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 January 5, 1990, the Asháninka people, led by Alcides Calderón, organized an armed group known as the 'Ejército Asháninka' to retaliate against the MRTA for the kidnapping and presumed murder of Alejandro Calderón. The group marched on Puerto Bermúdez, capturing the city and executing suspected MRTA members and collaborators. …
In early January 1990, a group of Asháninka people, estimated to be between 2000 and 2500, took control of Puerto Bermúdez, Peru. They were armed with bows, arrows, and some hunting rifles, and established strict control over the population, suspecting them of collaborating with the MRTA subversives. This led to …
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