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.
In the late afternoon of December 23, 1985, a commando of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) occupied the Scala Gigante store located in the district of Breña, Lima. The MRTA members immobilized the store's guards and employees. Using the store's loudspeakers, they urged the large public present to loot, …
On December 6, 1985, the ronderos of Totora confronted the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This confrontation occurred in the context of a series of Shining Path actions in the Vilcabamba area during November 1985, when the PCP-SL had restarted its actions by taking over several villages and recruiting youths between 10 and …
In late December 1985, military personnel from the base in Manta entered the home of a young girl, S. R. C. Q., and forcibly removed her mother. The girl was then sexually assaulted by a soldier named Amador Gutiérrez Lizarbe. Despite promises of marriage, the soldier left the area in …
In December 1985, forty residents of Huambalpa returned to their locality with the assistance of Cáritas, led by a professor named Cárdenas who encouraged the community to resist joining the Shining Path. Three months after their return, Cárdenas was assassinated by the PCP-SL, leading some residents to flee again. Those …
On November 30, 1985, a report by Teniente Coronel GC Gustavo O. Bravo Vargas indicated discrepancies in the police account of an alleged arms and explosives seizure in Lucmahuaycco. The police claimed a confrontation with a terrorist group, but no injuries were reported among the officers, and no terrorist members …
On November 8, 1985, the university campus was found with flags of the PCP-SL, coinciding with student elections. The influence of student groups was significant in university decisions, overshadowing the authority of professors. Concerns were raised about the presence and influence of external groups like PCP-SL and MRTA within the …
On November 6, 1985, the Movement 19 of April (M-19) launched an attack on the Colombian Palace of Justice. This event resulted in the loss of over a hundred militants. The attack was a significant event in Colombia's history, highlighting the intense conflict between the government and insurgent groups.
In November 1985, the Coordinadora, a human rights organization in Peru, called for the first major citizen mobilization to end the internal conflict in the country. This movement was part of a broader pacifist effort that gained momentum in the mid-1980s, aiming to resolve the conflict between the Peruvian state …
Reynaldo Rodríguez López was arrested in November 1985 for his involvement in the Villa Coca case, related to drug trafficking. The arrest occurred in a political context where the government of President Alan García Pérez was facing multiple challenges, including political violence and drug trafficking. The Villa Coca case was …
On October 22, 1985, approximately twenty members of the military entered the home of a declarant in the district of Miraflores. During the raid, they detained the affiant and her brother, who was a municipal agent. The military also beat the affiant's mother during the raid. This case forms part …
On October 4, 1985, inmates at the Lurigancho prison in Peru staged a riot to prevent a search by authorities. The Republican Guard intervened to quell the uprising, resulting in the deaths of 30 inmates. The incident was controversial, with the Minister of Justice, Luis González Posada, claiming that the …
In October 1985, the Human Rights Commission of the Peruvian Senate presented two reports regarding the events in Pucayacu and Accomarca. The majority report, led by Javier Valle Riestra, concluded that these events were part of a counter-subversive policy that violated human rights and recommended legislative changes to prevent military …
In October 1985, a violent eviction was carried out against the invaders of the Garagay estate in Callao. The event is briefly mentioned in the CVR report within the context of political events of October 1985. No additional details are provided on the specific circumstances of the eviction, the number …
On September 26, 1985, approximately 100 members of the Sendero Luminoso attacked the village of Huayao. They looted and burned the homes of the villagers, causing many to flee for their lives. Mariano Marquina Miguel, a member of the local Civil Defense, was gravely injured in the attack and later …
On September 26, 1985, a mass crime occurred in the town of Huayllay, Tambo district, Ayacucho. The CVR report mentions this event in the context of September 1985, noting that it overshadowed the debate on political amnesty that was taking place in Congress. The Huayllay mass crime is mentioned along …
On September 13, 1985, a child approximately 14 years old was used in a terrorist attack involving explosives in Peru. The child was carrying a powerful explosive intended to be detonated at the residence of the Peruvian Investigative Police. Tragically, the explosive detonated prematurely, resulting in the child's death and …
President Fernando Belaunde Terry publicly denounced that Peru was the focus of an international conspiracy. This conspiracy, according to the president, included the narcotics trade and the importation of counterfeit money in favor of terrorism. The denunciation was made in a context of escalating terrorist violence in the country and …
On August 27, 1985, military patrols entered the communities of Bellavista and Umaru in Ayacucho, Peru, and violently gathered the population. After torturing and beating many, they killed 63 villagers, including 35 minors and a pregnant woman. Despite initial denials by authorities, investigations led by Congressman Jorge Tincopa uncovered mass …
On August 27, 1985, a military patrol raided the communities of Umaro and Bellavista, in Vilcashuamán, and killed 59 peasants. This massacre occurred a few days after the well-known massacre of Accomarca (August 14, 1985), where 69 peasants were killed. Both events were part of military operations aimed at dealing …
On August 27, 1985, the military detained several peasants from the communities of Umaro and Bellavista, Vilcashuamán province, in Ayacucho. The military forces surrounded the population who tried to flee during the operation. This event occurred in the context of intensified military operations in the emergency zone of Ayacucho. The …
On August 19, 1985, the Peruvian government announced the decision to dismiss and retire 37 generals from the Police Forces. This measure took place in the context of the reorganization of the Police Forces which had been approved by Congress on August 15 by means of a law declaring the …
On August 16, 1985, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) held a clandestine press conference in Lima. During this conference, the MRTA stated that "it will not carry out military actions against the APRA, as long as the latter does not attack the people". This statement was made in the …
The Peruvian Congress passed a law declaring the reorganization of the Peruvian Police Forces. This measure was part of the institutional reforms implemented during the transition government, in a context of intense political violence and questions about the performance of law enforcement. The police reorganization sought to restructure the country's …
In the context of the internal conflict in Peru, the PCP-SL (Shining Path) established a camp in Llocllapampa, Accomarca, where they conducted indoctrination sessions and coerced local populations for resources. On August 14, 1985, the Peruvian military, led by sub-lieutenant Telmo Hurtado, attacked the camp, resulting in the massacre of …
The operation in the zone of Accomarca took place on 14 August 1985, involving military forces from various bases. The mission was to destroy a presumed 'popular school' suspected of being a subversive hub. The operation was marked by controversial orders, including treating any local appearing in the area as …
On August 14, 1985, a military patrol of 25 soldiers under the command of Sub-Lieutenant Telmo Hurtado Hurtado entered the community of Llocllapampa in Accomarca and killed 69 peasants, according to witnesses. Days before, on August 8, the Vilcas military base had ordered a joint operation of several patrols to …
In response to widespread corruption within the Peruvian Police of Investigations, highlighted by a scandal involving narcotics traffickers protected by former high-ranking police officials, the Peruvian government enacted a reorganization of the police forces. On August 14, 1985, the government passed law 24294, granting the Executive branch the authority to …
In Pucayacu, seven defenseless civilians were executed by military personnel under orders from higher authorities. The incident involved the use of a submachine gun to carry out the executions, followed by the burial of the victims in pre-dug graves. The event was investigated by a Congressional Commission, which concluded that …
On August 7, 1985, seven individuals were executed by members of the Peruvian Army near Pucayacu, in the district of Mayocc. The operation was led by Lieutenant EP Enrique De la Cruz Salcedo, with the direct involvement of Lieutenant Colonel David Lama Romero and Major EP Wilber Campos Hermoza. The …
On August 4, 1985, the military murdered and buried seven civilians in mass graves in Pucayacu, province of Huanta, Ayacucho. These people had previously been detained in the Municipal Stadium of Huanta, where members of the Navy were stationed. Around August 16, approximately fifty people detained in that place were …
In August 1985, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso declared the provinces of Melgar, Azángaro and Huancané as 'red zones', although according to the CVR report the reality was quite different from this declaration. This period was characterized by the actions of the PCP-SL, which included dynamite theft, dynamiting bridges, knocking down high …
In August 1985, 15 villagers were murdered in the town of Huarcatan. This event occurred in the context of the intensification of the internal armed conflict in the Ayacucho region, during a period in which both the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and the forces of law and order and the peasant patrols …
In August 1985, the Peruvian government, with assistance from the CIA and U.S. authorities, implemented 'Operation Condor' to dismantle clandestine airstrips used for drug trafficking. This operation led to the raid of Lucio Tijero's narco industrial complex in Callarú, revealing the extensive economic power of the narcotics trade and its …
In August 1985, shortly after Alan García assumed power, members of the Peruvian Armed Forces committed a series of massacres in Pucayacu, Accomarca, Umaro, and Bellavista. These events occurred during a period of political and social tension in Peru, as García's government attempted to address internal conflicts and economic challenges. …
On July 16, 1985, the Working Commission on Involuntary Enforced Disappearances of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights arrived in Lima. This visit took place in a context where Amnesty International had distributed a communiqué in January of that year stating that more than a thousand people had disappeared …
On July 4, 1985, arbitrary executions took place in the Castropampa barracks, in the department of Ayacucho. The events occurred in the context of human rights violations that included sexual violence. According to testimony gathered by the CVR, before the executions, the commandos first executed the men to prevent them …
On July 4, 1985, a brutal massacre occurred at the Cuartel de Castropampa in Ayacucho, Peru. Women were separated from men, tortured, and subjected to sexual violence by soldiers. Sixty-nine people were executed, and the bodies of the victims, including women who had been raped, were discovered later.
In July 1985, Amnesty International reported the disappearance of 1,005 individuals in Peru, a claim that was later contested by Luis Pércovich Roca, a former Minister of the Interior. According to Pércovich, only 27 cases remained unresolved after verification, while the rest were accounted for through various discrepancies such as …
Leonor Zamora, mayor of Ayacucho, was arrested by court order on charges of misappropriation of funds and against the duties of office. The detention was ordered by a judge. This event occurred during the month of July 1985, in the context of the transition from the government of Fernando Belaunde …
On 29 June 1985, a group of Shining Path militants attacked the town of Lagunas, near Yurimaguas in Alto Amazonas, Peru. The attack targeted a police station, resulting in the deaths of two police officers and a bank official. The group, led by Dr. Luis Castillo Tapia, faced a police …
On June 21, 1985, the withdrawal of the prosecutor's indictment against the three peasants arrested for the Uchuraccay massacre was declared inadmissible. This judicial decision came after prosecutor Oscar Guerrero surprisingly requested, during the hearing of March 26, 1985, the withdrawal of the accusation against the three accused and their …
On June 19, 1985, militants from the PCP-SL attacked the Empresa Minera Vinchos in the populated center of Vinchos, Pallanchacra District. They assassinated the Superintendent Engineer Celestino Vilca and the administrator Geronimo Vargas Castro, set fire to the facilities, and looted the food warehouse. This event was part of a …
Luis Aguilar Cajahuamán, an aprista deputy elected for Pasco and mayor, was assassinated on May 8, 1985. The crime occurred in a context of generalized political violence during the 1985 electoral period, when various political actors and local authorities were the target of attacks. Aguilar Cajahuamán had been elected as …
In May 1985, an incident occurred at the Military Base of Julcamarca, located in the district of Julcamarca, Province of Angaraes, Department of Huancavelica, Peru. This event is documented in the CVR Testimonio 202564. The base was part of a network of military installations in the region during a period …
In May 1985, shortly after the electoral victory of the APRA party, Luis Aguilar Cajahuamán, an elected deputy and serving mayor from Pasco, was assassinated. His death marked the beginning of a campaign by the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) targeting APRA deputies, governors, mayors, and councilors across Peru. This series …
An attack was carried out by subversives, resulting in Domingo García Rada being gravely injured with gunshot wounds to the head and arm. Despite surviving the initial attack, his health deteriorated, leading to his death months later. The attack also resulted in the death of Segundo Navarro Silva due to …
In April 1985, representatives of the Catholic Church in Peru, including Cardinal Juan Landázuri Ricketts and Monsignor Augusto Vargas Alzamora, condemned an attack against Doctor García Rada. They called for peace and unity among Peruvians to combat the violence affecting the country. The National Jury of Elections (JNE) also publicly …
On April 24, 1985, during the presidential elections in Peru, a group from the Shining Path (PCP-SL) attempted to assassinate Domingo García Rada, the president of the National Jury of Elections. The attack, which took place in Lima, left García Rada gravely injured and resulted in the death of his …
On April 24, 1985, Domingo García Rada, the President of the National Jury of Elections, was the target of a terrorist attack by members of the subversive group Sendero Luminoso. The attack occurred when his vehicle was intercepted in the district of San Isidro, Lima. As a result of the …
On April 11, 1985, a group of Sendero Luminoso militants entered the university dining hall at UNSCH, announcing an armed strike planned for April 13-15. They also called on students to boycott the presidential elections. Despite these public appearances, the presence of Sendero Luminoso at the university became less intense …
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Interview conducted by a reporter from El País of Spain, in which then-candidate Alan García, after declaring himself "pro-Spanish," speaks about Sendero Luminoso, the role of the armed forces, and …
Basic regulations governing the application of the general principles underpinning the national population policy.