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 April 10, 1991, the PCP-SL tried to incite the population of Villa El Salvador to loot a truck distributing soft drinks. This event was part of the agitation and propaganda actions that the PCP-SL carried out in the district between 1989 and 1992. These actions included the interception of …
Beginning in 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso began to establish a more organic presence in Villa El Salvador, after an initial period (1981-1986) of relatively small armed incursions against government entities, the police station, banks and electricity pylons. This new phase represented a strategic shift towards a more structured and permanent …
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