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 June 1, 1990, the GEIN achieved its first important accomplishment. The house located at 459 Calle 2, Monterrico Norte urbanization, where Abimael Guzmán was staying until a few days before, was raided. The Department of Organizational Support (DAO), a central apparatus whose main mission was to organize party events …
The GEIN made its first big blow by raiding a house where Abimael Guzman was staying until a few days before and where they found valuable information. After this operation, in the opinion of the police of this unit, the PCP-SL opened like a Pandora's box; the intervention was the …
On November 7, 1989, the Peruvian government declared the strike call by the Mining Federation illegal. Simultaneously, the National Police raided several homes of workers and union leaders in the mining center of La Oroya. As part of the repressive measures, the right to assembly in the mining centers was …
The police carried out an unexpected and violent raid on the offices of the newspaper El Diario on November 2, 1989. During the operation, 15 workers and journalists of the newspaper were arrested. This raid took place in the context of the counter-subversive struggle, given that El Diario was considered …
On April 19, 1989, combined Army and police forces carried out a simultaneous raid on the universities of San Marcos and La Cantuta in Lima. More than 500 students were arrested during the operation. This operation was part of the counter-subversive strategy of the APRA government in a context of …
A squad of the PIP and the Prosecutor of Canchis showed up at the facilities of the Peasant Training Center and the Community Aid Project, both dependencies of the Prelature of Sicuani, with orders from Lima to raid both premises, without any notice and without contacting the prelate, Monsignor Quinn. …
On February 13, 1987, three universities in Lima were raided by combined police forces in search of terrorists. This operation was part of law enforcement actions in the context of the internal armed conflict and growing subversive activity in the capital. The raid was carried out in a period of …
On August 3, 1985, Gregorio Cunto Guillén, Faustino Cunto Tincopa and Alejandro Cunto Yaranga were arrested while they were sleeping in their house located in Pampa Chacra. The detention was carried out by approximately 25 uniformed and armed soldiers wearing black jackets and balaclavas. The soldiers tied the detainees' hands …
In the early hours of August 2, 1984, the home of Julia Sulca Viuda de Ayala, mother of journalist Jaime Ayala, was allegedly raided by members of the Investigative Police. During the raid, her son Eduardo Ayala Sulca was kicked in the back and another in the face, causing a …
On July 27, 1984, at approximately 2:00 a.m., a contingent of Marines violently entered the home located at Jiron Chavez Gavilan 329, Huanta and arrested Graciela Lopez Medina. The family was sleeping when the Marines tried to break the door. When they were unsuccessful, they entered through the roof, broke …
Members of the Civil Guard brutally raided the premises of the Amazonian Center for Anthropology and Practical Application (CAAAP) in Iquitos, following orders from above. The raid took place late at night on July 28, ripping off the doors with the aim of finding subversive material. The bishops of Iquitos …
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