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 January 1990, one of the worst massacres of Peru's internal armed conflict took place. The Shining Path PCP raided the town of Acosvinchos and killed 48 community members. This massacre occurred in the context of a second wave of sustained confrontations between the PCP-SL and the peasant patrols in …
In January 1990, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso perpetrated a massacre in the town of Acosvinchos, killing 48 community members. This event took place in the context of the intensification of the internal armed conflict between 1988-1991, a period in which the PCP-SL launched a new offensive after declaring the transition to …
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