Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
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.
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Caves of Terror (Part 3)
Caves of Terror (Part 2)
Caves of Terror (Part 4)
2008
If I don't come back, look for me in Putis
Peasant painting: Memory and images of our land
1987
Woman and child survivors of the Umaro massacre
1984
Two of the peasants accused of the murder in Uchuraccay
1984
Peasants accused of the murders at Uchuraccay
1983
Peasants exhume the victims of the Uchuraccay massacre.
1982
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The Peasantry and Shining Path
A monographic study carried out at the Faculty of Humanities of the Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Argentina, in which the author attempts to demonstrate that the armed movement led by …
Cusco: 26 Bodies of Terrorism Victims Identified
After three decades, more victims of the terrorist violence of Sendero Luminoso that bled the country continue to emerge. It was announced yesterday that the remains of twenty-six Apurimeño peasants, …
And After the Violence, What Remains? Victims, Citizens and Reparations in the Post-CVR Context in Peru
The objective of this research is to study the meaning of being or feeling like a victim in Peru after the internal armed conflict. More than a study on the …
Guzmán Ordered the Murder of Peasants in Soras
The Judiciary is prosecuting Abimael Guzmán and his Senderista central political committee for having ordered in 1984 the violent execution of 104 peasants from the Ayacucho district of Soras who …
The Disappeared in Peru Matter to Us
The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission reported approximately 69,000 people disappeared in the context of the political violence that took place in the period 1980–2000 in our …
Cusco: 26 Peasant Families Were Able to Bury the Remains of Relatives Who Died in the 1980s
Twenty-six peasant families in Cusco recovered this Tuesday the remains of their loved ones who died in the 1980s in the crossfire unleashed between the armed forces and the terrorist …
WOLA: Serious Setback in Efforts to Achieve Truth and Justice in Peru
On July 20, the Supreme Court of Peru issued a highly controversial ruling in a case involving members of the annihilation squad known as the Grupo Colina. According to human …
The Trial in the Accomarca Case
The streets around the Castro Castro prison, located in the upper part of the district of San Juan de Lurigancho on the outskirts of Lima, are made of dirt and …
The Excess Theory and the Supreme Court
The case of the massacre of Parcco and Pomatambo (Vilcashuamán, Ayacucho), perpetrated by elements of the Army on October 23, 1986, is not only an emblematic example of the crimes …
28 YEARS AFTER THE LARGEST MASSACRE, IT STILL HURTS
On December 13, 1984, in the locality of Putis – San José de Secce, the largest massacre recorded during the period of political violence was perpetrated: 123 people were killed …
Relatives of Shining Path's Largest Massacre Seek Justice
For 26 years, Gregoria Aguilar has mourned her dead in this city in the department of Cusco, where she lives. She lost her son, her son-in-law, and her nephew in …
State of the Art. The Conflict in Peru
This document presents different angles of the conflict by offering several studies that analyze not only the actors who participated in the conflict but also the periods preceding it, in …
Children of Putis - Opinion Column
The CVR report, six years later. This Saturday, the remains of 25 of the 123 people — men, women, and children — who have been identified after nearly twenty-five years …
From "PISCITUMNA" to a HOLY GROUND
Last Friday, June 26, in the city of Ayacucho, while I was heading to buy my return ticket to Lima, I heard the moaning of a guitar and the nostalgic …
Remains of the Disappeared from the Chaupiorcco Case to Be Delivered in Abancay
In an unprecedented act for the Apurímac region, the Ministerio Público will hand over this Friday, November 13, the remains of five people who were killed and disappeared by military …
Putis: A City Without Ghosts
Putis is a ghost town. In the ruins left by the dead, there is not the slightest trace of human life. The abandonment of the village can be felt to …
Los Cabitos. Torture and Extermination Center in Peru
The account of survivors of the Los Cabitos barracks in Peru, who claim that this place was a center of torture and extermination, is corroborated as more corpses clandestinely buried …
Crime Without Punishment
Army Commander General Edwin Donayre abandoned last Tuesday his repeated commitment to the ongoing human rights investigations and chose to upend the table: "Excesses and human rights violations must be …
HUMAN RIGHTS-PERU: Face to Face with the Killer of Accomarca
For Peruvians Teófila Ochoa and Cirila Pulido, coming face to face with retired Major Telmo Hurtado, dressed in prison clothes and with shackles on his ankles, was the closest thing …
The Accomarca Massacre
Account of events related to the massacre, which occurred on August 14, 1985, of 69 peasants from the Ayacucho district of Accomarca, extrajudicially executed in the area known as LLoccllapampa …
The Lieutenants' War. Memories of the War with Shining Path
While the country was sinking into one of the worst economic crises in its history due to an incompetent government, Sendero Luminoso, the Maoist group, tried to impose its rule …
The Sleeping Giant
On the third anniversary of the Final Report of the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (CVR), the issue of racism emerged in a forceful and surprising way. In fact, …
Justice Was Done in Chuschi
It took more than 16 years for the next of kin of Manuel Pacotaype, Martín Cayllahua, Marcelo Cabana, and Isaías Huamán to find justice. Their case was that of so …
Access to Justice in Rural Areas
During 2006, the Instituto de Defensa Legal deepened its efforts to comprehensively reflect on and address one of the most important problems affecting the 54.8% of Peruvians in the lowest …
Peru: The Count of Atrocities
The National Truth and Reconciliation Commission held its first public hearing on Monday, seeking to clarify the facts and responsibilities of the political violence that occurred in the country between …
Accomarca, a Genocide by Telmo Hurtado and García Pérez
It was August 14, 1985, when an army patrol commanded by Second Lieutenant Telmo Hurtado arrived at the district of Accomarca, in Ayacucho. The military patrol forced a large group …
The Peasant Self-Defense Committees and Democracy in Peru
The peasant communities of the central highlands of Peru were convulsed by the violence unleashed by the subversive group Sendero Luminoso (SL) during the 1980s. As a spontaneous and autonomous …
Accomarca Massacre Turns 22 Years Unpunished
Cirila Pulido and Teófila Ochoa were 12 and 13 years old when on August 14, 1985, a Peruvian army patrol stormed their village, Accomarca, in the southern Andean region of …
Thought, Action, and Political Base of the Shining Path Movement. The War and the First Responses of the Community Members (1964-1983)
This text focuses on the political movement Sendero Luminoso (SL), which was formed as a splinter of the Partido Comunista Peruano (PCP), examining its political line, its actions, and the …
Mass Graves Are an Open Wound in Peru
The discovery of mass graves in Andean zones and in the jungle over the past eight months — containing the skeletal remains of victims of the war that ravaged Peru …
Cayara Case. Background Note
As part of "Operativo Persecución," on May 14, 1988, Army troops entered the town of Cayara, a province near Erusco, at around 9 in the morning. After killing the first …
Telapaccha. Infamy and Pain of Political Violence
After entering university in 1994, I began conducting research into the reality of my own people and district; based on data collection and the systematization of experiences, the problems were …
Ombudsman's Report No. 84. DISCOVERY OF GRAVES CONTAINING HUMAN REMAINS IN THE DISTRICT OF VINCHOS
This Ombudsman's Report describes the case of a group of 15 peasants who, in June 1984, were detained and killed in a military operation under suspicion of being terrorists. The …
Justice and Violence in Rural Areas (Seminar-Workshop)
This work documents the Workshop Seminar "Justice and Violence in Rural Areas: The Experience of the Andean Region," held from November 20 to 22, 2002, in Lima, with the participation …
Painful Truth. So That It Does Not Happen Again
The impact of the final report of the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (CVR) throughout Peru has been profound. The reactions it has generated constitute an X-ray of the …
Uchuraccay: The Politics of Death in Peru
The events of Uchuraccay — which include the deaths of 135 peasants — allow us to approach the divides that continue to distort Peruvian society. We suggest that the quasi-sacred …
Never So Close Did the Distant Strike. Memory and Political Violence in Peru
This work explores the scenario of violence and the ways in which the memory of Uchuraccay operates — a community that, after the massacre, became an emblematic reference point for …
The Truth Opens Up in Chuschi
Eighteen years later, the truth is emerging for the families of eight people allegedly murdered by members of the Army. Yesterday, five of the bodies buried in a mass grave …
Terror and the Privatized State: A Peruvian Parable
The authors argue that although violence is part of Peru's history, the level of violence against the civilian population unleashed by Sendero Luminoso is unprecedented in its cruelty and extent. …
Mass Graves with 80 Corpses Found in Peru
Four mass graves, containing at least 80 bodies, were discovered in a village in southern Peru, in an area that was the center of guerrilla violence more than a decade …
The Huanca Sancos Case
The Huanca Sancos case involves serious human rights violations committed systematically by members of the Army and Police in Huanca Sancos, in the Ayacucho region, between February and March 1983, …
Alan García Allegedly Ordered the Covering Up of Traces of the Cayara Massacre
On May 14, 1988, a group of soldiers under the command of General Luis Valdivia Dueñas savagely murdered peasants from the province of Cayara, in Ayacucho, in retaliation for an …
The Accomarca Case
The farmers of Accomarca, the Ayacuchan district, have been awaiting justice for nearly sixteen years. This August 14 will mark another anniversary of the massacre that wiped out more than …
How We Learned to Kill Our Neighbor: Memory, Violence and Reconciliation
We have always believed that to achieve true national reconciliation it was necessary to know the truth of what had occurred during the years of the war. In the following …
The Case of the Wanted Fugitives from Iscahuaca and San Miguel de Mestizas
This document is a testimony that accounts for what happened to 75 peasants from the communities of Iscahuaca and San Miguel de Mestizas in the district of Cotarusi, province of …
Justice Left the Office and Approached "Dog's Ear"
In an unprecedented event, 158 peasants from Ayacucho communities in the "Oreja de Perro" area, who were wanted for the crime of terrorism, were acquitted in a judicial process that …
Shining Path: A Case of Narco-Terrorism?
This work has two objectives: the first is to show how the Peruvian State was able to defeat an insurgent movement with the characteristics of Sendero Luminoso, and the second …
Death Corridor
Mass graves and investigative blunders. Remains found near the Callejón de Conchucos are old, but not as old as certain authorities would like to claim. In Ocros, skulls pierced by …
The Voltage of Fear. Savage Military Operation Against Peasants and Settlers of Chanchamayo and Oxapampa, Unjustly Accused of Terrorism
The languid jungle heat, the sticky fragrance of fruit trees, and the hum of mosquitoes gave no hint of the dreadful ordeal being lived by the residents of the provinces …