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 December 18, 1992, members of the Sendero Luminoso, a Maoist insurgent group, attempted to assassinate Pedro Huilca, the Secretary General of the CGTP, a major Peruvian labor union. The plan involved stealing a vehicle and using explosives, but was thwarted when two members of the group were arrested by …
On February 15, 1992, María Elena Moyano, a prominent community leader in Villa El Salvador, Peru, attended a fundraising event organized by the Comité del Vaso de Leche. Despite threats from the PCP-SL, she was determined to support her community. During the event, an assassination attempt was made on her …
In 1988, the PCP-SL intensified its activities in the industrial sector of Peru, marked by violent actions. They executed company officials and led a general strike at a factory on the Carretera Central, which ended in a violent eviction after fifty days. Additionally, during a national strike in January 1988, …
In January 1986, members of the PCP-SL conducted a meticulously planned assassination attempt on Rear Admiral Carlos Ponce Canessa. The operation involved extensive surveillance and strategic positioning around his residence in Magdalena del Mar. The attack was likely a response to Ponce Canessa's efforts to infiltrate the leadership of the …
On April 24, 1985, Domingo García Rada, the President of the National Jury of Elections, was the target of a terrorist attack by members of the subversive group Sendero Luminoso. The attack occurred when his vehicle was intercepted in the district of San Isidro, Lima. As a result of the …
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