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.
In August 1996, the police managed to capture Camilo Santos Vera, also known as Pedro Sánchez Flores or "Camilo", in the city of Cajabamba. This police intervention was the result of police intelligence work, where the information provided by some repentants was crucial. The capture of this important Shining Path …
In 1994, the Peruvian army installed a military base in Chiquibamba, Cachachi district, Cajabamba province. This installation was part of the counter-subversive strategy implemented by the armed forces in the northern region of the department of Cajamarca. The base was established in the context of the fight against the PCP-Sendero …
On June 10, 1993, the peasant patrols of Rodiobamba, in the district of Cachachi, Cajabamba province, received weapons in the city of Cajamarca from the Peruvian Army. This event was part of the counter-subversive strategy implemented since 1992, when the Peruvian Army encouraged the creation of Self-Defense Committees promoted and …
In 1993, the PCP-SL celebrated its 10 years of armed struggle in the hamlets near Araqueda, in the province of Cajabamba. The celebration consisted of detonating bombs and shooting bullets in the area. This event took place during the period of greatest intensity of violence in the region, when the …
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 …
On June 12, 1992, the PCP-SL carried out a simultaneous takeover of several towns in the provinces of Cajabamba and San Marcos. The Shining Pathists took the towns of Chuquibamba, Carrizal, Chingol and Huanza in Cachachi, as well as Shirac in the José Manuel Quiróz district of San Marcos. This …
On May 1, 1991, in the locality of Quillispampa, Cajabamba province, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso executed the President of the Peasant Community. The assassination was perpetrated under the accusation of not collaborating with the subversive organization. This was part of the Shining Path's strategy of eliminating local authorities who resisted their …
In April 1991, the PCP-SL ambushed a patrol of the III Region of the National Police in Quebrada Honda, Sayapullo district, Cajabamba province. The attack resulted in the death of 9 policemen. This event is framed in the period of highest intensity of violence in the region, when the PCP-SL …
On February 5, 1990, the mayor of the district of Cachachi, Eleuterio Roncal, was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the town of Tambería Cachachi, Cajabamba province. This assassination was part of the Shining Path's strategy of systematic elimination of local authorities who resisted their political-military project or who did …
On July 10, 1988, Luis Paredes and Eloy Robles, leaders of the Jocos Cooperative in Cachachi, were executed by the PCP-SL. Luis Paredes had assumed leadership of the cooperative in July 1987, apparently following directives from the PCP-SL, and proceeded to parcel out the land, including as beneficiaries employees, former …
On May 10, 1987, the PCP-SL called a general assembly at the Jocos Cooperative in Cachachi, taking advantage of the celebration of San Isidro. Two months later, in July 1987, Luis Paredes took over the management of the cooperative, apparently following the directives of the PCP-SL, and proceeded to parcel …
On May 10, 1988, the PCP-SL dynamited the Civil Guard post in Araqueda, Cachachi district, Cajabamba province. This attack was part of a series of violent actions by the PCP-SL in the Araqueda area, where multiple executions of authorities and villagers were also carried out. The Araqueda area was the …
In October 1987, a group of fifteen hikers entered Luchubamba, in the district of Sitacocha. Before taking the town, on the road leading to Cushuro and Huacra, they assassinated Bartolo Meza, secretary of the APRA party. Once in the town, the Shining Pathists set fire to and looted the municipality. …
On August 23, 1987, a PCP-SL column entered the hamlet of El Montón, in the district of Cachachi, Cajabamba province. The Shining Path guerrillas murdered the Lieutenant Governor, the former Justice of the Peace, a local worker and his son. In addition, a teacher was shaved by the Shining Pathists …
On August 23, 1987, in the hamlet of El Montón, Cachachi district, Cajabamba province, a column of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso executed four people. The victims were the Lieutenant Governor, the former Justice of the Peace, a local worker and his son. During the raid, the Shining Path also shaved a …
On July 26, 1987, a group of approximately 12 PCP-SL militants took over the Tabacal Cooperative in the district of Cachachi, distributing looted food among the inhabitants. A few minutes later, a squadron of the National Police arrived from their headquarters in Chaquicocha, located just 30 minutes from Tabacal. There …
On May 10, 1987, the PCP-SL called a general assembly in the Jocos Cooperative, in Cachachi, taking advantage of the celebration of San Isidro. The assembly was attended by the President of the Cooperative. Two months later, in July, Luis Paredes took over the management of the cooperative, apparently following …
On April 23, 1987, the PCP-SL entered the town of Shirac in the province of Cajabamba. During this raid, the Shining Pathists assassinated the local mayor. In addition to the selective assassination of the local authority, the militants left graffiti and banners in the town as part of their armed …
In March 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso dynamited the Civil Guard post of Luchubamba, in the district of Sitacocha, Cajabamba province. The attack resulted in the death of a policeman and one of the Shining Path attackers. Later, in October of the same year, a group of fifteen hikers entered Luchubamba …
In 1985 there was a confrontation between the PCP-SL and police forces at the Cajabamba power plant. This event was part of the first wave of violence in the region between 1980 and 1988. The confrontation occurred in the context of the expansion of the PCP-SL in the province of …
On January 14, 1982, the PCP-SL raided the Chingol Cooperative, located in Chuquibamba, Cachachi district, Cajabamba province. During this raid, the Shining Pathists destroyed the cooperative's infrastructure. This event was part of the PCP-SL's initial strategy in the region to liquidate the associative enterprises created by the Agrarian Reform, taking …
In the Araqueda area a series of executions were carried out by the PCP-SL. In Corralpampa, Victorino Mora Villanueva, the evangelical brother Cirilo Ponce and another person identified as Mr. (the text does not provide the full name) were murdered. These murders were part of the PCP-SL's strategy of eliminating …
On May 18, 1981, the PCP-SL carried out an attack with dynamite against the premises of the Agrarian Bank in Cajabamba. This was the first violent action of the PCP-SL registered in the province of Cajabamba. The attack consisted of the explosion of a dynamite firecracker in the bank's facilities. …
On May 18, 1980, the PCP-SL carried out an attack with dynamite against the premises of the Agrarian Bank in Cajabamba. This was the first violent action of the PCP-SL registered in the province of Cajabamba. The attack consisted of the explosion of a dynamite firecracker in the bank's facilities. …
Between 1979 and 1981, an attempt was made to organize peasant patrols in Cajabamba under the guidance of Izquierda Unida. These peasant patrols were originally born in Chota in 1977 in order to combat cattle rustling and other crimes. Beginning in 1985, the rondas began to spread their organization to …
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