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.
Pascuala Rosado was a leader of the urban community of Huaycán who established the first police station in the area in July 1992. In 1991, when the PCP-SL increased its presence on the central highway, Pascuala was threatened. Faced with threats, she was forced to leave the country. Upon her …
The MRTA forcibly recruited two sons, 17 and 18 years old. The young men were constantly threatened, the subversives would appear at the house night and day telling them that if they did not go with them, their lives would not be safe. Out of fear, they had to follow …
The Regional Directorate (DR) of the Eastern Front of the MRTA continued its operations in Ucayali during 1991, although with limited political and military relevance after the events of February 9, 1989, which disarticulated the peasant, popular and political movements in the region. The organization's work remained active until 1991, …
The Minister of the Interior, Agustín Mantilla Campos, publicly announces the existence of an assassination plot against the presidential candidates by subversive groups. This announcement was made in the context of the 1990 general elections, at a time of intense terrorist activity in the country. The announcement sought to warn …
The Shining Path constantly threatened the recruited youths, telling them 'you are going to cry, you have to fight, you have to be excellent like us' and 'don't even try to escape, because we are going to die and so are our families'. The murders were in front of everyone …
Santiago Aragón, a PUM militant who is taking over the mayor's office in Azángaro from Marcelino Pachari, declares that in many communities the authorities have resigned for fear of being assassinated by the Shining Path. Azángaro was one of the FDCP's strongest bases, but in the last few months, this …
The Italian priest José Viscardi was kidnapped and threatened with death in Tambobamba, Cotabambas province. This is evidence of the violence of the PCP-SL against representatives of the Catholic Church in rural areas.
The Shining Path destroyed the Rural Education Institute of the Ayaviri Prelature in the Southern Andes. Shortly after, they threatened the prelate of Ayaviri and forced him to dialogue with other authorities. This attack is part of a strategy of intimidation against Church educational institutions working with peasant communities.
On November 30, 1988, "black lists" drawn up by the Rodrigo Franco Command (CRF) appeared on the walls of several places in the city of Churcampa. These lists contained names of alleged subversion collaborators who were threatened with death. This event occurred in the context of a new offensive by …
On August 8, 1988, journalist Luis Morales Ortega filed a complaint with the Superior Prosecutor's Office of Ayacucho for being a victim of threats by the paramilitary group 'Comando Democrático Rodrigo Franco' and a self-styled Anti-Terrorist Liberation Command. In his complaint, Morales indicated that he had been followed and that …
A new military patrol was carried out with the objective of finding seditionists and seizing weapons. During this operation, which lasted several days, military personnel detained many residents of Checcasa and neighboring communities. On January 10, Magdalena Bazán Huamaní, Basilio Carbajal Chirhuana, Juan Esperanza Ayvar and Pedro Carbajal Roldán were …
On September 12, 1987, a Shining Path column of the PCP-SL successively raided the district capitals of Cochas and Comas, in the Tulumayo basin. During these incursions, the Shining Pathists threatened the local authorities and demanded their resignation, distributing a communiqué stating that the Communist Party of Peru had been …
In 1986, a group of 5 hikers summoned all the inhabitants of Rahui to a meeting in the local school. During the meeting, comrade Hernán introduced himself as the person in charge and threatened the population, demanding that they all resign from the positions they held in service to the …
In 1986, journalist Luis Morales Ortega received a death threat from the PCP-Sendero Luminoso urging him to disseminate a communiqué announcing upcoming 'executions' against six people considered 'undesirable'. The letter ended by threatening him: 'if you don't listen, you will be number 6'. The communiqué was signed by the 'SL …
The Minister of the Interior, General EP Óscar Brush Noel, publicly revealed the existence of a black list containing names of potential victims of the PCP-SL (Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path). This revelation took place in a context of escalating political violence in the country, during the last …
A woman was arrested in the district of Pueblo Libre in 1985 and subsequently transferred to a detention center where she was subjected to torture and threats of rape. During her detention, she was stripped naked and threatened with rape, being threatened with the introduction of weapons in her private …
In 1985, the hikers returned for the second time to the Pilchaca district. During this incursion, they left letters addressed to local authorities demanding that they resign from their posts. The letters contained explicit threats indicating that if the authorities did not heed the resignation demand, they would be executed …
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 …
In 1984, at approximately noon, the Shining Path members made their first incursion into the district of Pilchaca. Not finding the local authorities at that time, the Shining Path members communicated to the entire population that all authorities should resign from their posts. This first visit marked the beginning of …
At 3:00 a.m., the affiant felt the door of her house being forced open while she was sleeping with her husband. When she woke up and lit a candle, six policemen came in and took Don Albino, 41 years old, outside. They forced him to lie on the floor with …
In May 1983, a contingent of 200 PCP-SL militants entered the district of Páucar. During this incursion, the subversives harangued the assembled population and threatened the local authorities. This event occurred in a context where the area had not yet been declared in a state of emergency and the PCP-SL …
The detainee's wife, accompanied by the Astanya authorities, went to the Concepción Military Base to ask for her husband, but they were not given any reason. On the contrary, they threatened them and chased them out of the place firing shots in the air saying 'why are you coming, go …
On December 12, 1982, it was reported that the PCP-SL was intensifying its actions in the districts of Paucarbamba (province of Huancavelica) and Colcabamba (province of Tayacaja). The actions included dynamite attacks and death threats against local authorities. This intensification was part of the initial expansion of PCP-SL operations in …
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