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.
Testimony recounting the murder of a cousin in Santo Tomás, Chumbivilcas, Cuzco. The affiant expresses the profound psychological impact this event had on her family, especially on her son who witnessed the murder of his sister and was completely disappointed. The son, after finishing high school, lost all motivation to …
The testimony recounts the murder of a cousin in Santo Tomás, Chumbivilcas, Cuzco. The witness recounts the traumatic impact this murder had on her son, who witnessed the death of his sister and was completely disappointed. The young man barely finished high school and then did not want to continue …
On July 26, 1991, a column of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated four peasant ronderos in the area of Tocto, province of Chumbivilcas. This attack took place in the context of the confrontation between the PCP-SL and the nascent peasant patrols that were being promoted by the military bases in the …
4 ronderos from the area of Tocto in the province of Chumbivilcas were killed. This attack against ronderos is evidence of the violence of the PCP-SL against peasant self-defense organizations that opposed their presence.
A column of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso executed five peasant ronderos in the province of Chumbivilcas. This attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy to confront the nascent peasant patrols that were being promoted by the military bases in the highland provinces. The PCP-SL considered the community patrols as "mesnadas" …
Through Supreme Decree 024-91-DE/SGP, the Peruvian government extended the state of emergency for a sixty-day period beginning May 9, 1991 in the provinces of Chumbivilcas, Canas, Espinar and Canchis, located in the department of Cuzco, in the context of the Alberto Fujimori government's counter-subversive struggle against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and …
In December 1990, 18 murders were registered in the province of Chumbivilcas. This event, together with the discovery of the mass grave in Chillccahuico and the discovery of a clandestine cemetery apparently used by PNP groups, created a context of concern about the government's respect for human rights. Up to …
On September 29, 1990, in Santo Tomás, province of Chumbivilcas, lawyer Marcelino Valencia Álvaro was murdered. This crime occurred in a context of intense violence in the province of Chumbivilcas, where the PCP-SL carried out multiple violent actions against authorities and civilians. The murder took place a few months after …
The bodies of law graduate Marcelino Valencia Alvaro, legal advisor of the Agrarian League, and student Zacarías Pasca were found on the 29th in Santo Tomás, Chumbivilcas. Days before they had been detained by the police. This case is evidence of the practice of forced disappearance and extrajudicial execution.
On September 24, 1990, a group of drunken policemen, according to testimonies, arrested lawyer Marcelino Valencia in Chumbivilcas. Valencia was an advisor to the Agrarian League and a defender of peasant communities. This event occurred in the context of military and police operations in the highland provinces of Cusco and …
Two community members from Santo Tomás, province of Chumbivilcas, Cuzco, were extrajudicially executed by police officers guarding the community. The victims were identified as Marcelino Valencia and Zacarías Pasca. The event occurred in the context of the military and police presence in rural areas during the internal armed conflict. The …
5 peasants were executed by subversives in Chumbivilcas. The following day, Luis Valer, brother of Tany Valer, IU deputy, was tortured by paramilitaries and died in the hospital in the province of Espinar. These events are evidence of the violence exercised by both subversive and paramilitary groups.
Ten detainees were taken to the Capullullo hill where they were extrajudicially executed. The soldiers placed the people in a horizontal line and detonated explosive devices, immediately after which they shot them with machine guns. The bodies were thrown into pits. The victims were: Julio Huamaní Huisa, José Eusebio Huamaní …
Balvino Huamaní Medina, 60 years old, died in the house where they were being held. He was forced to drink liquor with a strange substance that one of the soldiers put in his cup. The necropsy protocol revealed that he died as a consequence of cardio respiratory arrest, severe encephalic …
Three women approached the place where their relatives were detained carrying food and documents: María Pacco Llactahuamán, Virginia Huisa Pacco and Francisca Triveño Huamaní. The women were tied by the neck and arms. Two of them, who had recently given birth, were tied by the neck to carry the babies …
A military patrol intercepted and killed 14 peasants returning to their community of Ccasiahui, in the province of Chumbivilcas, Cuzco. The event occurred in the context of the general elections and the intensification of counter-subversive actions in the country. The peasants were intercepted when they were returning to their community. …
On April 25, 1990, a Peruvian Army patrol composed of approximately 21 men, dressed as peasants, killed ten peasants in Ccashahui-Ranrapata, Chumbivilcas. The victims were: Balvino Huamaní Medina, Juan Huisa Pacco, Rosa Huisa Pacco, Rubén Alférez Triveño, Marcos Zacarías Huisa Llamoca, Quintín Alférez Cjuro, Telésforo Alférez Achinquipa, Marcos Torres Saihua, …
On April 25, 1990, in the community of Ccachahui, district of Ranrapata, province of Chumbivilcas in Cuzco, 21 soldiers dressed as peasants assassinated 10 community members. This event was part of a larger massacre that took place in the province of Chumbivilcas between April 20 and 30, 1990, where a …
In Ccachahui, Ranrapata, Chumbivilcas province, 21 soldiers dressed as peasants murdered 10 people: Balvino Huamaní Medina, Juan Huisa Pacco, Rosa Huisa Pacco, Rubén Alférez Triveño, Marcos Zacarías Huisa Llamoca, Quintín Alférez Cjuro, Telésforo Alférez Achinquipa, Marcos Torres Saihua, Julio Huamaní and José Huamaní Charccahuana. This massacre is evidence of human …
Seven people looking for a stolen donkey were detained by the military patrol: Balvino Huamaní Medina, Juan Huisa Pacco, Zenón Huisa Pacco, Marcos Zacarías Huisa Llamocca, Gregorio Alferes Triveño, Quintín Alferes Cjuro and Telésforo Alferes Achinquipa. Ochoa Lacadio was also arrested when he approached. In the Suracocha lagoon, the eight …
Isabel Leocalla de Alcahuamán was arrested and taken to the house of Aurelia Huamaní Apfata. The patrol leader nicknamed 'Negro' took her to the kitchen and raped her against her will. After being forced to drink alcohol and a whitish substance, a group of 10 armed men raped her one …
Jesús Jauja Sullo and Hermenegildo Jauja Salazar were arrested when they came from Chuchumake-Tirani to participate in an operation in Fuchungo. Hermenegildo Jauja Salazar was found dying on the ground. The community members testified that they had interrogated him, put him in the water and beaten him. He died as …
A group of ten soldiers under the command of a lieutenant arrived in Fuchungo and arrested several people. Sebastián Apfata Inga, his son Santiago Apfata Aroni and his wife Rosaura Aroni Álvarez were detained along with Aurelia Huamaní Apfata, Nicolás Apfata Inga and Marieta Gómez Huillca. They were all victims …
Between April 20 and 30, 1990, a massacre took place in the province of Chumbivilcas that marked a milestone in the internal armed conflict in the region. The Peruvian Army implemented a new counter-subversive strategy, acting as an army of occupation in the area. As a result of these military …
Between April 19 and 30, 1990, a massacre took place in Chumbivilcas, province of the department of Cusco, perpetrated by the Peruvian Army. Seventeen people died during this event. Women were victims of rape during the massacre. The rape victims survived and later denounced the facts to the corresponding authorities.
A Peruvian Army patrol composed of approximately 21 men left the Antabamba Military Base in an "intelligence operation" that for 12 days (from April 19 to May 1, 1990) went through five districts in the provinces of Antabamba (Apurimac) and Chumbivilcas (Cuzco). The military, dressed as peasants, raided different peasant …
An Army patrol from the Antabamba Base, under the command of Lieutenant EP nicknamed 'Negro' or 'Negrón', raided several villages on the border between Antabamba and the province of Chumbivilcas. The patrol killed 13 peasants who were previously tortured, raped 3 women and disappeared 8 people, including a girl of …
Between April 12 and May 1, 1990, a military patrol from the Antabamba base conducted a tour of the districts of Antabamba, Oropesa, Quiñota, Llusco and Santo Tomás in the provinces of Antabamba (Apurímac) and Chumbivilcas (Cusco). During this operation, the patrol raided peasant communities suspected of forming support bases …
The community of Collana in Livitaca, province of Chumbivilcas, agreed in a general assembly to form teams and identify the cattle rustlers in order to hand them over to the police. This communal decision is evidence of the peasant organization to confront the problem of cattle rustling that was affecting …
On March 23, 1989, the community of Collana in Livitaca, Chumbivilcas, agreed in a general assembly to form squads to identify the cattle rustlers and hand them over to the police. This act was considered by the PCP-SL as an act of treason, since the subversive group intended to maintain …
The PCP-SL raided the districts of Quiñota and Llusco between February 15 and 16, 1989, killing seven people in the communities of Llaullimarca and Otuta as part of its strategy of territorial control and elimination of local authorities.
The communal peasant patrol captured a pseudo-terrorist band of cattle rustlers in Colquemarca, province of Chumbivilcas. This event took place in the context of the fight against cattle rustling in the high provinces of Cuzco, where the PCP-SL had gained initial support by fighting the abigeos. However, the communities began …
A peasant patrol captured a pseudo-terrorist gang of cattle rustlers in Colquemarca, in the province of Chumbivilcas. This is evidence of the complexity of the violence in the region, where subversive activities were mixed with common crime such as cattle rustling.
The PCP-SL murdered two women in the town of Quiñota, province of Chumbivilcas, after a 'popular trial'. These popular trials were a practice of the PCP-SL to impose their parallel justice and eliminate those they considered enemies or traitors.
On January 26, 1989, the PCP-SL assassinated two women in the locality of Quiñota, province of Chumbivilcas, department of Cuzco. The murders were carried out after a 'popular trial', a characteristic practice of the PCP-SL to justify their executions. This event occurred in the context of the Shining Path offensive …
Approximately 30 members of the Shining Path entered the community of Mosjo. They gathered the villagers in the school, sent some women to look for weapons and tied up four people and put them on the ground. Two of them were killed in front of the other villagers, then they …
Approximately 30 members of the Shining Path entered the community of Collpa. They gathered the villagers in the school, tied up and put four people on the floor. Two of them, Marcos Corpuna Leandro and Florencio García Ccorahua, were killed in front of the other villagers. Then they poured kerosene …
A group of hooded and armed hikers arrived in the community of Picutane. They gathered several villagers, locked them in a house and subjected them to torture. Then they selected some of the abductees, among them the community president, the lieutenant governor and a leader of the ronderos, and took …
As a result of the murder of three development workers in Haquira, Cotabambas district in Apurimac, the International Center for Agricultural Development Cooperation (CICDA) withdrew its promotion programs in the provinces of Chumbivilcas and Espinar. This withdrawal is evidence of the impact of violence on development programs.
A group of 14 hikers entered the community of Yavina forcing the population to gather. The hikers beat and killed the President of the community José Aroni Alvis, cut his neck and smashed his head with a stone. They also assassinated 5 other people in the presence of the assembled …
In June 1987, in the high provinces of Cuzco, the PCP-SL began a series of attacks against various police posts. In addition, subversives and abigeos acted in the districts of Chamac and Livitaca, province of Chumbivilcas, demonstrating the convergence between subversive activity and common delinquency.
The PCP-SL attacked several police posts and communities in the province of Canas on January 30, 1987. On February 7, it carried out similar attacks in the provinces of Acomayo and Chumbivilcas. This series of coordinated attacks is evidence of the territorial expansion of the PCP-SL in the high provinces …
On January 27, 1987, there was a massacre of peasants in the province of Chumbivilcas, department of Cuzco, perpetrated by the Civil Guard. This event occurred in the context of the highland provinces of the department, where the situation of the internal armed conflict was different from other areas. In …
In the province of Chumbivilcas, department of Cuzco, the Civil Guard committed the murder of teachers and students in the towns of Quiñota and Santo Tomás during 1987. This occurred in the context of a first massacre of peasants perpetrated by the same Civil Guard on January 27, 1987 in …
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