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 Executive Branch, in an act described as unprecedented, promulgates and publishes the Annual General Budget Law in the official gazette El Peruano. The government makes observations to 15 of the 313 articles of the law. This act marks a moment of tension between the Executive and the Congress in …
In December 1990, 18 murders were registered in the province of Chumbivilcas. This event, together with the discovery of the mass grave in Chillccahuico and the discovery of a clandestine cemetery apparently used by PNP groups, created a context of concern about the government's respect for human rights. Up to …
President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori announces the initiation of a broad governmental family planning program based on the use of contraceptive methods. This announcement is made in the context of the first months of his administration, after assuming the presidency in July 1990. The program represents a public policy aimed at …
On October 21, 1990, a university student was arrested in Ayacucho in circumstances that several witnesses witnessed. According to the testimonies gathered, the young man was placed in the trunk of a police patrol car. This event is part of the context of political violence and repression that characterized the …
On October 17, 1990, a police station located in the district of Jesús María was completely destroyed. The attack was part of the escalation of political violence that characterized this period in Lima, where subversive groups intensified their actions during the government transition process. The total destruction of the police …
On October 10, 1990, military forces took 18 young men and peasants from the area. The bodies of the victims were later found in a mass grave located in Chilqahuayco, province of Huamanga, Ayacucho. This event occurred in the context of counter-subversive operations in the region during Alberto Fujimori's government. …
On October 1, 1990, members of the Army Intelligence Service (SIE) arrested Constantino Saavedra Muñoz, former deputy mayor of Acción Popular (AP) in the district of Quinua, province of Huamanga. The arrest occurred when Saavedra Muñoz was leaving a meeting of the Huamanga City Development Corporation (CORFA). This event took …
Valentín López Molina, director in charge of the Higher Pedagogical Institute of Huancavelica, was murdered on September 14, 1990. The CVR report notes that it is difficult to establish the authorship of this murder, suggesting that it could have been committed by both subversive forces and State agents. This crime …
Congressman Fernando Olivera Vega presented before Congress recordings and transcriptions of conversations held between politicians that had been intercepted by elements of the National Intelligence Service (SIN). These interceptions constituted a kind of telephone espionage of political figures in the country. As a consequence of this denunciation, on September 4, …
The Senate approved the granting of extraordinary powers to the Executive Branch so that, within sixty days (until November 30, 1990), it could issue legislative decrees creating, modifying or eliminating taxes and eliminating tax exemptions. This measure was taken in the context of the new government of Alberto Fujimori Fujimori, …
Congressman Gerardo Lopez Quiroz, member of the political group Cambio 90, was kidnapped by the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA). The perpetrators described the kidnapping as an 'invitation to talk' with the objective of making known the guidelines of the III Central Committee of the MRTA. This kidnapping took place …
On August 16, 1990, the Tupacamarista Army (ET) of the Northeastern Front of the MRTA took the city of Moyobamba with approximately 300 subversives. This action was part of a series of spectacular armed operations carried out during 1990, when the FNO had managed to increase its strength to 500 …
The General Confederation of Peruvian Workers (CGTP) called a general strike during August 1990, in the context of the recently initiated government of Alberto Fujimori. The strike had little acceptance among the population and did not succeed in paralyzing the country's activities. This strike took place at a time of …
By means of a supreme decree, the government of Alberto Fujimori Fujimori declared a state of emergency for thirty days in the provinces of Arequipa, Cuzco, Puno, Piura, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Maynas, Huaraz, Chimbote, Lima and Callao. As a consequence of this measure, individual guarantees were suspended in all these provinces. …
On July 12, 1990, an armed confrontation took place between the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and the military forces in Cochamarca, province of Oyón. This confrontation was part of the military-police offensive that dealt decisive blows to the Shining Path combat forces in the region during 1989 and 1990. The event occurred …
On July 5, 1990, the MRTA raided the city of Yurimaguas with 95 armed men. During this operation, the insurgents attacked the local prison and freed the prisoners held there. This action was part of a period of intense MRTA activity, which included confrontations with the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the …
On June 15, 1990, PCP-Sendero Luminoso militants assassinated the governor of the district of La Merced in Churcampa, Huancavelica. This assassination was part of a series of selective executions carried out by the PCP-SL against local authorities and alleged collaborators of the military forces in the area. The governor was …
On June 10, the run-off election between Alberto Fujimori and Mario Vargas Llosa took place. Fujimori won by a wide margin after saying during the electoral debate that he would not apply the shock economic policy. The electoral process had produced a new leadership of extremely high popularity in which …
The husband of a declarant, who was a professor at the Universidad Nacional del Centro, was detained in the district of Huancayo on June 8, 1990. The testimony appears in the context of cases of sexual violence against women during the internal armed conflict. The detention of the professor is …
In June 1990, second round presidential elections were held in the central region of Peru. The Armed and Police Forces guaranteed that these elections were held in almost all the voting centers in the region, despite the context of political violence generated by the PCP-SL and the MRTA. These elections …
On May 14, 1990, the MRTA took the town of Saposoa as part of a series of spectacular armed actions carried out by the Northeastern Front. For this operation, between 300 and 400 men of the Tupacamarista Army were previously assembled. This action was part of a period of intense …
A military patrol intercepted and killed 14 peasants returning to their community of Ccasiahui, in the province of Chumbivilcas, Cuzco. The event occurred in the context of the general elections and the intensification of counter-subversive actions in the country. The peasants were intercepted when they were returning to their community. …
On April 19, 1990, members of the PCP-SL attacked the Azángaro police post. This attack took place in a context of intensified political violence during the electoral period, specifically between the first and second round of the presidential elections. The event was part of the Second Campaign of the V …
On April 13, 1990, in the district of La Merced, province of Churcampa, a married couple was murdered by militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This murder occurred in the context of the PCP-SL's national offensive, which significantly increased the death toll in the provinces of Tayacaja and Churcampa. The victims …
Between April 12 and May 1, 1990, a military patrol from the Antabamba base conducted a tour of the districts of Antabamba, Oropesa, Quiñota, Llusco and Santo Tomás in the provinces of Antabamba (Apurímac) and Chumbivilcas (Cusco). During this operation, the patrol raided peasant communities suspected of forming support bases …
On April 8, 1990, military personnel detained a person in Aucayacu, department of Huánuco, who subsequently disappeared. The wife of the disappeared person recounts the anguish and trauma experienced after the arrest of her relative. Her testimony reflects the state of shock and uncertainty she experienced: "So what was I …
Alberto Fujimori wins the presidential elections with 62% of the votes. This electoral triumph occurred in a context of serious economic crisis, generalized political violence and the growing presence of subversive groups in Metropolitan Lima. The elections took place when the PCP-SL and the MRTA intensified their actions in the …
In November 1989 municipal elections were held, and in April and June 1990 presidential elections were held in the central region. The Armed and Police Forces guaranteed that these elections were held in almost all the voting centers in the region, despite the context of political violence in the area. …
On March 22 and 23, 1990, a nationwide agrarian strike was held throughout Peru. The mobilization was called by agrarian organizations to demand from the government the restitution of credits granted by the Agrarian Bank. This strike was framed in a context of intense social protests and political violence during …
The Frente de Defensa de los Intereses de San Martin and the Selva Maestra Agrarian Federation initiated a general strike in the department of San Martin on March 15, 1990. The main reason for the conflict was the price of rice, corn and sorghum, as well as the demand for …
On February 17, 1990, two villagers were murdered in the district of La Merced, province of Churcampa, Huancavelica. The murders were perpetrated by militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, who accused the victims of "collaborating" with the military. This occurred in the context of the PCP-SL's national offensive in 1990, when …
On February 9, 1990, the Tupacamarista Army (ET) of the MRTA took the town of Picota in the department of San Martin. This military action was part of a series of seizures and raids carried out by the Northeastern Front (FNO) of the MRTA during 1990, when the organization had …
A complaint was filed regarding illicit negotiations that were allegedly taking place at the Ministry of Economy. The accusation pointed out that a total disorder had been generated in the granting of foreign currency. This accusation pointed to irregularities in the economic management of the APRA government during the last …
In 1990, police posts were withdrawn from the districts of Huambalpa, Carhuanca and Vischongo in Ayacucho. This withdrawal of law enforcement left a power vacuum in these villages. Immediately after the police withdrawal, the subversive columns of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso took advantage of the situation to organize incursions into these …
In 1990, 1,059 Quechua-speaking deaths and disappearances were reported. The Shining Path PCP was responsible for 673 victims, State Agents for 244, CADS for 49, MRTA for 9, and 84 cases were attributed to undetermined or other perpetrators.
In January 1990, the main column of the Shining Path PCP suffered a decisive setback in Puno. The forces of law and order caught up with the subversive column and in the confrontation five subversives were killed, among them their military commander. This event marked an important turning point in …
In the hamlet of Santa Rosa de Mishollo, during 1990, a case of rape was registered in the context of the internal armed conflict. The case is mentioned in the CVR report as part of the testimonies on sexual violence perpetrated during the period of political violence. This event occurred …
In 1990, 534 deaths and disappearances of native Spanish speakers were reported. The Shining Path PCP was responsible for 260 victims, State Agents for 161, CADS for 21, MRTA for 35, and 57 cases were attributed to undetermined perpetrators or others.
The CVR report mentions the hamlet of Unión Nueva Victoria in the context of cases of sexual violence that occurred during the internal armed conflict in 1990. This locality is located in the District of Pólvora, Province of Tocache, Department of San Martin, an area that was the scene of …
During the installation of the military base in Huarcatán around 1990, the villagers were abused by the military. The military entered the homes of the villagers and sexually abused young girls from the community. These events were part of a broader pattern of sexual violence perpetrated by the forces of …
In 1990, in the district of Huambalaya, province of Vilcashuaman, department of Ayacucho, cases of rape were recorded in the context of the internal armed conflict. The testimony documents these events as part of the pattern of sexual violence that affected rural communities during the most intense years of the …
In 1990, in the village of Contay, district of Saurama, province of Vilcashuaman, department of Ayacucho, cases of rape were recorded. The event was documented in testimonies presented to the CVR. The facts were exposed during the Women's Public Hearing, Case No. 2, Single Session, held on September 10, 2002. …
In 1990, the PCP-SL (Shining Path) carried out a first massacre in the settler community of Monterrico, located in the Tsiriari valley, Mazamari district, Satipo province. This attack was part of a series of selective assassinations that the PCP-SL committed that year in several colonist communities in the area, including …
The province of Ocros was created in 1990 as a result of a fragmentation of the province of Bolognesi. According to the 1993 Census, the population of Ocros was 7,039 inhabitants. This provincial creation occurred in the midst of the internal armed conflict affecting the region. The new province was …
The province of Oyón was created in the midst of the internal armed conflict in 1990. Prior to the implementation of the Agrarian Reform, there were some large estates in the province, mostly cattle ranches, coexisting with communal territories. According to the 1993 Census, the province had 17,279 inhabitants. The …
Between 1989 and 1990, the Navy applied a counter-subversive strategy based on terrorizing the populations settled along the banks of the Ucayali River and its tributaries. The presence of PCP-SL in the Ucayali River occurred between the end of 1989 and the beginning of 1990. PCP-SL appeared in the Tamaya …
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