students at the Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú (UNCP) staged a significant protest by occupying the central premises of the university for over two months. This action was in response to dissatisfaction with the university's governance, led by a discredited commission accused of corruption. The occupation marked …
In 1983, the Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru (MRTA) was founded in Lima, Peru. The group, consisting of members from the MIR and PSR-ML, began its activities by acquiring funds through robberies to support their political and personal needs. The MRTA later became involved in student politics and propaganda efforts at …
On January 18, 1983, a group of subversives of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attempted to demolish a microwave tower of the National Telecommunications Company (ENTEL) located 20 kilometers from Huancayo. This attack was part of a series of violent actions that Shining Path militants carried out against public and private infrastructure …
On January 20, 1983, four armed militants of the PCP-SL burst into the dining room of the National University of Central Peru. After a brief speech, they distributed a document referring to the development of the guerrilla war throughout the country. During the action, they asked for economic collaboration from …
In 1984, there was already a nucleus of MRTA (Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru) militants in Huancayo. This group began to participate in debates and acts of protest carried out at the National University of Central Peru (UNCP) by students. The presence of the MRTA in the central region marked the …
In 1984 there already existed in Huancayo a nucleus of MRTA militants who began to participate in debates and acts of protest carried out at the National University of Central Peru (UNCP) by the students. The struggle between the MRTA and the Communist Party of Peru-Sendero Luminoso (PCP-SL) for control …
On November 3, 1987, militants of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) raided the National University of Central Peru. During this action, the subversives appeared before students, professors and university workers to talk about the people's war. The militants invited those present to join the armed struggle …
On December 30, 1988, a State of Emergency was declared in the department of Junín, Peru, and the Comando Político Militar assumed political control. This period marked an escalation in military and police actions against subversive groups, particularly within the Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú (UNCP). The intervention aimed …
At the end of 1989, unidentified "paramilitaries" began their actions in Junín, disappearing and extrajudicially executing a large number of university, high school and secondary school students, presumably linked to subversive groups. These actions took place in the context of an intense struggle between the PCP-SL and the MRTA at …
On January 12, 1989, Manuel Soto, director of the Center for Campesino Research and Popular Education (CICEP), a sociologist and professor at the National University of Central Peru, and Victor Lozano, a campesino leader, were assassinated. The text of the CVR report mentions this event but does not provide additional …
On April 28, 1989, PCP-SL militants committed the murder of three university students on the campus of the National University of Central Peru in Huancayo. This event occurred in a context where the PCP-SL had increased its intense agitation and armed propaganda work at the university, taking advantage of the …
On May 11, 1989, the Army and the National Police intervened twice at the National University of Central Peru in search of terrorist elements. The intervention took place due to the distribution of flyers announcing an armed strike on the 10th, 11th and 12th in the department of Junin. In …
On May 11, 1989, the Army and the National Police intervened twice at the National University of Central Peru (UNCP) in search of terrorist elements. The intervention took place due to the distribution of flyers announcing an armed strike on the 10th, 11th and 12th in the department of Junin. …
On July 18, 1989, Professor Luis Aguilar Romaní was mortally wounded by alleged Shining Path supporters in the teachers' lounge of the Faculty of Pedagogy of the National University of Central Peru (UNCP). This attack occurred in the context of a bloody struggle between the PCP-SL and the MRTA at …
In June 1990, the Army and the police entered the National University of Central Peru (UNCP) and arrested more than a hundred students suspected of being subversives. This intervention took place in the context of the struggle between the PCP-SL and the MRTA at the university, which had reached bloody …
Jaime Cerrón Palomino, Vice Rector of the National University of Central Peru, was arrested along with his driver Armando Tapia on June 8, 1990. Eleven days later, on June 19, their lifeless bodies were found in a place known as Tierra Blanca in the city of Huancayo. Both bodies showed …
On June 19, 1990, the lifeless bodies of Jaime Cerrón Palomino, Vice Rector of the National University of Central Peru, and his driver Armando Tapia were found in a place known as Tierra Blanca in the city of Huancayo. Both had been arrested on June 8, 1990. The bodies showed …
In June 1990, the Army and the police entered the UNCP and arrested more than a hundred students suspected of being subversives. In the following months they carried out similar operations until 1991 when the Army took control of the university. This process took place in the context of the …
During 1991, 1992 and 1993, the MRTA suffered heavy repression in the urban areas of the department of Junín, particularly in Huancayo. Many student members of the MRTA disappeared in simultaneous disappearances. The situation worsened with the enactment of the Repentance Law, at which time many good cadres from the …
In 1992, around 20 students from the National University of Central Peru (UNCP) disappeared within six months. Investigations suggest that a clandestine anti-subversive movement may have been behind the kidnappings and murders, with 14 of the students found dead. The authorities have not yet identified those responsible, and the hypothesis …
In 1992, the Peruvian government, under President Fujimori, enacted Legislative Decree 726, allowing military and police forces to enter university campuses to combat terrorist activities. This effectively ended university autonomy and led to the militarization of campuses, including the installation of a military base at the entrance of the Universidad …
On October 21, 1992, a massacre occurred in Sincos, Jauja district, in which 8 people were killed. According to the report, the victims could have been students from the National University of Central Peru (UNCP). This event took place in the context of 1992, when violence reached its highest peak …
In April 1993, a special prosecutor, Dr. Enrique Miranda Palma, was appointed to investigate the disappearance of university students from the Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú (UNCP). This action was taken following numerous reports of student disappearances, which exceeded 50 cases in 1992 and continued into 1993. The investigation …
On August 9, 1993, 15 students from the Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú (UNCP) were captured and accused of belonging to subversive groups. These detentions were reportedly based on information provided by previously captured students who, under pressure and in accordance with the 'Law of Repentance', named other individuals, …
On July 7, 1998, Army soldiers vacated the university campus of the National University of Central Peru (UNCP) in Huancayo. This military intervention took place in the context of years of political violence at the university, where both the PCP-SL and the MRTA had carried out proselytizing and armed propaganda …
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