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.
Following a subversive attack on the community of Canchacancha, the President of the community, Indalecio Conde Quispe, along with other community leaders, attempted to report the incident to the authorities. On their way to Pampa Cangallo, they were ambushed by a group of Sendero Luminoso insurgents. Indalecio Conde Quispe was …
On May 21, 1983, a group of more than 100 militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso raided Canchacancha shouting allusive to the "armed struggle", shooting with firearms, throwing explosives and threatening to destroy the community. The attack left 5 people dead (Mariano Conde Cancho, 52 years old, Jesús Labio Conde, 52 …
In 1983, the community members of Canchacancha took action against the Shining Path-PCP Shining Path guerrillas who had attacked their community. In the confrontation, the community members managed to capture several subversives, although they lost community member Albino Tacuri Condori. Those captured were handed over to the police, but their …
On July 2, 1982, the towns of Chuschi and Canchacancha in the province of Cangallo were taken over. This action was part of a series of continuous raids on villages and harassment of authorities carried out by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso during that period. The seizure of these towns took place …
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