Complete database of events related to the internal armed conflict in Peru, extracted from the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR). 5,159 events documented from 1817 to 2003.
On December 30, 1983, three new ministers were sworn in to the cabinet of President Fernando Belaunde Terry. José Benavides Muñoz assumed the portfolio of Energy and Mines. FAP Lieutenant General Jose Zlatar Stambuck assumed the portfolio of Aeronautics. Ismael Benavides Ferreiros assumed the Fisheries portfolio. This ministerial change took …
Most newspapers reported that the PCP-SL was announcing a two-year truce by means of white banners in the provinces of Huamanga and La Mar in Ayacucho. This announcement was made on December 21, 1983. However, the attacks both in Lima and in the interior of the country did not cease …
The Congress of the Republic approved the General Budget of the Republic for the following year. This approval took place in a complex political and economic context, marked by the terrorist violence of the PCP-SL and the MRTA, as well as by a serious economic crisis. The Minister of Economy …
On December 11, 1983, villagers from various communities in the districts of Vilca, Manta and Acobambilla (province of Huancavelica) were gathered by militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in Vilca. The subversives organized these villagers as a 'mass' to assault three Production Units of SAIS Cahuide: Tucle, Laive and Antapongo, located …
On December 9, 1983, a group of hikers arrived in the community of Santa Carmen pretending to be police officers. Once there, they tortured and killed 7 local community members and a businessman from Talavera, Andahuaylas. This event occurred in the context of the expansion of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in …
In December 1983, an armed confrontation took place between elements of the Shining Path and a combined patrol of the Armed Forces and the Police in Acobamba, Huancavelica. The confrontation resulted in several deaths on both sides. This event occurred in a context of intensifying violence in the area, where …
On November 26, 1983, the PCP-SL executed three Soras community leaders, accusing them of being informers. This event occurred in a context where the demands of the war were becoming more pressing and the support of the community members was becoming more and more forced, with public demonstrations of rejection, …
On November 13, 1983, a group of members of the Civil Guard in charge of the police post of Soccos, province of Huamanga, Ayacucho, killed 32 peasants who were participating in a communal party. This massacre occurred on the same day as the municipal elections that were being held throughout …
On November 13, 1983, 32 people were killed in Socos, a district in the province of Huamanga. This event was perpetrated by members of the Civil Guard (GC) of Socos. The Socos massacre occurred in the context of the entry of the Armed Forces into the region in 1983 and …
On November 13, 1983, municipal elections were held throughout the country. In Lima, Izquierda Unida (IU) won, marking an important political milestone in the Peruvian capital. Alfonso Barrantes Lingán, IU candidate, was victorious in these municipal elections. Subsequently, in January 1984, Alfonso Barrantes Lingán formally assumed the mayoralty of Lima.
On November 8, 1983, Victor Arias Vicuña, provincial mayor of Pasco belonging to the Popular Action (AP) party, was assassinated. This crime took place in the context of an escalation of political violence affecting local authorities in various regions of the country. The murder occurred just five days before the …
The Socos massacre was perpetrated by police forces in November 1983, resulting in the murder of 34 peasants. This event occurred in the same year as other significant massacres such as the Shining Path incursions in Lucanamarca and Huancasancos that left 80 dead in April. Unlike the massacre of 8 …
In November 1983, due to the impact of the war and the fear generated by subversive actions and counter-subversive operations, no municipal elections were held in any of the districts of Huanta, not even in the provincial capital. Nor were they held in the ten districts of the neighboring province …
On October 30, 1983 in Acobamba, alleged subversives clashed with members of the Civil Guard, leaving more than 20 dead and 15 wounded. Most of the victims were innocent peasants who were caught in the crossfire. This confrontation occurred in a context where Sendero Luminoso had intensified its actions in …
On October 15, 1983, militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out a harassment attack against the Churcampa police post. This attack took place in the context of a series of subversive actions aimed at destroying the existing system of authorities and harassing police posts in the region. The action was …
On October 9, 1983, a combined group of 35 Sinchis and members of the army arrived in three helicopters to the town of Ayalca, annex of Chalcos. They forced the villagers to gather in the main square. At the end of the meeting, about 60 people were locked up in …
On September 26, 1983, army and police forces, in a combined action, entered the capital of Paucarbamba and neighboring towns. During the operation, the forces of order raided houses and took some villagers prisoner. The military and police stole some of the population's property and raped some of the villagers. …
On the night of September 22, 1983, the strike of the Federation of Bank Employees in Peru was resolved. The strike had lasted ten days, during which demonstrations were held. With the resolution of the labor conflict, banking services were resumed throughout the country. This event was framed in a …
The Accomarca massacre occurred on September 3, 1983, perpetrated by the Armed Forces. According to CVR records, 12 people were killed: 5 men and 7 women. During the military incursion, sexual violations were committed against women. The information on this event comes from the testimony of survivors who gave an …
In September 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso murdered 10 community members in the town of Bellavista, district of Chiara, province of Huamanga. This event was part of a series of massacres perpetrated in the area during 1983, a year that saw a dramatic intensification of violence in the provinces of Huamanga, …
In September 1983, police and Navy troops extrajudicially executed 13 community members from San Pedro de Pampay, in the district of Luricocha, province of Huanta. This event occurred in the context of the entry of the Armed Forces into the region in January 1983 and the installation of the political-military …
In September 1983, Navy troops committed multiple assassinations in several towns and villages in the district of Sivia, including Boca Mantaro, La Unión, Pacífico, Canayre Alta, Canayre Baja, Villa Virgen and Portillo. This military repression had the opposite of the expected effects, generating greater support for the PCP-SL among the …
The Prosecutor of the Nation, Miguel Cavero Egúzquiza, made controversial statements on the television program Panorama about the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL). In his statements, Cavero Egúzquiza affirmed that the PCP-SL has its own 'patriotic sensibility' and that, in its own way, 'they want the best …
On August 15, 1983, changes were announced in the ministerial cabinet of Fernando Belaunde Terry's government. Patricio Ricketts Rey de Castro left the Ministry of Labor to become Minister of Education. Joaquín Leguía assumed the Labor portfolio replacing Ricketts. These changes took place in a context of confrontations between the …
General EP Clemente Noel Moral, head of the Political Military Command of Ayacucho, filed a complaint before the ad hoc prosecutor for terrorism Ricardo Pequeño Valdivia against several university leaders and authorities. Among those accused were Abimael Guzmán Reinoso, Julio César Mezzich, former UNSCH rectors Efraín Morote Best and Enrique …
In August 1983, the courthouse in Acobamba was dynamited. This attack occurred in the context of an intensification of PCP-Sendero Luminoso actions in the province, which included assassinations of peasants and attacks against public infrastructure. In the same month, in the community of Llamacancha, the Shining Path attacked five houses …
In August 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso perpetrated a massacre in the town of Ñuñunhuayco, district of Cangallo, province of Cangallo, Ayacucho. The attack resulted in the murder of 13 villagers and the razing of the village. This event occurred in the context of the intensification of violence in the area …
In August 1983, the first murders of peasants took place in the Acobamba area. During this same period, subversive groups dynamite the Acobamba courthouse. In the community of Llamacancha, the attackers attacked 5 houses and several public buildings. These events mark the beginning of direct violence against the civilian population …
In August 1983, a group known as 'Los Linces' killed 5 people in the town of Limonchayoc, Ayna district. This event is part of the chronology of violence recorded in the Apurimac River Valley (Zone III) during the internal armed conflict. The event occurred in a context of increasing violence …
On July 28, 1983, President Fernando Belaunde Terry presented his annual message to the Congress of the Republic. In this speech, Belaunde Terry demanded the reestablishment of the death penalty, in the context of the escalation of political violence that the country was going through. This message was given in …
On July 27, 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Camelid Technical Research Institute located in La Raya, on the border between the departments of Cuzco and Puno. This attack marked an important moment in the expansion of the internal armed conflict into the high provinces of the department of Cuzco. …
The Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) decreed a forced strike in the department of Ayacucho that lasted two days, on July 25 and 26, 1983. This strike took place in the context of the second wave of the First Military Campaign of the PCP-SL, which took place …
On July 22, 1983, the PCP-SL attacked the Institute of Technical Research of Auquenidos located in La Raya, province of Canchis, department of Cuzco. This attack took place in the context of the second wave of the First Military Campaign of the PCP-SL, which took place between July and October …
The second Shining Path PCP attack on Uchuraccay occurred at midnight on July 16, 1983, after the conclusion of the feast of the Virgin of Carmen. About fifty members of the PCP-SL entered the town through the upper part of Tikllaqocha, where the house of one of the party's stewards, …
With the installation of the Canaria military barracks in 1983, 6 people disappeared from Tiquigua. This event occurred in the context of the military counteroffensive initiated in January 1983 against the PCP-SL. In 1982 and 1984, Tiquihua was under the command of the 'unknown' (SL), which led to the establishment …
In July and September 1983, massacres occurred in the district of Chiara, province of Huamanga, Ayacucho. In July 1983, the PCP-SL murdered 20 community members in Sachabamba, Chiara. In September of the same year, the PCP-SL murdered 10 community members in Bellavista, Chiara. In April 1984, members of the army …
In July 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso perpetrated a massacre against ronderos and community members in Buenavista, Los Morochucos district, Cangallo province. This attack took place in the context of the intensification of violence in the region during 1983, a year that registered the highest number of deaths in the department …
In July 1983, there was an armed confrontation between columns of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and ronderos from Vilcashuamán. This event took place in the context of the generalized violence that characterized 1983 in the area, with the highest number of deaths in the region. The confrontation was part of the …
In July 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso raided the town of Sachabamba, Chiara district, Huamanga province, killing 20 community members. This event was part of a series of massacres perpetrated by the Shining Path in the district of Chiara during 1983, which also included the murder of 10 community members in …
In July 1983, members of the Sinchis of the Civil Guard murdered 19 villagers in Iribamba, Luricocha district, Huanta province. This event occurred in the context of the entry of the armed forces into the region in January 1983 and the installation of the political-military command that radically changed life …
The Prosecutor of the Nation, Miguel Cavero Egúsquiza, proposed to establish a dialogue with the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) on June 20, 1983. This proposal took place in a context of intense political violence and military operations in Ayacucho, where General EP Clemente Noel Moral had …
On June 19, 1983, a contingent of approximately 30 PCP-SL militants took the town of Moya, in the province of Huancavelica. During the raid, the subversives harassed the local police post. They called on the district's population to join their armed struggle. After these actions, the contingent left for the …
On June 14, 1983, the Unitary Union of Education Workers of Peru (SUTEP) carried out a national strike that was described as successful. This mobilization took place in a context of growing social conflict and political violence in the country. The teachers' strike was one of the multiple union protests …
General GC Juan Balaguer was appointed Superior Director of the Civil Guard on June 3, 1983. This appointment signified his return to that position after two years of absence. The appointment took place in a context of intense anti-subversive activity and reorganization of the police forces in the country. Balaguer's …
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 June 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso killed 14 people in Accocro, a district in the province of Huamanga. This event occurred in the context of the intensification of violence following the entry of the Armed Forces into the region in January 1983. Accocro was the scene of multiple massacres during …
On May 31, 1983, it was announced that inflation surpassed the three-digit mark for the first time in Peru's history, reaching 101.4% in the annual accumulated figure from May 1982 to May 1983. This economic milestone occurred in the context of a serious economic crisis that worsened during that year. …
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 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 27, 1983, there was a power cut in Lima that allowed the execution of several terrorist attacks. This event occurred in a context of intensified political violence, during the first wave of the First Campaign of the PCP-SL that was taking place between May and June 1983. As …
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