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.
The Caritas office in Azángaro, Puno, was attacked with explosives. Caritas is an organization of the Catholic Church dedicated to social assistance and humanitarian aid. The attack was intended to interrupt the work of assistance to the most needy populations and to weaken the presence of the Church.
Víctor Acuña Cárdenas, pastor of Magdalena Parish in Huamanga, Ayacucho, and director of Caritas of Ayacucho, was murdered by elements of the PCP-SL on December 3, 1987. The assassins were identified as members of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path. This assassination was part of the selective annihilation …
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