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.
A teacher was arrested in Aquia, Bolognesi, Ancash, and subjected to torture. During his detention, he experienced severe physical mistreatment that led him to lose consciousness. The perpetrators attempted to bury him believing him dead, referring to him as "this dog" and ordering him to be thrown away. The testimony …
Testimony of a teacher who was detained in Aquia, Bolognesi, Ancash. The declarant narrates his experience of torture and mistreatment during his detention. The testimony describes situations of extreme humiliation and dehumanization, where he relates that he begged his captors not to kill him and that they treated him brutally. …
On May 9, 1990, members of the Special Operations Directorate of the National Police arrested eight villagers in the communities of Pimachi, Aco and Huanri: José Chávez Loli, José Beltrán, Cornelio Abad Ediolino, Elfer Abad Casimiro, Roberto Loli Marzano, Ambrosio Surco Cama, Celestino Martínez Gavino and Orlando Anastasio Soberan. The …
On May 9, 1990, members of the Special Operations Directorate of the National Police arrested eight residents in the communities of Pimachi, Aco and Huanri: José Chávez Loli, José Beltrán, Cornelio Abad Ediolino, Elfer Abad Casimiro, Roberto Loli Marzano, Ambrosio Surco Cama, Celestino Martínez Gavino and Orlando Anastasio Soberan. The …
Shining Path carried out an incursion in Chiquián, capital of the province of Bolognesi. After this raid, three people were arrested: Víctor Moreno Cotrina, Esaú Daniel Moreno Cotrina (father of a student) and a teacher from the school. According to the complaint, the police authorities of Huaraz did not admit …
Angel Ayala, an engineer from the Micro region of Bolognesi, was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the town of Llaclla in 1990. This assassination took place in the context of an escalation of Shining Path violence in the area between 1989 and 1993, a period in which the PCP-SL …
The province of Ocros was created in 1990 as a result of a fragmentation of the province of Bolognesi. According to the 1993 Census, the population of Ocros was 7,039 inhabitants. This provincial creation occurred in the midst of the internal armed conflict affecting the region. The new province was …
At the end of 1990, a clandestine grave was discovered in a desolate spot known as Chontapunta, at 4,500 meters above sea level, in the district of Corpanqui. This discovery definitively undermined the official version that denied the arrests made by the Special Operations Directorate of the National Police. On …
In 1990, in the town of Llaclla, province of Bolognesi, peasant Esau Moreno Cotrina, Nilton Loli Mauricio (Director of the Educational Center) and teacher Saturnino Cerrate were arrested by members of the National Police Special Operations Directorate. All three were accused of being Shining Path members. This arrest took place …
Shining Path murdered the parents of one affiant in the plaza de armas, leaving eight siblings orphaned. The affiant describes the event as painful and a total trauma for all who witnessed the savagery, killing the father with no compassion for the eight siblings who were left orphaned and adrift. …
In 1989, in the province of Bolognesi, militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso set fire to a TRANVICSA bus that was traveling between Chiquián and Aquia. During the attack, the hikers murdered Isaac Carmen, who was the owner of the vehicle. The murder was in retaliation for not having complied with …
In August 1987, the PCP-SL executed people accused of "immoral behavior" in the Nunumia, Cochas, Paca and Colpa basins, located in the provinces of Bolognesi and Ocros. The victims were identified as abigeos, womanizers and other behaviors considered immoral by the subversive organization. This action was part of the PCP-SL's …
Between 1987 and 1988, in the Nunumia, Cochas, Paca and Colpa basins in the provinces of Bolognesi and Ocros, the PCP-SL carried out murders of people considered to have "antisocial behavior" as part of its territorial control strategy. In 1987, in Huayllacayán, Bolognesi province, the PCP-SL killed a peasant woman …
In June 1985, members of the military forces of the PCP-SL executed four people in Pacllón, Bolognesi province, accused of having denounced the PCP-SL. The victims were Máximo Ibarra Paucar, Director of the Educational Center; Abelardo Duran Padilla, Judge; Sósimo Mendoza Huaranga, teacher; and Joel Mendoza Huaranga, farmer. This is …
Between 1985 and 1986, an armed Shining Path column executed four people in Pacllón, Bolognesi province. The victims were Máximo Ibarra Paucar (director of the Educational Center), Judge Abelardo Duran Carrera, teacher Zósimo Mendoza Huaranga and farmer Joel Mendoza Huaranga. All of them were accused by the PCP-SL of having …
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