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 12, 1999, an armed confrontation took place in Alto Sonaveni, district of Satipo, province of Junin, between peasant ronderos and militants of Sendero Rojo (PCP-SL faction). During the confrontation, two ronderos were shot and wounded. This incident occurred in the context of the residual presence of the PCP-SL …
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 …
In 1995, after years of violence, a community formed a committee as part of the social reorganization process. The affiant mentions that in 1993 they rejoined society in a calm manner, to return to work, and it was in this context that they formed the committee in 1995. This committee …
Between 1993 and 1995, the number of Asháninkas rescued from the PCP-SL grew significantly as a result of the intensification of the counter-subversive struggle. Joint operations between the Army and the ronderos in the Tambo and Ene river valleys made it possible to free thousands of Asháninkas who had been …
In 1993, in the ex-SAIS of Tabacal, Cachachi district, Cajabamba province, a self-defense committee was formed in response to the pressure and violence exerted by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This process is framed in the context of the counter-subversive strategy that promoted the formation of Self-Defense Committees to complement military and …
In November 1992, there was a confrontation between the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and the peasant patrols in Torrerumi, Sivia district. The local ronderos went out to look for the Shining Path guerrillas after they had killed two villagers in a previous raid. This confrontation is part of the dynamics of violence …
On September 15, 1992, the Ronda Campesina de Chongos Alto was officially formed and Zenón Lapa Campuzano was appointed president. This self-defense organization arose in the context of the counter-subversive struggle against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the Canipaco area. By 1992, the Army had registered 1586 ronderos in the region. …
On September 12, 1992, the ronderos of Asillo confronted the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in a combat that resulted in the death of 7 members of the subversive organization. This confrontation took place in the context of the growing organization of counter-subversive peasant patrols in the department of Puno. The event is …
On September 12, 1992, the ronderos of Asillo confronted the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in a battle that resulted in the death of seven subversives. This confrontation took place in the context of organized peasant resistance against the subversive presence in the Puno area. The event occurred shortly before the capture of …
In July 1992, the first police station was established in Huaycán under the leadership of the leader Pascuala Rosado. On July 15, 1992, the defense corps was sworn in, where more than two or three hundred men and women were sworn in to fight for the security of the town. …
In July 1992, the first police station was established in Huaycán when Pascuala Rosado was the leader. This decision met with resistance from the population, who were accustomed to their local self-defense systems for citizen security. The population experienced these decisions as a loss of autonomy and their capacity for …
In 1992, the communities of Julcamarca managed to consolidate the Rondas Campesinas with the support of the army and the ronderos of Lircay. This consolidation process took place in a context of intensifying violence in the area, where the Shining Path had been systematically attacking members of the Rondas Campesinas. …
During 1991 and 1992 there were strong and continuous confrontations between the PCP-SL and the rondas or Asháninka self-defense committees in the Central Jungle. The year 1991 was the turning point in the Shining Path offensive in the region, when the Armed Forces together with the organized Asháninka population initiated …
On November 28, 1991, the Senate approved a law regulating the peasant and urban patrols, defining them as popular, peaceful and democratic organizations. The main purposes established in this law are self-defense and active collaboration with national pacification. This legislation sought to regulate and provide a legal framework for the …
On November 8, 1991, Decree Law No. 740 was enacted, days before the enactment of DL No. 741 on Self-Defense Committees. This decree established that the peasant patrols recognized by Law No. 24571 (mentioned but not completed in the text) would have a specific legal framework. The decree was part …
The Executive issued 79 legislative decrees on different topics, although most of them dealt with national security. Among these decrees were the national mobilization law, the national defense system law, the national intelligence system law, regulations for the Armed Forces in areas not declared in emergency, the recognition of self-defense …
In November 1991, PCP-Sendero Luminoso terrorists assassinated 10 peasants in the town of Huari for belonging to the peasant patrols. This attack was part of a broader offensive against self-defense organizations in the area. The same month, another Shining Path column had raided the district of Santo Tomás de Pata, …
After suffering multiple PCP-SL attacks since 1988, including raids, looting, kidnappings of youths and assassinations of opponents, the Cutivireni Asháninkas who had not joined the subversive group fled to the bush, to a high part of the valley called Tzibokiroato. In September 1991, a group of 169 Cutivireni Asháninka were …
In September 1991, a group of 169 Asháninkas from Cutivireni were transferred by air to the Urubamba valley with the support of the Franciscan priest Mariano Gagnon, after suffering multiple attacks by the PCP-SL. In 1991, the Peruvian Army installed a military base in Cutivireni. Along with the installation of …
In September 1991, a military base was installed in Huaycán, a human settlement in the Eastern Cone of Lima. This installation took place after in April 1991, during the Second Statutory Congress of the Urban Self-Managed Community of Huaycán, the Shining Path PCP suffered a political defeat when the delegates …
On July 7, 1991, the Urban Self-Management Community of Huaycán (CUAH) decided to create the "Self-Defense Corps", initially restricted to fighting crime and drug addiction. This decision came after in April 1991, during the Second Statutory Congress of the CUAH, the Shining Pathists were politically defeated by the delegates who …
On July 7, 1991, the Self-Defense Corps was created in the human settlement of Huaycán, located in the Eastern Cone of Lima. This creation was the result of a process of community resistance against the Shining Path PCP, which had tried to establish political control in the area. In April …
In April 1991, during the Second Statutory Congress of the CUAH, the Shining Pathists were politically defeated by the delegates, who agreed to organize themselves in "mass self-defense" against drug addiction, delinquency and violence. In response to this political defeat, the PCP-SL called for an armed strike on April 29-30, …
In April 1991, during the Second Statutory Congress of the Urban Self-Managed Community of Huaycán, the Shining Path PCP suffered a political defeat when the delegates agreed not to entrust their security to the PCP-SL, but to organize themselves in mass self-defense against drug addiction, delinquency and violence. In response …
During the Second Statutory Congress of the CUAH (Comunidad Urbana Autogestionaria de Huaycán) in April 1991, the Shining Pathists were politically defeated by the delegates. The delegates agreed to organize in "mass self-defense" against drug addiction, delinquency and violence. In response to this political defeat, the PCP-SL called an armed …
During the Second Statutory Congress of the Urban Self-Managed Community of Huaycán, the Shining Path PCP suffered a significant political defeat. The congress delegates agreed not to entrust their security to the PCP-SL, but to organize themselves in mass self-defense against drug addiction, delinquency and violence. In response to this …
The process of forming the peasant patrols in the Canipaco Valley began in 1991, after the installation of military bases in the region. The military gathered as many people as possible from each community and explained the reasons and needs for organizing the patrols. This formation was part of the …
During 1991 and 1992 there were strong and continuous confrontations between the PCP-SL and the Rondas or Asháninka Self-Defense Committees in the Central Jungle. The year 1991 was the turning point in the Shining Path offensive in the region, when the Armed Forces together with the organized Asháninka population initiated …
In 1991, the Comité Central de Rondas Campesinas del Tulumayo received shotguns from the Army, marking a significant change in their defensive capacity. Since the beginning of 1990, the peasant patrols had been traveling the Tulumayo without firearms, in close coordination with the Army. With the delivery of the shotguns, …
On September 23, 1990, the Asháninka Self-Defense and Development Central Committee No. 1 was formally created in response to the advance of the PCP-SL in the region. This committee arose after the assassination of Asháninka leader Pablo Santoma and other leaders during the VI CART Congress, where a contingent of …
On July 22, 1990, the Central de Comunidades Nativas de la Selva Central (CECONSEC) issued a public communiqué entitled "La autodefensa y autonomía asháninka exigen respeto" (Asháninka self-defense and autonomy demand respect). This communiqué appeared in a context of intensifying political violence in the Amazon region, where both the PCP-SL …
In July 1990, the leaders of the Central Committee of the Rondas Campesinas del Alto y Bajo Tulumayo elaborated their first Statute. This occurred a few months after delegates from the 48 communities of Tulumayo met in a general assembly in March 1990 to agree on the formation of the …
In March 1990, delegates from the 48 communities of Tulumayo met in a general assembly to coordinate the organization of the peasant patrols that had begun to form since January of that year. In this assembly they agreed to form the Central Committee of the Rondas Campesinas del Alto y …
In March 1990, delegates from all the communities of Upper and Lower Tulumayo met in a general assembly, agreeing to form the Central Committee of the Rondas Campesinas of Upper and Lower Tulumayo. This organization emerged as a response to the violence exercised by the PCP-SL in the area, which …
After the organization of peasant patrols in January 1990, the confrontation with the subversive detachments took place very close to the community of Talhuis in February 1990. The community members proceeded to cut off the heads of the fallen subversives, and those who managed to escape were found the following …
On January 19, 1990, the few remaining inhabitants of the town of Cochas agreed to plant a white flag and organize the peasant patrols, and then went to the town of Tunzo. There, together with residents from the communities of Parco, Huancamanta, Lucmayo and Macon (annexes of the Cochas district), …
During 1990, the Asháninka Army, organized through the Asháninka Self-Defense and Development Central Committee No. 1, began patrolling the Bajo Tambo area. The same year there were several attacks against the PCP-SL Main Force, concentrated mainly in Cheni and Anapati, communities neighboring Otica. These attacks were part of the organized …
During 1990, the Asháninka Army began patrolling the Bajo Tambo area. This army was formed by the communities of Bajo Tambo under the leadership of Poyeni, in response to the advance of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the region. In the same year there were several attacks against the PCP-SL Main …
At the beginning of 1990, in an assembly of workers of the Centromin Peru company in Cerro de Pasco, the "Guardia Obrera" (Workers' Guard) was created under the leadership of Juan Santiago. This organization was created with the objective of confronting the Shining Path (PCP-SL) in the context of the …
The VI Congress of the Central Asháninka del Río Tambo (CART) was held in the community of Mayapo in 1990, where it officially expressed its rejection of the PCP-SL. In the middle of the congress, a contingent of 60 hikers, including settlers and Asháninka, led by HP, entered the community …
In January 1990, the Central Committee of the peasant patrols of Alto and Bajo Cunas held a meeting with General EP Luis Pérez Documet, who was head of the Political-Military Command of the Mantaro Front. This meeting took place in the context of the intensification of political violence in the …
In 1990, with the support of the Prelatural Office of Social Action of Moyobamba (OPASM), the Shapaja peasant patrol was legally established. This institutionalization process was part of a broader pacification strategy promoted by the Catholic Church in the San Martin region. OPASM had been created in 1988 to assist …
Since 1990, indigenous organizations in the region such as CECONSEC (Central de Comunidades Nativas de la Selva Central) and FECONACA (Federación de Comunidades Nativas Campa) promoted the organization of Rondas or Asháninka Self-Defense Committees. This initiative arose in a context of generalized violence in the Central Jungle, where both the …
President Alan Garcia Perez held a ceremony in which he handed over weapons to organized peasants. The ceremony took place after the speeches of the commander called Huayhuaco. This delivery of weapons was part of a government strategy in the context of the anti-subversive struggle. The event took place at …
In November 1989, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated 4 ronderos belonging to the Santa Rosa peasant patrol, district of Ayna, province of La Mar. This attack took place in the context of the Shining Path offensive against the Self-Defense Committees and the peasant patrols that had organized to resist their presence …
The Llamapsillon community members formed a peasant patrol and requested recognition by the Army on June 24, 1989. This organization was formed in the context of increasing violence by the Shining Path PCP in the highlands of Cunas and Canipaco. The formation of this round was part of a broader …
Faced with the possibility of an event similar to the April 12, 1989 massacre in Chongos Alto, the Llamapsillón community members decided to organize a self-defense patrol. This patrol was officially recognized by the Armed Forces in the town of Chaquicocha on June 24, 1989. This recognition is framed in …
Alberto Valencia, the APRA deputy for Ayacucho, announced a new movement of peasant patrols that are organizing themselves spontaneously to free themselves from the PCP-SL. The leader of these ronderos, called Comandante Huayhuaco, specifies that "if the government would only give me a hundred rifles, a hundred FAL, until November …
By the end of 1989, practically all the northern provinces of Ayacucho were organized in counter-subversive peasant patrols. This organization contrasted with the towns in the central provinces (Cangallo, Vilcashuaman, Victor Fajardo), which were more reluctant, possibly because they had often been bases of support for the Shining Path. In …
In January 1989 the only IU National Congress was held in Lima. It was the moment of encounter of all the tendencies gathered in 1980. A political thesis was approved which maintained that although in general strategic terms the IU did not renounce on principle any means or form of …
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