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 October 9, 1983, a combined group of 35 Sinchis and members of the army arrived in three helicopters to the town of Ayalca, annex of Chalcos. They forced the villagers to gather in the main square. At the end of the meeting, about 60 people were locked up in …
Sinchis arrived in Chalcos in two helicopters and presented themselves to the population as protectors. They organized sports championships. After two weeks they began to get drunk and captured a group of teachers, whom they accused of being terrorists without any evidence. After detaining and beating them for several hours …
On May 26, 1982, a group of approximately 200 hikers led by "René" and possibly coming from Vilcashuaman, entered Chalcos. Under the charge of snitching, they murdered a teacher and her boyfriend, a CORFA-Ayacucho engineer. This event occurred in the Districts of Chilcayoc, Chalcos and Belen, adjacent to Andahuaylas and …
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