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 24, 1991, the MRTA carried out a second takeover of the town of Juanjui under the command of (c) Rolando, who had escaped from prison in July 1990, and (c) Evaristo. At five o'clock in the morning, the MRTA momentarily controlled Juanjui with the seizure of the police …
On December 10, 1989, 250 members of the PCP-SL (Shining Path) surrounded a village not specified in the text. The attackers removed from their homes the 23 adult men who were there. This attack was part of the violent actions of the PCP-SL during the period of intensified political violence …
The PCP-SL attacked a police post in the district of Acobamba after blowing up an electrical tower that caused a blackout. During the attack, 3 policemen were killed. This attack was part of the Shining Path strategy to weaken police presence in rural areas of Huancavelica.
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 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 …
A PCP-SL column attacked a military convoy of the 'Mosca' Patrol belonging to the Counter-Subversive Base No 34 of Pampa Cangallo when it was returning from Huancasanccos. As a result, Infantry Captain José Arbulú Sime, Second Sergeant Ángel Vargas Tamara, Corporal Fabián Roldán Ortiz and Corporal Carlos Espinoza de la …
On May 3, 1988, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) attacked the premises of Canal 5 in Lima. Zoila López Rivadeneyra, who was the first MRTA militant killed in combat, died during this confrontation. This attack was part of the armed actions that MRTA carried out in the Peruvian capital …
On August 1, 1984, fifteen armed men arrived in the hamlet of Callqui, province of Huanta, Ayacucho. This event is part of a series of successive reports of disappearances and assassinations that caused a commotion in political circles during that period. The attack in Callqui-Nisperoniyoc included the murder of evangelists, …
On July 4, 1984, the second attack by the PCP-SL against the Civil Guard post in Aucayacu took place. This attack occurred five months after the first attack on January 31, 1984. A UMOPAR unit arrived several hours after the attack, when the hikers had already withdrawn, and retaliated against …
During the celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi in Huancasancos, a detachment of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the town. The attack resulted in thirty wounded and eight dead, among them the chief captain of the military base installed in the place. This incursion occurred in a context of intensifying …
On January 31, 1984, the first large-scale attack by the PCP-SL against the town of Aucayacu took place. The hikers simultaneously attacked the Banco de la Nacion and the first post of the Civil Guard, both located on Jiron Tupac Amaru. During the attack, they released people who were detained …
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