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.
PCP-SL raided the hamlet of Caimito in November 1989 and forced the population to organize into committees. Subsequently, in 1991, after the formation of the Puerto Alegre Self-Defense Committee (CAD), Caimito became a sub-base with the objective of monitoring and combating the presence of PCP-SL in Lake Imiria. The Caimito …
In November 1989, the native community of Caimito resisted an incursion by the PCP-SL, refusing to organize under their influence due to their non-involvement in coca cultivation. The intervention of German anthropologist Bruno Illius helped prevent further insistence from the PCP-SL. Subsequently, the community formed a self-defense group (CAD) to …
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