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.
Days after the attack on Muñani, a force of approximately one hundred PCP-SL individuals assaults the mining settlement of San Antonio de Poto. Nine policemen, a governor and the mayors of Ananea and San Juan del Oro are killed in this attack. The action is part of the campaign to …
Between May 13 and 25, 1989, the main column of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out a devastating campaign in the provinces of Azángaro and Melgar. On May 19, they assassinated Marcelino Pachari Roselló, provincial mayor of Azángaro and militant of the Communist Party of Peru 'Patria Roja', who was inspecting …
In 1989, in the city of Huamachuco, Shining Path detachments of the PCP-SL successively assassinated two of the city's mayors. First, Mayor Ricardo Woolcott Morales, an APRA militant, was assassinated, followed by his replacement, Víctor Espinoza Luna. These assassinations were part of the PCP-SL strategy of eliminating local authorities to …
1989 was the year with the highest number of deaths of authorities and elected representatives in the entire conflict. It registered 68% of political authorities and 71% of municipal authorities assassinated in the entire decade. Approximately 53 provincial and district mayors were assassinated that year (33% of the total between …
In January 1988, Abancay went through another violent period. There were several assassinations of local authorities including mayors, deputy mayors and governors. This wave of violence was evidence of the intensification of the PCP-SL's strategy of eliminating representatives of the State.
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