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 the early hours of May 6, 1992, a violent confrontation occurred at Castro Castro Prison in Peru. The police attempted to forcibly transfer female inmates associated with the Communist Party of Peru (PCP-SL) to another facility, leading to a standoff. The situation escalated into a massacre, resulting in several …
In May 1992, a violent riot occurred at Castro Castro Prison in Lima, Peru, resulting in the deaths of numerous inmates. Official reports stated that 35 prisoners were killed, but other sources claimed the number was as high as 80. The incident marked a turning point in President Alberto Fujimori's …
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During the turbulent years of the internal armed conflict that our country experienced, the human rights organizations grouped in the Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos coined the phrase "Barbarism is …
In this book the author analyzes a crucial episode in Peru's recent history: the deaths at the Canto Grande prison (Lima) in May 1992 of inmates imprisoned for terrorism, an …
Mónica Feria, a lawyer and survivor of the torture she suffered in 1992 during the prison massacre known as "Castro Castro" in Lima, Peru, has finally been granted reparations by …