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 faceless military judge of the Supreme Council of Military Justice sentences, in first instance, MRTA leader Miguel Rincón Rincón and American Lori Berenson to life imprisonment for treason. The U.S. State Department protests the life sentence given to U.S. citizen Lori Berenson. The sentence was issued after her capture …
On January 7, 1994, the Special Military Examining Judge sentenced Juan Francisco Sebastián Castillo Petruzzi, Lautaro Enrique Mellado Saavedra, Segundo Nemesio Alva Marín, and María Concepción Pincheira Sáez to life imprisonment for their participation in the kidnapping of Raúl Hiraoka Torres. Luis Astorga Valdez, Fortunata Leyva Quispe, Mirka Marleny de …
On November 26, 1992, Decree Law 25880, the law on the apology of teaching terrorism, was enacted. Article 1 established that the teacher or professor who, taking advantage of his or her condition, influences his or her students by advocating terrorism would be considered as the author of the crime …
The judicial process of Abimael Guzmán Reinoso culminates with a life sentence. This sentence marks a milestone in the fight against terrorism in Peru and represents the end of the era of Guzmán's leadership of the Shining Path.
Victor Polay Campos, leader of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) known by the pseudonym 'comrade Rolando', was recaptured by law enforcement officials in the district of San Borja, Lima. This capture occurred almost two years after his spectacular escape from Castro Castro prison on July 9, 1990, when he …
In a message to the nation, President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori ratifies the government's decision to effectively face the fight against terrorism. He states that there will be life imprisonment for subversive leaders and organizers. In addition, he proposes faceless judges to protect the identity of the magistrates who hear these …
Peter Cárdenas Schulte, leader of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), was captured by law enforcement officials in Lima. He was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment under Law 25475, anti-terrorist legislation that had not yet been enacted at the time of his capture. This capture was part of a series …
Peter Cardenas Schulte, leader of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), was captured on April 14, 1992. He was sentenced to life imprisonment according to Law 25475, which was applied retroactively since this law had not yet been enacted at the time of his capture. This occurred in the context …
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