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 April 2002, Paraíso was officially designated as a minor town. This administrative recognition came decades after its initial colonization between 1969 and 1973, and after years of violence related to drug trafficking and the presence of the Shining Path. Paraíso had experienced an unexpected burst of drug trafficking in …
The fourth stage of the counter-subversive military battle in Alto Huallaga took place in 1995 as the final phase of the operations against the Shining Path in the region. This stage was characterized by complementary actions following the three previous stages: the first during the 1990 general elections, the second …
In 1995 there was a significant increase in law enforcement casualties in the upper Huallaga area. According to information provided by the Joint Command of the Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior to the CVR, 132 law enforcement personnel died that year (104 from the Army and 28 …
During 1995, 132 law enforcement fatalities were recorded in the internal armed conflict, representing 7.9% of the total number of law enforcement casualties during the entire period. Of these casualties, 104 corresponded to the Armed Forces and 28 to the Police Forces. A new and brief increase in casualties was …
The second phase of Operation Aries took place from mid-June to July 1994 on the left bank of the Huallaga River. Unlike the first phase, in this stage the commandos were accompanied by repentants who pointed out the location of the Shining Path committees and weapons. The armed forces again …
The second phase of Operation Aries took place from mid-June to July 1994 on the left bank of the Huallaga River. Unlike the first phase, which used only information from repentants, in this second phase the commandos were directly accompanied by repentants, who pointed out the location of the committees, …
Carmen Rosa Pariona Yachi, 23 years old, filed a formal complaint before the Mixed Provincial Prosecutor's Office of Tocache on May 30, 1994. The complaint is framed in the context of sexual violence during the internal armed conflict in the Alto Huallaga area. The CVR report mentions this case as …
On April 23, 1994, the Commander General of the Armed Forces, Nicolás de Bari Hermosa Ríos, invited representatives of the International Red Cross to inspect the conflict zone where Operation Aries was being carried out. The invitation established that the inspection was to be carried out accompanied by a commando …
During Operation Aries, the Political Military Command of the Huallaga Front implemented a psycho-social strategy by dropping leaflets from helicopters calling on the subversive commanders to accept the law of repentance. On April 21, 1994, several helicopters flew over the extensive area where the rebels were dispersed and dropped approximately …
On April 16, 1994, a delegation from the National Human Rights Coordinating Committee (CNDDHH) traveled to Alto Huallaga to investigate allegations of human rights violations during Operation Aries. The delegation was made up of Pablo Rojas, Roger Niego, Ivonne Montoya, José Nalvarte and Ernesto de la Jara, as well as …
Operation Aries was a counter-subversive military operation carried out by the Peruvian armed forces that began on April 5, 1994 on the left bank of the Huallaga River. The operation was carried out in two phases (April-May and June-July 1994) with the objective of dismantling the last Shining Path strongholds …
Between February 27 and April 4, 1994, in little more than a month, more than two thousand repentants presented themselves before the Tingo Maria barracks. This process was part of the counter-subversive strategy implemented by the armed forces in Alto Huallaga, which included the law of repentance for PCP-SL commanders. …
Mrs. Vargas, an elderly woman from Moyuna in Alto Huallaga, managed to escape an attempted rape during the events that occurred in the area between March and May 1994. The testimony is part of the documented cases that demonstrate that sexual violence did not discriminate by age, affecting very young …
During the events in Alto Huallaga in March 1994, a six-year-old girl was the victim of rape. Mrs. Delia Falcón narrates in her testimony the case: 'a six year old girl was raped and they left her alone'. This case illustrates how sexual violence during the internal armed conflict did …
Between February 27 and April 4, 1994, in little more than a month, more than two thousand repentants presented themselves at the Tingo Maria barracks. This massive phenomenon of repentance occurred in the context of the counter-subversive offensive in Alto Huallaga, after the capture of important Shining Path leaders such …
The third stage of the counter-subversive military battle in Alto Huallaga took place from August 1, 1992 to 1994, focused on clearing operations against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This stage followed the capture of Abimael Guzmán in September 1992 and was characterized by intensive military operations to regain territorial control. In …
Beginning in 1994, the armed forces assumed definitive control of the Upper Huallaga area after years of PCP-Sendero Luminoso domination. This control was consolidated after the PCP-SL began to retreat to the left bank of the Huallaga River in 1992, losing control of the villages on the right bank due …
Beginning in 1993, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) began to rapidly lose strength in the Upper Huallaga region, although it has not completely disappeared to date. The influence of the PCP-SL in Alto Huallaga had followed a temporal vector that began in the early 1980s. This …
In 1993, the Peruvian Army retook control of Venenillo, located on the left bank of the Huallaga River. As part of this operation, it established a military base at the entrance to Bolsón Cuchara, thus consolidating control of the hamlets located along the Marginal Highway on the right bank of …
At the end of 1993, the policy of repentance implemented by the Peruvian State reached Alto Huallaga. This policy took place in a context of deterioration of the internal discipline of the PCP-SL in the region, after the large-scale military operations initiated in 1989 and especially after the capture of …
The third stage of the counter-subversive military battle took place from August 1, 1992 to 1994, focused on clearing operations against the PCP-SL in Alto Huallaga. This phase followed the capture of Abimael Guzmán in September 1992 and was characterized by intensive military operations to regain territorial control. During this …
The second stage of the counter-subversive military battle in Alto Huallaga concluded on July 31, 1992. This stage, which extended from August 1990, was based on recovering the zones liberated by the PCP-SL in the region. During this period, the PCP-SL had maintained control of the area since 1986, subordinating …
A witness reported to the CVR that around 1992 in the city of Aucayacu, department of Huánuco, there were massacres, abuses and rapes by the army. These events were part of the pattern of sexual violence and abuses against the civilian population that characterized the actions of the armed forces …
In 1992, due to various counter-subversive actions by the armed forces, the PCP-SL began to retreat to the left bank of the Huallaga River, losing control of the villages on the right bank. From 1986 to 1992, the PCP-SL had control of the area, subordinating the coca growers and drug …
MRTA had a strong presence in Aucayacu between 1986 and 1989, operating in the urban area during this period. However, in 1992 the MRTA was totally eliminated from Aucayacu. This event marked the end of the MRTA presence in this locality of Alto Huallaga, a strategic zone because of its …
The U.S. Congress lifts the suspension of military and economic aid to Peru related to the fight against drugs. This aid had previously been suspended at the request of Senator Edward Kennedy, who demanded the temporary suspension of military aid appropriations due to allegations of human rights violations attributed to …
In 1991, the Peruvian army committed serious human rights violations in Tingo Maria. One affiant stated that it was no longer possible to continue living in his village because the army came in and raped and killed people who were not Shining Path members. The testimonies indicate a systematic pattern …
In 1991, the armed forces implemented a significant change in their counter-subversive strategy that improved their image in the emergency zones of the Alto Huallaga. This change reversed the negative image that the population had of the way the armed forces acted. Military actions in the villages on the right …
In August 1990, the price of coca leaf suffered a severe decrease in the Alto Huallaga region. This price drop was the result of the war unleashed by the Colombian government against drug trafficking. The previous context was one of chaos and violence, with clashes between local drug trafficking firms, …
The second stage of the counter-subversive military battle took place from August 1990 to July 31, 1992 in Alto Huallaga. This phase was based on recovering the zones liberated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. Starting in 1991, a change in counter-subversive strategy was implemented, which improved the image of the armed …
On April 9, 1990, a "more organic and integral" compromise was signed between the PCP-SL and the drug trafficking firms in Uchiza. This agreement established seven fundamental points: (1) price, (2) weight, (3) direct negotiation, (4) intermediaries, (5) agreements and norms, (6) delegations, and (7) sanctions. Point 4 of the …
In the context of military incursions in the Alto Huallaga area during 1990, cases of rape were recorded in the hamlet of Unión Nueva Victoria. The report mentions this case as part of a broader pattern of sexual violence perpetrated by state agents against women in emergency zones. The victims …
The first stage of the counter-subversive military battle in Alto Huallaga took place between January and August 1990, during the general elections. This stage was part of a change in the counter-subversive strategy of the Peruvian Army against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The period was characterized by military operations aimed at …
In the hamlet of Santa Rosa de Mishollo, during 1990, a case of rape was registered in the context of the internal armed conflict. The case is mentioned in the CVR report as part of the testimonies on sexual violence perpetrated during the period of political violence. This event occurred …
On November 4, 1989, the Main Force (FP) of the Alto Huallaga of PCP-SL raided Puerto Alegre, one day after its incursion in Masisea. During this action, PCP-SL imposed its organization and established Open Popular Committees and Organized Committees in all the hamlets along the Tamaya River and Imiria Lake. …
In September 1989, a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) base was installed in Santa Lucia as part of anti-drug operations in the Upper Huallaga. This installation was part of a confluence of obstacles that contributed to the decline of the town of Uchiza as an open drug trafficking center and the …
President Alan Garcia Perez, accompanied by the Minister of Defense General EP Enrique Lopez Albújar Trint and the head of the Joint Command General EP Artemio Palomino Toledo, presented in Uchiza General EP Alberto Arciniega Huby as political-military chief of Huallaga. This appointment took place in a context of intense …
On March 27, 1989, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out an attack on the Uchiza police post that resulted in the death of 10 policemen and the complete destruction of the post. The attack was supported by the people of Uchiza in combination with drug traffickers in the area. This event …
On March 27, 1989, the PCP-SL attacked the police station in Uchiza, province of Mariscal Caceres. This attack marked a turning point with respect to the intervention of the Police and the Armed Forces in their fight against subversion in the coca-growing zone. The event demonstrated the level of territorial …
On March 17, 1989, the PCP-SL carried out a second attack on the town of Uchiza, resulting in a massacre of policemen that was humiliating for the police institution. During the attack, the police made multiple requests for help that went unheeded, and no reinforcements were sent in time, creating …
Following the second PCP-SL attack on the town of Uchiza on March 17, 1989 and the resulting massacre of police officers, the government was forced to take drastic measures. This event was humiliating for the police institution and created a very uncomfortable situation for the Aprista government, which could not …
As a result of the second attack on Uchiza on March 17, 1989, the headquarters of the political-military headquarters was installed in that same town under the command of General Alberto Arciniegas Huby. That year, military bases appeared in Tulumayo, Nuevo Progreso, Pizana and Punta Arenas, which would serve to …
Demetrio Peñaherrera, known as 'Vaticano,' a drug trafficker from the Uchiza area, testified to the police that he paid tuition to the PCP-SL for six months in 1989. In addition to this obligatory payment, Vaticano collaborated with the PCP-SL by providing medicines, sweaters, boots and lending vehicles. However, it claimed …
Beginning with the armed strike of 1989, the PCP-SL began to kill traqueteros, supposedly for having disobeyed the order not to buy drugs, although in practice there was never a lack of justifications for eliminating the drug dealers. The prohibitions on the purchase/sale and transport of drugs were implemented through …
In 1989, following the second attack on Uchiza in March of that year, the political-military headquarters was installed under the command of General Alberto Arciniegas Huby. That year, military bases appeared in Tulumayo, Nuevo Progreso, Pizana and Punta Arenas, which would serve to keep the Senderistas further away from the …
Beginning in 1989, the Peruvian Air Force (FAP) began aerial interdiction operations in the Upper Huallaga with support from the U.S. Southern Command. This measure was part of a confluence of obstacles that affected drug trafficking in the area, especially in Uchiza, which was the largest market in the valley. …
Beginning in 1989, the Peruvian army implemented large-scale operations in the Upper Huallaga that marked a turning point in the conflict with the PCP-SL. These operations began after the second attack on Uchiza on March 17, 1989, which resulted in a massacre of police and led to the re-declaration of …
In 1989, as part of the government's strategy to combat drug trafficking and subversion in Alto Huallaga, the Peruvian state indiscriminately applied the biocide SPIKE. This measure was part of a series of actions that included police and military repression in the area and crop substitution. The application of SPIKE …
In 1989, in the district of Uchiza, province of Tocache, department of San Martin, there were multiple cases of rape perpetrated by members of the Peruvian Army. A witness who served in the army told how soldiers forced a detained teacher to "be affectionate" with them, taking advantage of the …
The Escorpio group, operating under the command of Captain EP Martin Rivas, summarily executed drug traffickers in Alto Huallaga. These executions were related to rivalries between drug trafficking firms. The group operated in the shadow of the impunity granted by its membership in the system and the counter-subversive war, participating …
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