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 25, 1987, under the command of Major Miguel Seminario Ayacuchano, Chapi was repopulated and renamed Belén de Chapi in commemoration of the Christmas holiday. Major Ayacuchano, who was appointed as head of the Chapi base between October and December 1987, changed the army's attitude towards the civilian population, …
On December 16, 1987, the MRTA raided the village of Yorongos as part of the 'Tupac Amaru Vive' Military Campaign. This action was part of a series of raids and takeovers of villages that the Tupac Amaru Army (ET) of the Northeastern Front carried out between October and December 1987 …
On December 9, 1987, members of the PCP-SL (Shining Path) committed assassinations in Peru. The text specifically mentions that the assassins are identified as members of the PCP-SL on this date. Days earlier, on December 3, Víctor Acuña Cárdenas, parish priest of the Magdalena Parish in Huamanga (Ayacucho) and director …
In December 1987, a Civic Day for Peace and Life was called, with the participation of a wide variety of institutions, authorities and political parties. This day was held in the context of the increase of political violence in Lima and the country, seeking to create a common front against …
At the end of 1987, a police post was installed in Querobamba, the current provincial capital of Sucre. This installation took place in a context where the authorities and teachers had progressively abandoned the area, which had intensified the presence of the PCP-SL, who had designated 'comrade Julio' as responsible …
On December 1 and 2, 1987, a national agrarian strike was called by the National Agrarian Unitary Council (CUNA). This agrarian mobilization took place in the context of a year marked by intense political violence and economic crisis, including the government's decision to devalue the national currency by an average …
At the end of 1987, a military base was established in Chapi, allowing the return of approximately 150 people to the area. The significant change occurred with the arrival of Major Miguel Seminario Ayacuchano, appointed as head of the Chapi base between October and December 1987. This Major implemented a …
The seizure of Chazuta was part of the 'Tupac Amaru Vive' Military Campaign initiated on October 8, 1987 by the MRTA, commanded by Víctor Polay Campos (c) Rolando, Néstor Cerpa (c) Evaristo and Miguel Rincón (c) Francisco. This action took place on November 19, 1987 as part of a series …
On November 9, 1987, the MRTA raided the town of Senami as part of the 'Tupac Amaru Vive' Military Campaign. This action was part of a series of raids and takeovers of villages that the MRTA carried out in San Martin during October, November and December 1987. The military campaign …
A column of seventy MRTA members took the town of San Martin de Alao on November 9, 1987. This action was part of a series of takeovers of towns in the department of San Martin carried out by the MRTA between November 6 and 9. The column also took other …
On November 6, 1987, the MRTA carried out its first incursion in the city of Juanjui with an operation executed by sixty members of the organization. The action consisted of the seizure of the three police posts in the city, the airport and the looting of a bank. The operation …
The Senate of the Republic of Peru ratified the appointment of Luz Áurea Sáenz as Comptroller General of the Republic. Likewise, in the same session, the appointment of Pedro Coronado Labó as president of the board of directors of the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) was ratified. These ratifications took place …
On October 8, 1987, on the anniversary of Ernesto Che Guevara's death, a contingent of eighty men of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) entered the town of Tabalosos in the department of San Martin. This action was part of a series of town seizures that the MRTA carried out …
On October 7, 1987, members of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) attacked the Concepcion police post in the province of Huancayo. During the attack, Ensign Henry Rojas Mori was killed. This attack took place in the context of a series of MRTA armed actions in different areas of the …
On October 2, 1987, Alberto Vera La Rosa, an APRA militant, was sworn in as Minister of Industry, Tourism, Commerce and Integration in the government of President Alan Garcia Perez. This appointment followed the resignation of Manuel Romero Caro as Minister of Industry and Tourism in September of the same …
On September 26, 1987, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) carried out its first kidnapping. The victim was Julio Ikeda Masukawa, who was manager of Avícola San Fernando. This event marked a change in MRTA tactics, incorporating kidnapping as a method of action. The event occurred in a context of …
On September 12, 1987, a PCP-SL hiker column successively raided the districts of Cochas and Comas, in the Tulumayo basin. This event marks the beginning of the PCP-SL's violent activities in the Tulumayo region. The incursion is part of the new escalation of trekking operations that began in 1987 in …
On September 12, 1987, members of the PCP-SL raided the district of Chuquibambilla, Apurimac province. During the attack, the subversives attacked multiple targets in the district, including the police post, the jail, the Municipality and the Municipal Library. In the assault on the police post, they killed three policemen and …
On August 29, 1987, a subversive commando assassinated Rodrigo Franco Montes, an APRA militant who was president of ENCI (Empresa Nacional de Comercialización de Insumos). Franco Montes had been appointed to assume the presidency of the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). The assassination occurred in a context of intensifying political violence …
On August 29, 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out an attack against the Cuzco barracks. This attack was part of a series of violent actions that the subversive group carried out in the city of Cuzco during this period, which included attacks against public and private premises, takeovers of radio …
On August 25, 1987, the Directorate of Special Operations of the Police Forces (DOES) was created in a context of intense political violence in the country, marked by the actions of both the PCP-SL and the MRTA. This creation took place in a context of intense political violence in the …
In July 1987, during his message to the country and before Congress on the occasion of the national anniversary, President Alan Garcia Perez proposed nationalizing the banking system. In August, Garcia insisted on his project to nationalize the banks during a rally called by the PAP. After 23 hours of …
On June 2, 1987, members of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) attacked and took over the town of Aguaytia, located in the province of Padre Abad, department of Ucayali. This attack was part of the IV Military Plan of the PCP-SL called "Develop support bases", which …
On May 23, 1987, the Peruvian government extended for sixty days the state of emergency in the provinces of Lima and Callao. This measure was taken in the context of a series of terrorist attacks that had been affecting the capital and the port of Callao. The state of emergency …
On May 19, 1987, a national strike was called by the General Confederation of Peruvian Workers (CGTP). According to the CVR report, this measure of force was moderately successful. The strike took place in the context of political and social tensions of the Alan Garcia Perez administration, in a year …
On May 19, 1987, the first national strike of this period took place, called by the CGTP (General Confederation of Peruvian Workers), marking the end of the social truce that had characterized the first years of the APRA government. The outstanding feature of this strike was that it coincided with …
On May 7, 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Civil Guard police post in Urubamba, province of the department of Cuzco. This attack was part of a series of violent actions that the PCP-SL carried out against police posts in the provinces of Cuzco during the period of expanding violence …
On May 4, 1987, one of the most spectacular and synchronized terrorist acts in Peru up to that time took place. During a widespread blackout in Lima, at least 15 detonations were registered simultaneously, mainly affecting bank branches in different parts of the capital. This coordinated attack demonstrated the operational …
On May 1, 1987, members of the Peruvian Army arrived in the peasant community of Cuchucancha, surrounded the town with military trucks and detained four villagers. This action took place in the context of military operations in the area. On April 27, 1987, twenty members of the Peruvian Army had …
On April 27, 1987, twenty members of the Peruvian Army raided the Pampa Puquio annex, near the peasant community of San Antonio de Cuchucancha. This military incursion took place in the context of counter-subversive operations in the area. The event is related to a previous incursion on May 1, when …
The Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Luis Alva Castro, announced that the State will prosecute officials of all hierarchy who committed the Banco de la Nación as guarantor of a debt of 9 billion soles. This statement was made in the context of financial irregularities detected in the management …
On April 9, 1987, seditionists disguised as schoolchildren murdered six people at the El Piano restaurant, located near the Armored Division of the Peruvian Army in Lima's Rimac district. This attack was part of a series of violent actions that took place during that month of April. The attack was …
The Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) made its appearance in the department of Puno in April 1987, with propaganda and sabotage actions in the cities of Puno and Juliaca. The first recorded attack was on April 13, 1987 against the premises of the Puno Credit Bank, marking the beginning of …
On March 2, 1987, the Chamber of Deputies of the Peruvian Congress approved the regionalization bill. This bill was part of the political and institutional reforms that were being implemented during the government of Alan Garcia Perez. The approval of this law represented an important step in the decentralization of …
On February 23, 1987, an attempt was made to assassinate National Prosecutor César Elejalde Estenssoro. This attack occurred in the context of a series of terrorist attacks that took place during those days in the country. Days before, on February 20, a car bomb had exploded near a rally presided …
On February 22, 1987, a car bomb exploded in Trujillo two hundred meters from the Plaza de Armas. The attack occurred moments before the arrival of the President of the Republic Alan Garcia Perez to the area. This attack was part of a series of terrorist attacks that took place …
At least eight explosions rocked several parts of Lima on February 21, 1987. This attack was part of a series of terrorist attacks that took place during those days. On February 20, a car bomb exploded three or four blocks from a rally presided over by Alan Garcia Perez. On …
On February 19, 1987 a fire broke out at the Las Palmas Air Base. The CVR report mentions this event very briefly, noting that the origin of the fire has not been explained. This incident occurred in a context of intense political violence, just one day before a car bomb …
On February 13, 1987, military forces intervened in Peruvian universities, generating protests by the rectors of these educational institutions. The rectors strongly protested against this measure of military intervention on university campuses. This action was framed in the context of the state of emergency prevailing in the country and the …
On January 30, 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked several police posts and communities in the province of Canas, department of Cuzco. This attack was part of a series of violent actions that the subversive group carried out in the high provinces of the department during the period of expanding violence. …
At the end of 1987, the MRTA sporadically entered some communities and towns in Tulumayo. The inhabitants of Racracalla recall the incursion in December 1988 of a group of MRTA militants, uniformed and armed with rifles, who called the people to an assembly in the town square. The MRTA urged …
In 1987, 572 Quechua-speaking deaths and disappearances were recorded. The Shining Path PCP was responsible for 410 victims, State Agents for 106, CADS for 9, and 47 cases were attributed to undetermined perpetrators or others.
Between January and April 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso began a campaign of sabotage against factories in Lima, marking the beginning of a new phase in its urban strategy. These first sabotages were claimed by El Diario, a press organ linked to the PCP-SL, pointing them out as the beginning of …
A witness started a business selling beer and soda at her home in San José de Secce to meet her needs. One day, around 3:00 in the afternoon, soldiers arrived to drink beer as usual. The witness was the victim of rape and became pregnant as a result. The perpetrator …
In 1987, the Pallqas military base was withdrawn from the area as part of a change in government policy to capture community members. Villagers reported mistreatment and abuse during this action. This withdrawal was part of a broader strategy that included the establishment of a new military base in Chapi …
In 1987, the Peruvian government implemented a significant change in its counter-subversive policy, shifting from a strategy of indiscriminate repression to one aimed at recovering the civilian population from the hands of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This change materialized with the arrival of Major Miguel Seminario Ayacuchano, who was appointed head …
In 1987, a group of approximately 40 PCP-SL militants entered a village and went to Hipólito Canchari's house to order him to prepare food for all of them. This type of incursion was part of the Shining Path strategy of territorial control and forced supply in rural areas. During that …
At the end of 1987, the MRTA sporadically entered some communities and towns in Tulumayo. This incursion followed the beginning of the PCP-SL's violent activities in the Tulumayo basin that same year. The entry of the MRTA was characterized as sporadic, unlike the more systematic presence of the Shining Path. …
In 1987, violence in the Peruvian internal armed conflict began to escalate again, after a period of decline that reached its lowest point in 1986. This new period of escalation reached a peak in 1989 and remained at relatively high levels until 1992, the year of Abimael Guzmán's capture. Although …
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