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.
In September 1984, a massacre occurred in Putis, Peru, where 154 people, including women and children, were killed by state agents. The massacre was a reprisal against the community for alleged collaboration with the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. Victims were forced to dig their own graves under false pretenses before being executed, …
In 1984, approximately 50 military personnel arrived in the village of Putis, Peru, and ordered the local population to dig a pit under the pretense of creating a water reservoir. Shortly after, the military executed the villagers, suspecting them of being associated with the Shining Path (PCP-SL). This event is …
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