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.
Through Supreme Decree 024-91-DE/SGP, the Peruvian government extended the state of emergency for a sixty-day period beginning May 9, 1991 in the provinces of Chumbivilcas, Canas, Espinar and Canchis, located in the department of Cuzco, in the context of the Alberto Fujimori government's counter-subversive struggle against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and …
On April 16, 1990, the PCP-SL attacked the district of Layo in the province of Canas. During this attack, three local authorities were assassinated: Mayor Claudio Huilca, Judge Jorge Padín and Governor Benigno Paca. This attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy to strike at any hint of local …
The PCP-SL attacked the district of Layo, province of Canas, assassinating Mayor Claudio Huilca, Judge Jorge Padín and Governor Benigno Paca. This multiple attack against local authorities is evidence of the PCP-SL's strategy to eliminate the presence of the State in rural areas.
On February 5, 1987, approximately 60 elements of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the police post of Checca and Quehue in the province of Canas, Cuzco. During the attack, the subversives stole ammunition, two weapons and set fire to the police station. The civil guards pursued the attackers and an armed …
The PCP-SL attacked several police posts and communities in the province of Canas on January 30, 1987. On February 7, it carried out similar attacks in the provinces of Acomayo and Chumbivilcas. This series of coordinated attacks is evidence of the territorial expansion of the PCP-SL in the high provinces …
On January 30, 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked several police posts and communities in the province of Canas, department of Cuzco. This attack was part of a series of violent actions that the subversive group carried out in the high provinces of the department during the period of expanding violence. …
On January 30, 1987, the PCP-SL carried out multiple attacks against police posts and communities in the province of Canas, as part of a wider offensive. This action was part of a series of attacks that extended between February and June 1987, when the PCP-SL prioritized attacks on police posts …
On June 28, 1986, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated a councilman and a leader in Layo, province of Canas, department of Cuzco. This event was part of the period of expansion of violence in the southern Andes, when the Shining Path intensified its actions against local authorities and leaders in the …
A councilman and a leader were assassinated in the town of Layo, Canas province. These selective assassinations of local authorities were part of the PCP-SL's strategy to eliminate state power and establish its own control in rural areas.
On June 28, 1986, in the district of Layo, province of Canas, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out selective assassinations against local authorities. A municipal councilman and a local leader were assassinated as part of the Shining Path's strategy of eliminating authorities and state representatives in the high provinces of Cuzco. …
In June 1986, the Shining Path PCP assassinated a councilman and a community leader in the district of Layo, province of Canas, department of Cusco. This took place in the context of the expansion of subversive violence into the highland provinces of the southern Andes. The assassinations were part of …
In February 1985, a sergeant of the Republican Guard was murdered in Chiaraje, located in the highlands of Canas, department of Cusco. This assassination occurred in the context of the expansion of PCP-Sendero Luminoso violence into the southern Andes. The event occurred shortly after the first assault on a police …
At the beginning of the 20th century, a series of peasant revolts took place in Cuzco and Puno. Among these revolts were those of Canas and Espinar that occurred in 1921, 1923 and 1930. These mobilizations were part of a period characterized by the expansion of the commercial houses of …
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