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 September 15, 1992, the Ronda Campesina de Chongos Alto was officially formed and Zenón Lapa Campuzano was appointed president. This self-defense organization arose in the context of the counter-subversive struggle against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the Canipaco area. By 1992, the Army had registered 1586 ronderos in the region. …
The Board of Directors of Transitory Administration and Dissolution and Liquidation of SAIS-Cahuide tried unsuccessfully to resolve the land conflict in the courts. In 1990, it issued a resolution explaining that since the dissolution of SAIS-Cahuide had been agreed upon in 1988, the respective transfer of ownership and possession of …
Faced with the possibility of an event similar to the April 12, 1989 massacre in Chongos Alto, the Llamapsillón community members decided to organize a self-defense patrol. This patrol was officially recognized by the Armed Forces in the town of Chaquicocha on June 24, 1989. This recognition is framed in …
The military arrived for the first time in the Canipaco valley after the event of April 12, 1989, which was the most shocking massacre in the entire Canipaco area. This military arrival was in response to the massacre perpetrated the previous day (April 11-12) in Chongos Alto, where authorities and …
Forty members of the PCP-SL, under the leadership of comrade 'Rosa', arrived in a stolen bus to Chongos Alto. Armed with a list and covered with balaclavas, they took twelve communal authorities of Chongos Alto and Chicche from their homes. They took them to the main square where, in a …
On April 12, 1989, between 4:30 and 5:00 a.m., a column of approximately fifty Shining Pathists took the main square of Chongos Alto and carried out a massacre against villagers who had agreed to oppose the PCP-SL. This repressive action was a response by the PCP-SL to the agreements made …
On April 11, 1989, the day of the weekly fair in the district of Chongos Alto, authorities and residents representing the communities of Chinche, Chongos Alto, Llamapsillón, Palaco, Vista Alegre and Palmayoc met clandestinely somewhere in this district with the purpose of planning defense actions against the presence of the …
On March 16, 1989, community members from the Canipaco valley arrived in the area that had been occupied by the Langainos (inhabitants of Yauyos province, Lima) and began the eviction. Previously, the langainos and community members from the Huasicancha district had invaded the Chongos Alto lands, supported by members of …
Faced with the possibility of a similar event to that of Chongos Alto, where the PCP-SL had organized a Popular Committee and later carried out a massacre on April 12, 1989, the Llamapsillón community members decided to organize a self-defense patrol. This round was officially recognized by the Armed Forces …
In January 1988, the PCP-SL organized a meeting of residents of Chongos Alto with the objective of establishing a Popular Committee. During this period of Shining Path activity in the area, 9 military personnel and 2 civilians who were part of an army support group were killed by Shining Path …
In mid-1988, the PCP-SL destroyed the police posts that the police had established in Chongos Alto and Yanacancha to guard the Canipaco valley area. These police posts represented the presence of the State in the region, where land conflicts were developing between communities and SAIS Cahuide. The army had been …
In January 1988, the Shining Path PCP installed the first Popular Committee in Chongos Altos, a district located in the province of Canipaco. This committee represented the consolidation of the PCP-SL's territorial control in the area, after an initial strategy of destroying the old state by harassing police posts and …
In January 1988, the PCP-SL organized a meeting of residents of Chongos Alto with the objective of establishing a Popular Committee. During this meeting, some community members were designated as responsible for it. This event was part of the rapid expansion of the Shining Path's influence in the Cunas area, …
In January 1988, the PCP-SL stormed the community of Chongos Alto with the objective of organizing a Popular Committee. This event occurred in the midst of disagreements and land claims between different communities in the area, including disputes between Chongos Alto as the 'mother' community and the 'daughter' communities (Llamapsillon, …
A group of hikers murdered Luis Capcha, administrator of the Laive Production Unit of SAIS Cahuide, hanging him in his own office. First they subjected him to a kind of 'popular trial' where some of the sanctioned workers complained. Witnesses indicated that 'the engineer was not abusive and respected labor …
In the second half of 1987, the PCP-SL made its first incursion into Chongos Alto, a district located in the Canipaco area. Shining Path columns repeatedly visited the district, marking the arrival of the 'new power' in the area. During these incursions, the PCP-SL militants addressed the villagers, especially the …
On December 11, 1983, villagers from various communities in the districts of Vilca, Manta and Acobambilla (province of Huancavelica) were gathered by militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in Vilca. The subversives organized these villagers as a 'mass' to assault three Production Units of SAIS Cahuide: Tucle, Laive and Antapongo, located …
The community of Chongos Alto presented a certified copy from a notary public of Matucana, showing an 1817 title found in his archives. This document evidenced land ownership and was delivered on November 20, 1817 by the autonomous corregidor de Ulloa, acting on behalf of His Majesty Viceroy José Antonio …
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