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.
The PCP-SL claimed responsibility for an attack on December 15, 1989. According to the report, the PCP-SL stated that the attack was in response to an inadequate judicial process in the case of the prisons. The document mentions this claim in the context of the events of December 1989, a …
In the early morning of December 10, 1989, a group of individuals dressed in military uniform assassinated the secretary general of SUTEP Ayacucho, Alcides Palomino Aronés. The victim was shot in the head and stabbed eight times. The PCP-SL (Shining Path) claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that it was …
On December 10, 1989, 250 members of the PCP-SL (Shining Path) surrounded a village not specified in the text. The attackers removed from their homes the 23 adult men who were there. This attack was part of the violent actions of the PCP-SL during the period of intensified political violence …
President Alan Garcia Perez held a ceremony in which he handed over weapons to organized peasants. The ceremony took place after the speeches of the commander called Huayhuaco. This delivery of weapons was part of a government strategy in the context of the anti-subversive struggle. The event took place at …
Mario Vargas Llosa, FREDEMO's presidential candidate, publicly raised the possibility of initiating a residency trial against President Alan Garcia Perez once his presidential term was over. This proposal is framed in the context of the 1989-1990 electoral campaign and reflects the opposition's criticism of the Aprista government's administration. Residency trial …
At the end of December 1989, villagers from communities in Tulumayo gathered in Talhuis, tired of Shining Path abuses, harassed by hunger and death threats. This meeting was motivated by the death of Runatullo villagers in October of that year, who had been murdered for opposing the Shining Path party. …
On November 7, 1989, a group of PCP-SL militants assaulted the police post in the city of La Oroya. As a result of the attack, three policemen were wounded. This assault took place in the context of the V Shining Path Plan to 'Develop Bases in function of the Conquest …
On November 4, 1989, around 30 heavily armed people with their faces covered with balaclavas took over the district capital of San Juan de Jarpa, entering at various points and shouting "viva viva" to the MRTA. This action was part of a counter-subversive alibi that used the name of the …
On November 4, 1989, in the context of a wave of violence in the Canipaco area of Junin, a column of the Shining Path PCP raided Accac Bellavista. In this attack, the PCP-SL murdered the wife, mother-in-law and three-year-old daughter of a policeman. This was part of a series of …
On November 3, 1989, a march for peace was successfully held in the context of the political violence in the country. The march was attended by candidates from different political forces, demonstrating an effort of unity in the face of the violent situation. This event took place at a time …
The police carried out an unexpected and violent raid on the offices of the newspaper El Diario on November 2, 1989. During the operation, 15 workers and journalists of the newspaper were arrested. This raid took place in the context of the counter-subversive struggle, given that El Diario was considered …
In November 1989, municipal elections were held in the central region of Peru, in a context of intense political violence. The Armed and Police Forces guaranteed that these elections would be held in almost all voting centers in the region, despite the active presence of the PCP-SL and the MRTA …
On October 25, 1989, an army patrol surrounded the town of Atcas in the province of Yauyos, department of Lima. The military forced the villagers to leave their homes and head towards the town's stadium. The operation was part of the counter-subversive actions carried out by the armed forces in …
On October 16, 1989, a police strike took place in Peru. This event occurred in a complex political context, during the government of Alan Garcia Perez, marked by intense political violence and preparations for the general elections. The police strike took place a few days after the closing of registration …
The Third Meeting of Presidents of the Mechanism for Consultation and Political Coordination of the Group of Eight was held in Ica. Presidents José Sarney Ribamar (Brazil), Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez (Venezuela), Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo (Uruguay), Virgilio Barco Vargas (Colombia) and Carlos Menem (Argentina) attended. No agreement was reached …
On October 10, 1989, an armed confrontation took place in the district of Antauta, province of Melgar, between law enforcement forces and the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This confrontation resulted in the death of 14 Shining Path members. On the same day, another PCP-SL attack took place in the district of Ananea, …
José Luis Aznarán, leader of the National Federation of University Teachers of Peru (FENDUP), disappeared in October 1989 in Lima. His case is part of a series of disappearances and murders of union and social leaders that occurred during that period of the internal armed conflict. The disappearance took place …
In October 1989, the Shining Path PCP raided the town of Huayllay, district of Luricocha, province of Huanta, Ayacucho. During this incursion, the subversive organization killed 12 people. This attack was part of a series of massacres perpetrated by the PCP-SL in the northern part of Ayacucho (Huanta, Huamanga, La …
After more than two months of duration, the mining strike and the medical strike in Peru ended simultaneously. This event occurred in the context of the Alan Garcia Perez administration and amid intense political and social tensions. The end of these strikes is mentioned in connection with debates about the …
On August 1, 1989, the National Police violently repressed a march of doctors who were on strike over labor demands. The repression was particularly brutal, using pellets to break up the demonstrations. The Medical Federation denounced more than fifty cases of workers who were blinded by the use of pellets …
On July 26, 1989, Abel Malpartida Paez, a student of Industrial Engineering, disappeared on his way from his home to the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP). The disappearance occurred in a context of intensifying political violence in the country, during the government of Alan Garcia Perez. The event took …
On July 26, 1989, there was an armed strike called by the Shining Path PCP in the city of Huancayo that was particularly violent. This strike was observed throughout the city and was part of a staggered strategy that included consumer strikes (July 1 and 2), a transport strike (July …
Alejandro Tutaya, a professor at the Pedagogical Institute of Huancavelica, was murdered on July 12, 1989. The crime was perpetrated by alleged paramilitaries in the context of the 1989-1990 Shining Path offensive in the province of Huancavelica. This murder occurred during a period of intense violence in the city of …
On July 10, 1989, the Minister of Economy, César Vásquez Bazán, addressed a message to the country requesting workers and businessmen to reach a National Agreement. The message had three basic objectives: to reduce inflation, to establish a healthy dynamic of selective growth and to promote changes demanded by the …
On July 3, 1989, six villagers were detained by military personnel in the city of Huancavelica. The detainees were taken indiscriminately to the counter-subversive bases located in the city of Huancavelica. This event occurred in the context of the 1989-1990 Shining Path offensive, a period in which there was a …
On July 3, 1989, the MRTA carried out an incursion in the town of Shapaja as part of its military actions in the department of San Martin. This incursion was part of a series of actions by the Northeastern Front (FNO) during the process of rebuilding the Tupacamarista Army after …
In July 1989, the Shining Path PCP raided the town of Mutuycocha, in the district of Iguaín, province of Huanta, Ayacucho. During this incursion, twenty villagers were killed. This attack took place in the context of a second wave of sustained confrontations between the PCP-SL and the peasant patrols in …
On June 16, 1989, 1,000 Peruvian Army soldiers raided the human settlement of Huaycán. During the military operation, the armed forces detained more than 800 people, identified as undocumented and suspected of committing terrorist acts. This action took place in the context of intense police and military operations that were …
In June 1989, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso perpetrated a collective murder in the locality of Isccana, district of Luricocha, province of Huanta. Seven people were killed in this event. This event took place during the period of intensification of the internal armed conflict between 1988-1991, when the PCP-SL launched a new …
On the night of May 21, 1989, a column of the Shining Path PCP destroyed the facilities of the Waqrani Rural Education Institute (IER), located on the outskirts of Ayaviri. This attack was part of a series of violent actions carried out by the PCP-SL in Puno during May 1989. …
On May 16, 1989, an armed strike took place in the city of Huancavelica. This event took place in the midst of a series of strikes called in the region, days after President Alan García Pérez traveled to Huancayo to call on the population to overcome fear. The armed strike …
Between May 13 and 25, 1989, the main column of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso began a military campaign in the provinces of Azángaro and Melgar, in the department of Puno. This campaign was part of the PCP-SL's expansion strategy in the high provinces of the southern Andes, in a context where …
Between May 13 and 25, 1989, the main column of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out a devastating campaign in the provinces of Azángaro and Melgar. On May 19, they assassinated Marcelino Pachari Roselló, provincial mayor of Azángaro and militant of the Communist Party of Peru 'Patria Roja', who was inspecting …
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. …
The PCP-SL called regional armed strikes in May and June 1989 which paralyzed all activities and prevented the normal supply of products to the capital. The strike with the greatest impact was carried out on May 10, 11 and 12 in the departments of Junín, Pasco and Huánuco. On May …
On May 3, 1989, the MRTA took over the towns of Peleje and Papaplaya as part of its military actions in the department of San Martin. This action was part of the reconstruction process of the Northeastern Front (FNO) of the MRTA, which had been dismantled after the repression by …
On May 1, 1989, a detachment of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) attacked the Tablada de Lurin police post. This attack took place in a context of intensified political violence in the country, during the government of Alan Garcia Perez. The attack was part of the armed actions that …
In the months of May and June 1989, the PCP-SL called regional "armed strikes" which paralyzed all activities and prevented the normal supply of products to the capital. The strike with the greatest impact was carried out on May 10, 11 and 12 in the departments of Junin, Pasco and …
Luis Alberto Sánchez Sánchez was appointed Prime Minister of Peru in May 1989, replacing Armando Villanueva del Campo who resigned from the post. This cabinet reshuffle took place in a context of severe economic and political crisis, as well as intensifying subversive violence. Along with Sanchez, Agustin Mantilla Campos was …
On April 28, 1989, an MRTA detachment traveling in two trucks toward Tarma to take the city was discovered by a Peruvian Army patrol in the Molinos district, eight kilometers east of Jauja. An armed confrontation ensued resulting in the death of 58 MRTA members, six members of the Peruvian …
On April 28, 1989, two MRTA columns encountered Peruvian Army forces in the district of Molinos (Jauja) and were practically annihilated in combat. A column of thirty heavily armed subversives operating in the area of Satipo and Chanchamayo had begun a movement towards the highlands to unite with another column …
On April 26, 1989, Benigno Ayala, secretary general of Izquierda Unida (IU) in Cangallo, Ayacucho, was assassinated. The crime occurred in a context of intense political violence in the Ayacucho region, where both the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and paramilitary groups such as the Comando Rodrigo Franco were active. This assassination was …
In the early morning of April 20, 1989, soldiers and police entered San Marcos and La Cantuta universities. This military intervention took place in a context of intensification of the anti-subversive struggle by the APRA government. The operation was part of the actions of the forces of law and order …
On April 5, 1989, a subversive column of the Shining Path PCP assassinated a municipal agent and a guard of the SAIS Túpac Amaru production unit in the town square of Chaquicocha. During the same raid, the subversives killed 150 fine sheep belonging to the production unit. This attack was …
On April 4, 1989, 10 peasants were murdered in the community of Santa Rosa de Pachaclla, in the department of Huancavelica. According to the report, the victims were identified as presumably Shining Path members. This event is part of the chronology of violent acts registered in the region of Huancavelica …
The Peruvian Congress decides to bring forward the general elections to the second Sunday of March 1990, instead of the second Sunday of April as indicated in the current electoral law. This decision was taken in a context of serious economic and political crisis, with an accumulated inflation of 1722% …
On March 3, 1989, the general secretary of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) issued an official statement of his political group. In this communiqué, he called on all social and party forces in the country to sign a commitment for peace and democracy. This initiative took place in a context …
In March 1989, around 30 armed MRTA men attacked the Pichanaki police post in Chanchamayo province. This attack was part of the MRTA's operations in the central jungle during its period of expansion in the area. A few days after this attack, the subversives marched into the Junin highlands to …
Alejandro Galindo Muro, departmental secretary general of the Aprista Youth (JAP) of Huamanga, Ayacucho, was assassinated on February 22, 1989. This assassination occurred in a context of intense political violence in Ayacucho, where the PCP-SL had called for a week-long general strike on February 18. The crime was part of …
On February 18, 1989, the PCP-SL (Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path) called for a one-week general strike in the department of Ayacucho. According to the report, the strike was carried out during the first days of the called week. This type of armed strike was a frequent tactic …
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