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 1992, Shining Path militants assassinated in Barranca the provincial mayoral candidate Orlando Tapia, who belonged to the Popular Action party. In the same event, Santiago Jau, owner of Radio Fortaleza, was assassinated. These selective assassinations were part of the PCP-SL strategy of attacking political authorities and public figures in …
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 …
The presidential ticket of FREDEMO (Frente Democrático) for the general elections was proclaimed in Arequipa. The formula was integrated by Mario Vargas Llosa as presidential candidate, Eduardo Orrego Villacorta of Acción Popular (AP) as first vice-president, and Ernesto Alayza Grundy of Partido Popular Cristiano (PPC) as second vice-president. This event …
On April 14, 1989, the Democratic Front (FREDEMO) was officially constituted when its leaders subscribed the bases of the common government plan. This political alliance was made up of Acción Popular (AP), the Partido Popular Cristiano (PPC) and the Movimiento Libertad. The leaders who signed the agreement were Fernando Belaunde …
On January 29, 1988, Fernando Belaunde Terry, Luis Bedoya Reyes and Mario Vargas Llosa laid the foundations for the constitution of the Democratic Front (FREDEMO). This political alliance brought together Acción Popular (AP), the Partido Popular Cristiano (PPC) and the Movimiento Libertad. FREDEMO was officially constituted on April 14, 1989, …
On January 29, 1988, Fernando Belaunde Terry (leader of Acción Popular), Luis Bedoya Reyes (leader of the Partido Popular Cristiano) and Mario Vargas Llosa (leader of the Movimiento Libertad) laid the foundations for the constitution of the Frente Democrático (FREDEMO). This political alliance brought together AP, PPC and Movimiento Libertad …
On November 26, 1986, the Superior Court of Lima sentenced Laura Eugenia Zambrano Padilla and María Concepción Urquizo Sánchez to 10 years in prison for the attack against the Acción Popular headquarters on July 11, 1983. They were ordered to pay fifty thousand Intis in favor of the Acción Popular …
Manuel Ulloa Elías, representative of Acción Popular (AP), stated in El Comercio his opposition to a possible amnesty law for those accused of terrorist crimes. Ulloa stated that his party considered that it would be "absolutely irresponsible" to grant amnesty freeing the perpetrators of terrorist acts. He pointed out that …
In March and April 1985, there were bomb attacks against the party offices of the main political parties in Junín. The attacks were directed against the offices of Acción Popular, Partido Popular Cristiano, PAP (Partido Aprista Peruano) and Izquierda Unida. The premises of the Provincial Electoral Registry were also attacked. …
A Congress of the Acción Popular (AP) party was held, in which the current led by Javier Alva Orlandini won. This internal political event of the governing party took place in a context of political and economic crisis, as well as the intensification of subversive violence in the country. The …
On February 26, 1984, former Minister of Economy Manuel Ulloas Elías publicly accepted his presidential pre-candidacy. In accepting the nomination, Ulloas Elías committed himself to hold a polemic with the general secretary of Acción Popular (AP), Javier Alva Orlandini. This announcement took place in the context of the preparations for …
On November 8, 1983, Victor Arias Vicuña, provincial mayor of Pasco belonging to the Popular Action (AP) party, was assassinated. This crime took place in the context of an escalation of political violence affecting local authorities in various regions of the country. The murder occurred just five days before the …
On October 28 and 31, 1983, debates were held between the four main candidates for mayor of Lima. The participants were Amiel of the PPC, Barnechea of the PAP, Barrantes of the IU and Grados of the AP. These debates were widely covered by the media. The event was held …
The PCP-SL perpetrated an attack on the main office of Acción Popular on the day that the General Departmental Plenary of Lima was to be held. As a result of the attack, a security agent was killed and three members of Acción Popular were wounded. Investigating what happened, an ensign …
On September 20, 1983, a report on human rights violations in Ayacucho was presented to the Congress of the Republic. During the session, politicians from different political parties stood up to give their opinion on the report presented. Representatives of the United Left (IU) and the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) …
On August 13, 1983, Alfonso Grados Bertorini accepted to run for mayor of Lima for the Acción Popular (AP) party. Grados Bertorini had previously resigned as Minister of Labor on June 27, 1983. His candidacy was in the context of the municipal elections to be held in November of that …
On July 11, 1983, at approximately 7:28 p.m., a detachment of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked with shrapnel and explosives the main office of the Acción Popular political party located on Paseo Colón. The attack was carried out by a group of subversives who threw three dynamite charges inside the premises …
On July 11, 1983 there was a terrorist attack against the central office of the Acción Popular (AP) party in Lima. This attack was part of the second wave of the First Military Campaign of the PCP-SL, which took place from July to October 1983. All the media and sectors …
On May 6, 1983, the PCP-SL attacked the headquarters of Acción Popular in Pucallpa. The following day, on May 14, people linked to this attack were assassinated on the outskirts of that district. This event occurred in the context of the first wave of the First Campaign of the PCP-SL, …
On May 6, 1983, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) attacked the headquarters of Acción Popular in Pucallpa. This attack was part of the first wave of the First Military Campaign of the PCP-SL, which took place between May and June 1983. The attack took place in …
On April 23, 1983, members of the PCP-SL committed an attack against the headquarters of the Acción Popular party in the city of Puno. This attack was part of a series of violent actions by the PCP-SL against political and governmental infrastructure during the month of April 1983. The attack …
On April 23, 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the premises of the Acción Popular party in the city of Puno. This attack was part of a series of actions directed against public and local institutions of the ruling party during the first years of the internal armed conflict in the …
On December 11, 1982, in the middle of a public act, the provincial mayor of Huamanga, Víctor Jorge Jáuregui, a Popular Action (AP) militant, was wounded by two presumed members of the PCP-SL. The attackers were driving a motorcycle from where they shot him three times in the face. This …
On August 1, 1981, multiple simultaneous bombings took place in different parts of Lima. The targets included 4 premises of Acción Popular (AP), 3 of them located in San Martin and Barrios Altos, as well as 3 Peace Courts and the ESAL Office in Villa el Salvador. These attacks were …
On May 18, with the participation of 6,382,002 voters, the General Elections were held. Fernando Belaunde Terry of Acción Popular won with 46% of the presidential votes, followed by Armando Villanueva del Campo of the PAP with 28% and Luis Bedoya Reyes of the PPC with 10%. The leftist blocs …
The general elections of May 1980 marked the return to democracy in Peru after the military government. Acción Popular (AP) obtained a clear victory, surpassing by far the required 36%. In the Andean South, AP won a majority in the departments of Apurimac, Cuzco and Madre de Dios, except in …
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