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.
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 …
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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