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.
President Alan Garcia Perez demands the immediate punishment of those responsible for the death of 300 inmates accused of terrorism. This statement comes in the context of the report presented in March 1988 by Senator Rolando Ames Cobián on the events that took place in three prisons in June 1986. …
MRTA commemorated another anniversary of the rebellion of Jose Gabriel Condorcanqui (Tupac Amaru II), which occurred on November 4, 1780. In Lima, MRTA carried out a series of coordinated attacks. Other attacks in the provinces, specifically in Cuzco and Chiclayo, are also attributed to the MRTA. This action was part …
The Joint Command of the Armed Forces issued official communiqués informing about upcoming military actions in the emergency zone. This announcement took place in a context of intensified counter-subversive operations and days after the Command of the Armed Forces issued communiqué 74 CCFFAA/RRPP on confrontations with subversives. The public announcement …
Admiral AP Gerónimo Cafferata Marazzi, former Commander General of the Navy and president of the Banco Industrial, died victim of a terrorist attack on October 14, 1986. The attack was part of a series of selective assassinations perpetrated by subversive groups during that period. This event took place in a …
Admiral AP Gerónimo Cafferata, former commander general of the Navy, was killed in a terrorist attack on October 14, 1986. The event is mentioned in the context of a series of attacks against authorities and members of the armed forces during that year. This assassination was part of the escalation …
A Peruvian Army helicopter allegedly killed 32 people in Pujas, Vilcashuamán, during the town's patron saint festival on October 8, 1986. Subsequently, on October 23, the Armed Forces Command issued communiqué 74 CCFFAA/RRPP, stating that the subversives were killed during a confrontation. This incident occurred in a context of intensified …
In the context of the Rimanacuy Puno 86 meeting, there were episodes of violence in the south of the country. Between August 7 and September 17, multiple attacks were registered, including attacks against the premises of the Federation of Peasants of Puno, the house of Congressman Alberto Quintanilla Chacón, the …
On September 17, 1986, there was an attack against the headquarters of the Ministry of Agriculture and CIPA in Puno. This attack was part of a series of violent episodes that took place in the south of the country shortly before the beginning of the Rimanacuy Puno 86 meeting. The …
On August 30, 1986, there was an armed attack against the Congress of the Federation of Peasants of Puno, resulting in the wounding of four people. This attack was part of a series of violent episodes that took place in the south of the country shortly before the beginning of …
On August 7, 1986, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) held its second clandestine press conference. This event took place in a context of intense subversive activity and state repression, just two months after the tragic events in the Lima and Callao prisons in June 1986. The conference was part …
On August 7, 1986, there was an attack against the premises of the Federation of Puno Peasants' Federation. This attack was part of a series of violent episodes that took place in the south of the country shortly before the start of the Rimanacuy Puno 86 meeting. On the same …
On July 27, 1986, Lieutenant Governor Hermógenes Huellca was assassinated in the department of Cuzco. This event occurred during the period of expanding violence in the southern Andes (1984-1988), when the PCP-Sendero Luminoso intensified its actions against local authorities and state representatives. Huellca's assassination was part of a systematic strategy …
On July 11, 1986, the Shining Path PCP launched its first attack on a police post in Chucapuente, Aymaraes province. This attack took place in the context of an escalation of violence in the area, where days before, on July 7, the PCP-SL had had its first confrontation with the …
On July 11, 1986, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out its first attack on a police post in the province of Aymaraes, Apurimac. This attack occurred in Chucapuente, a few days after the first confrontation between the PCP-SL and the army in Soccos on July 7 of the same year. This …
The National Jury of Elections (JNE) publishes the application for registration of Izquierda Unida (IU) with six member parties. This publication comes days after the National Directive Committee of IU made public a unanimous agreement of its members ratifying the unity of IU. The formal registration represents an important step …
On July 7, 1986, the first confrontation between the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and the army took place in the department of Apurimac, specifically in Soccos, Aymaraes province. This event marked an important milestone in the escalation of the internal armed conflict in the Apurimac region. Four days later, on July 11, …
On July 7, 1986, the PCP-SL had its first confrontation with the Army in Soccos, province of Aymaraes, department of Apurimac. This confrontation took place in the context of a series of violent actions by the PCP-SL that had begun between February and April 1986 with assassinations in various communities …
On June 27, 1986, there were simultaneous attacks against eleven bank branches and three premises of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) in Lima. These attacks occurred in a context of high political tension, a few days after the serious events in the prisons of Lima and Callao (June 18-19), where …
On June 25, 1986, there was a terrorist attack on a train car on its way to Machu Picchu. The attack resulted in the death of 8 passengers and left forty people injured. This attack occurred in a context of intense political violence in Peru, during the same month as …
During the first half of 1986, in the province of La Convención there were multiple attacks and assassinations perpetrated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. On June 22, 1986, specific attacks were registered in Totora and Vilcabamba. These attacks were part of a series of violent actions that included the murder of …
During a period of intense political violence that coincided with prison riots in Lima and Callao, twenty peasants were murdered in the province of La Convención, Cuzco. This event occurred between June 22 and 28, 1986, in the context of an escalation of subversive violence in the country. The event …
On June 22, 1986, five engineers were murdered in Minas Canaria, in the province of Victor Fajardo. This event occurred in a context of generalized violence in the area, where the Canarias mine had played an important role as a supplier of dynamite for the subversives. Previously, in July 1982, …
On June 21, 1986, members of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) attacked the offices of the transnational oil company OXY. The attack resulted in the destruction of the company's facilities. This attack occurred in a context of intense subversive activity, coinciding with the riots in the Lima and Callao …
The XVII International Socialist Congress was held in Lima on June 20, 1986. This international event took place a few days after the start of the XVIII Conference of the Socialist International Women, which had begun on June 16 in the same city. The congress took place in a very …
On June 18 and 19, 1986, a massacre took place in the prisons of Lima and Callao. This event occurred in the context of riots and tensions in the prisons where prisoners accused of terrorism were being held. The incident is mentioned as one of the most significant events of …
On June 16, 1986, the XVIII Conference of the Socialist International Women began in Lima. This international event took place in a context of high political and social tension in Peru, just two days before the riot in the prisons of Lima and Callao (June 18). The conference took place …
In 1986 there was a prisoner riot in Lima prisons that resulted in multiple deaths. The report specifically mentions that five people from the Chungui area died during this riot. This event occurred in the context of the Peruvian internal armed conflict, when many accused of belonging to the PCP-Sendero …
On May 27, 1986, an attempted kidnapping took place against Alberto Kitazono, who held the position of National Secretary of Organization of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP). This event occurred in a context of intense political violence in the country, during the first year of Alan García Pérez's government. The …
In the province of La Convención, 50 ronderos were killed in the Quimbiri area. This event occurred during the first half of 1986, a period in which there were multiple murders of peasants and attacks on villages in the province. The event is part of the chronology of violence in …
During the first half of 1986, a series of violent attacks took place in the province of La Convención. On May 10, there were attacks on the towns of Totora and Usmayo. These attacks were part of a wave of violence that included murders of peasants in different localities of …
Rear Admiral AP Carlos Ponce Canessa was assassinated in a terrorist attack on May 5, 1986. This assassination generated a strong demand for the death penalty from various sectors. The event took place in a context of escalating political violence that included other attacks against authorities and members of the …
A female witness was detained in May 1986 by the police. The text does not provide additional details about the specific circumstances of the detention, the exact place where it occurred, or information about what happened after the detention. This mention appears in the context of a broader report on …
During the first half of 1986, multiple murders of peasants took place in the province of La Convención. On April 28 there were murders of peasants in Usnuyoc. This event was part of a series of attacks that also included murders in Totora and Vilcabamba on June 22, and of …
On April 24, 1986, members of the police forces were assassinated in Aucayacu. This event is part of a series of violent attacks that occurred during that period in the context of the Peruvian internal armed conflict. The attack is recorded in the 1986 summary of the CVR report as …
A car loaded with explosives detonated at the residence of the U.S. ambassador in Lima. This attack was part of a series of violent actions that intensified during that period in the Peruvian capital. The event is registered in the 1986 summary of the CVR Report as one of the …
During March 1986, five private schools were targets of terrorist attacks that caused serious material damage. The schools affected were Inmaculada, Pedagógico, León Pinelo, Markham and Maristas del Callao. These attacks occurred in the context of a state of emergency and curfew which had been extended for sixty days in …
On February 21, 1986, the PCP-SL attacked the town of San Anton in the province of Azángaro, Puno. This attack was part of a broader offensive that the PCP-SL carried out between February 17 and 21, 1986, which included multiple actions in different localities in the region. The attack on …
On February 18, 1986, the PCP-SL carried out an attack and assault on the Pomasi mine in Ayaviri, Melgar province. This attack was part of a Shining Path offensive that took place between February 17 and 22, 1986 in the region. The offensive included multiple actions in different localities, beginning …
On February 17, 1986, the PCP-SL attacked the Banco del Sur in Juliaca as part of a new offensive that extended between February 17 and 21. This action was part of a series of coordinated attacks that included the seizure and assault of the Pomasi mine in Ayaviri on the …
Twenty hikers entered the town of Chupa on February 16, 1986, capturing the town's main authorities. During the seizure, the main stores were looted and the food they stored was distributed among the population. This action was exhibited by Abimael Guzmán in his document of August 1986 as proof of …
President Alan Garcia Perez gave a message to the nation on February 7, 1986. This message took place in a context of widespread political violence, with actions by both the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and the MRTA. The presidential message was one of the outstanding political events of 1986, according to the …
On February 5, 1986, the unification of the Peruvian Police Forces took place. This measure was part of the reforms implemented during the administration of Alan Garcia Perez. Previously, on August 15, 1985, Congress had passed a law declaring the reorganization of the Police Forces. On August 19, 1985, the …
On February 2, 1986, Lieutenant Commander AP Alvaro Artaza Adrianzén disappeared just as the trial against him for the Ayala case was about to begin. He was to be the first officer to be tried for the disappearance of journalist Jaime Ayala Sulca. The report mentions sub-officer Lince (second warrant …
In February 1986, Law 24514 was enacted, rendering Decree Law 22126 null and void. This law was part of a new cycle of labor conflicts that emerged around 1986, only one year after the reforms proposed by Carlos Blancas were truncated. The context also included the supreme decree that eliminated …
During the municipal election campaign at the end of 1986, a candidate for mayor was assassinated in the town of Pumahuasi. In addition to this political assassination, 11 villagers were murdered in circumstances that testimonies do not clarify who the perpetrators were. One of the victims, Oswaldo Ruíz de la …
In 1986, 456 Quechua-speaking deaths and disappearances were reported. The Shining Path PCP was responsible for 264 victims, State Agents for 161, CADS for 2, MRTA for 1, and 28 cases were attributed to undetermined perpetrators or others.
After the 1985 Accomarca massacre, abuses against women continued in 1986. The military who settled in Accomarca committed multiple sexual abuses against the women in the area, mainly against single women. The situation was aggravated by the fact that the majority of the people in Accomarca were women, since the …
During 1986, cases of sexual violence and human rights violations were recorded in the district of San José de Santillana. The report mentions this district in the context of a list of locations where events occurred during the internal armed conflict. The reference appears in the context of documentation of …
The Vilca Military Base in the district of Vilca, province of Huancavelica, department of Huancavelica, was mentioned in the context of human rights violations during 1986. The CVR report records this military base as one of the places where events occurred during the internal armed conflict. The base is listed …
In 1986, counter-subversive military bases were established in two localities in Huancavelica: Julcamarca and Ccayarpachi. This establishment of military bases was part of the Armed Forces' strategy to combat the presence of the Shining Path in the area. The military bases were installed in a context of intensifying internal armed …
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