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.
There was an attack against the Qenqoro prison with a dump truck full of explosives, and several subversive members of the PCP-SL and MRTA managed to escape. This attack demonstrates the operational capacity of the subversive groups and their strategy to free their imprisoned militants.
There was an attack on the village of Canchara, in the province of Abancay. They killed the cattle, burned the houses and raped several women. This attack shows the brutality of violence against civilian populations.
Dozens of MRTA members raid the city of Jaen, then attack the police posts of Chamaya, Cruce and Bellavista and make the police flee. The subversives manage to steal weapons and radio equipment. The attack left eight dead: five civilians, an Army captain and two PNP non-commissioned officers.
Between April and May 1992, the MRTA carried out a series of offensive military actions in the department of San Martin. MRTA attacked the towns of Tarapoto, Picota, Tabalosos and San Miguel del Río Mayo. In addition to these attacks on towns, the MRTA also attacked the police posts of …
On September 6, 1991, a Shining Path column attacked the town of Pucará in the province of Lampa. During the attack, the PCP-SL killed 5 policemen and caused significant material damage in the town. The subversives burned the town hall, the Entel Peru office and approximately 20 houses. This attack …
A subversive column of the Shining Path PCP attacked the town of Pucará, in the province of Lampa, department of Puno. During the attack, the subversive group killed five policemen. In addition, they burned the town hall, the premises of ENTEL Peru and several houses in the town. This attack …
Numerous MRTA elements simultaneously attacked police posts and public premises in four cities in the department of San Martin: Saposoa, Tarapoto, Rioja and Moyobamba. During these coordinated attacks, MRTA members kidnapped nine policemen. These attacks were part of an MRTA offensive in the Amazon region of the country.
Subversives attacked U.S. embassy security personnel using FAL rifles. This attack was part of a series of violent actions carried out during February 1991. The attack took place in a context of intensifying political violence in the Peruvian capital. Two days after the attack on the embassy, there was another …
On July 10, 1990, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Azángaro market in the department of Puno. During this attack, 5 people were killed. This attack occurred on the same day that the PCP-SL also attacked the SAIS Sollocota in Azángaro, where 7 peasants were killed. These attacks were part of …
The MRTA attacked the police post of Chupaca in the province of Huancayo. This was one of the actions of the emerretista presence in the Central region in 1990.
MRTA attacked a military van, killing a captain and two soldiers. In response, two leaders of the Agrarian Federation were assassinated.
Shining Path attacked Sonomoro in the afternoon. A female terrorist captured a family and doused them with gasoline, then set fire to the car and people. Esmeralda Carhuamaca Romero, 10 years old, ran out with fire on her back and managed to put it out by throwing herself on the …
In the early morning of January 20, 1990, the Main Force of the PCP-SL led by Juan Carlos Olivares attacked the SAIS Sollocota with 30 of its activists. This confrontation marked a turning point in the activity of the PCP-SL in the region, since after this event the actions of …
Fr. Franz Windischoffer, parish priest of Huantar in Huari, was attacked and tortured, and his house was set on fire. This violent attack against the priest is part of the escalation of violence against pastoral agents of the Catholic Church. The objective was to intimidate and expel religious from the …
Military patrols located and attacked an MRTA camp in a spot in the district of Iscozacin, located in the province of Oxapampa. The Army reported that 48 guerrillas and one soldier were killed during the confrontation. The subversive command did not reinforce the surveillance nor did they elaborate a defense …
On November 19, 1989, an armed group of the PCP-SL attacked the facilities of the Pichis Palcazu Special Project (PEPP) in Puerto Bermudez. During the attack, the subversives looted some local stores and stole money deposited in the Agrarian Bank. This action was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to dispute …
On November 19, 1989, an armed group of the PCP-SL attacked the facilities of the Pichis Palcazu Special Project (PEPP) in Puerto Bermudez. During the attack, the subversives looted some local stores and stole money deposited in the Agrarian Bank. This attack took place in a context where the PCP-SL …
The PCP-SL attacked Minero Peru's facilities at the Gavilan de Oro mine in the district of Ananea, province of San Antonio de Putina. During the attack, 9 policemen and a private security guard were killed. In addition, the deputy mayor and the district governor were killed. This attack was part …
There was a second narcoterrorist attack on the Santa Lucia base, also repelled by helicopter gunships, with no deaths or captures reported. This attack occurred during the resumption of anti-drug actions in Alto Huallaga, after having been suspended for seven months.
Hundreds of hikers attacked the Santa Lucia base, center of operations of the anti-narcotics fight, in an attempt to destroy it, but without achieving their objective, as they were repelled with gunfire from the ground and from helicopters. Unofficially it was said that dozens of subversives and drug traffickers were …
On May 21, 1989, the PCP-SL attacked the Waqrani Rural Education Institute, an educational center run by the South Andean Catholic Church. This attack was part of the violent actions of the subversive group in the southern Andean region of the country. Days after the attack, on May 25, the …
A column of thirty heavily armed MRTA subversives attacked the Pichanaki police post. After the attack, the column began to move towards the highlands to join up with another column coming down from Tulumayo, in the highlands of Junin, with the objective of jointly taking the city of Tarma. However, …
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 …
Shining Path PCP attack with the support of drug traffickers on the Uchiza police post. This was one of the largest military operations carried out by the Shining Path, even if it was in alliance with drug traffickers. The lack of government response in support of the besieged police further …
In a simultaneous action, the guerrillas attacked the police posts of Sapallanga and San Agustín de Cajas, both located in the province of Huancayo, resulting in two deaths among police officers.
On December 27, 1988, a contingent of forty PCP-SL militants took the town of Huariaca and carried out multiple attacks against public infrastructure. The subversives dynamited the municipal council, the police post leaving one policeman wounded, the ENTEL PERU installations, the health center and the ambulance. They also looted the …
The command of the Civil Guard and the army barracks in the city of Cuzco were attacked by the PCP-SL. This attack on military installations in the departmental capital is evidence of the audacity and operational capacity of the subversive group in urban areas.
On August 9, 1987, a Shining Path column attacked the Lachocc Farm, located near the city of Huancavelica, owned by INIA (National Institute of Agricultural Research). During the attack, PCP-SL militants killed 9 peasants working on the farm. In addition to the murder of the workers, the attackers slit the …
The PCP-SL attacked the Pisac police post, resulting in the death of Civil Guard Jaime Quispe. This attack was part of the systematic strategy of harassment of police forces in rural areas of Cuzco.
60 PCP-SL elements attacked the police posts of Checca and Quehue, stealing ammunition, two weapons and setting fire to the premises. The civilian guards pursued the attackers and near Checca a confrontation took place in which Sonia Lino Ojeda and Janeth Vizcarra of the PCP-SL were killed, while guard Adolfo …
The PCP-SL attacked several police posts and communities in the province of Canas on January 30, 1987. On February 7, it carried out similar attacks in the provinces of Acomayo and Chumbivilcas. This series of coordinated attacks is evidence of the territorial expansion of the PCP-SL in the high provinces …
As a symbolic act announcing the beginning of military actions against the APRA government, the MRTA threw a grenade against one of the balconies of the Government Palace, where Alan Garcia usually made his public appearances.
The PCP-SL launched its first attack on a police post in Chucapuente, Aymaraes province. This attack is evidence of the expansion of the PCP-SL's armed actions in Apurimac.
On February 21, 1986, the PCP-SL attacked the town of San Anton in the province of Azángaro, Puno. This attack was part of a broader offensive that the PCP-SL carried out between February 17 and 21, 1986, which included multiple actions in different localities in the region. The attack on …
On January 10, 1986, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out an attack against the Agricultural Societies of Social Interest (SAIS) San José and Illari in the department of Puno. Five people were killed in this attack. This attack was part of a wider offensive by the PCP-SL in Puno that continued …
A subversive commando attacked with explosive charges the Officers' Casino of the Republican Guard as a reprisal against its members who had broken up a riot of PCP-SL inmates in the Lurigancho prison on October 4, resulting in the death of more than 30 people.
The emerretistas attacked the Playa Rímac police post in retaliation against the police who violently evicted thousands of residents who were illegally occupying the land of the former Garagay estate.
On August 29, 1985, around 9 p.m., between 30 and 35 members of the Shining Path tried to enter the town of Marcas trying to take advantage of the movement of a flock of sheep to go unnoticed. They were discovered by villagers who were guarding a watchtower in the …
Three hooded men attacked the Zarzuela police post in the city of Cuzco, resulting in the death of Civil Guard Isauro Loayza Vargas. This selective attack against police officers was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to weaken the presence of the State.
Seven police posts, located in different districts of Lima, were simultaneously attacked by the MRTA. This action marked the beginning of the MRTA's harassment phase, demonstrating their operational capacity and coordination.
A Shining Path detachment took the town of Lagunas, near Yurimaguas, attacking the police post and killing two policemen and an official of the Agrarian Bank. The group was led by the doctor Luis Castillo Tapia, head of the Lagunas hospital. In their retreat, the hikers clashed near the small …
Elements of the PCP-SL attacked the Civil Guard post located in Urcos, province of Quispicanchi, department of Cuzco. This attack was part of the subversive group's territorial expansion strategy in the southern Andean region.
On January 29, 1985, approximately 40 people attacked the Civil Guard post in Orurillo, province of Melgar, department of Puno. This attack was part of the actions of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the Puno region during the period of expanding violence. The attack on Orurillo took place in the context …
The Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path carried out its first assault against a Civil Guard post in San Sebastian, Cuzco province. This attack marked the beginning of the armed actions of the PCP-SL in the Cuzco region, expanding its presence from Ayacucho to other areas of the southern …
Shining Path attacked a Pentecostal church in Santa Rosa-La Mar, Ayacucho. In the attack, six believers were killed and 14 others were wounded. This was one of the first documented attacks against evangelical churches in the area.
On July 14, 1984, members of the PCP-SL raided the town of Coracora, capital of Parinacochas province. During the attack, the Shining Pathists looted commercial stores in the town and set fire to the provincial municipality and some state offices. In this violent action they killed the Zonal Director of …
The PCP-SL attacked the new Civil Guard post in the town's main market, resulting in the death of several policemen. When a UMOPAR patrol was on its way from Tingo Maria to provide support, it was ambushed at the Pacae bridge, killing two policemen. When they arrived in Aucayacu, they …
In July 1984, hikers arrived in San Martin de Tiopampa, in the Lucanamarca district. The attackers shot at the villagers. The motive of the attack was to punish the population for not supporting the armed struggle of the PCP-SL. This attack is framed in the context of the generalized violence …
The Franciscan Mission of Cutivireni suffered a violent attack by a group of hikers that completely destroyed it. The attackers allegedly arrived asking for the exploiting priest with the intention of slitting his throat. This attack is part of the Shining Path's strategy of attacking the Catholic Church and its …
The MRTA carried out an action similar to the Villa El Salvador attack on the house of Carlos Rodríguez Pastor, Minister of Economy at the time. This action was part of the MRTA's armed propaganda phase.
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