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 1993, after years of violence and confrontations, the communities began to reincorporate into society and resume their normal activities. A Huallhua informant, interviewed in Chungui, Ayacucho, relates how in that year they were able to return to work in peace. Later, in 1995, they formed a committee to organize …
Between 1991 and 1992, the first settlers returned to Mollebamba after years of forced displacement caused by the internal armed conflict. This return was part of a broader repopulation process that began in 1987 with the change in government policy and the actions of Major Miguel Seminario Ayacuchano, who implemented …
On January 10, 1988, an armed confrontation took place in Qachiqasa, in the district of Chungui. This confrontation left 21 people dead. The event occurred in the context of military operations and confrontations between law enforcement and the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the area. This event occurred shortly after the Chapi …
On December 25, 1987, under the command of Major Miguel Seminario Ayacuchano, Chapi was repopulated and renamed Belén de Chapi in commemoration of the Christmas holiday. Major Ayacuchano, who was appointed as head of the Chapi base between October and December 1987, changed the army's attitude towards the civilian population, …
At the end of 1987, a military base was established in Chapi under the command of Major Miguel Seminario Ayacuchano, who was designated as head of the base between October and December 1987. This Major changed the attitude of the army, not allowing detainees to be beaten and gathering people …
Inhabitants of the Oronqoy and Chillihua communities who had taken refuge in Chaupimayo were killed by soldiers from the Pallqas base. The event occurred between October and November 1986, in the context of counter-subversive operations in the Chungui area. The victims were refugees who had fled their communities due to …
In August 1986, the affiant and 15 other women, between 38 and 40 years of age, were detained by soldiers from the Chungui Base when they were with her father and brothers in Huillcabamba. The women were mistreated with blows, kicks and punches, and tortured by hanging them by their …
In 1986 there was a prisoner riot in Lima prisons that resulted in multiple deaths. The report specifically mentions that five people from the Chungui area died during this riot. This event occurred in the context of the Peruvian internal armed conflict, when many accused of belonging to the PCP-Sendero …
In April and May 1985, after a subversive attack in the community of Chillihua, law enforcement and the ronderos of Pallqas and Chupón captured a total of 25 community members accused of being subversives. Subsequently, all of those captured were eliminated. This event took place in the context of widespread …
In November 1984, law enforcement forces set fire to the village of Oronqoy and killed 29 community members accused of being subversives. This event was part of a series of violent raids carried out by the Peruvian Army and the civilian defenses of Mollebamba in the Oreja de Perro area. …
In April 1984, near Huallhua in the Chakiqmayo ravine, a group of displaced people from Tastabamba, Huallhua and Oronqoy were brutally murdered. Those responsible for this massacre were the Andahuaylas security forces and the Mollebamba ronderos. The victims were displaced civilians seeking refuge in the area during the internal armed …
In March 1984, an army squad detained 12 people accused of being subversives in the community of Yerbabuena. The detainees were transferred to the Mollebamba military base. After their transfer, the 12 people disappeared without a trace, becoming victims of forced disappearance. This event is part of the pattern of …
In March 1984, rumors began to circulate among the population of the Apurimac River Valley about the arrival of montoneros (civil defense groups) from Chungui. The villagers received information that these groups were coming "like ants" and were progressively advancing through different localities. Their presence was first reported in Lechemayo, …
On December 15, 1983, a Shining Path column entered the community of Santa Carmen, in the district of Chungui, killing 9 people. This attack was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to eliminate local opposition that represented an obstacle to its expansion in the area. The Shining Path columns sought to …
In November 1983, in the community of Chungui, the traditional authorities were questioned by young PCP-SL militants. This situation led to a communal assembly where it was decided to apply public punishment to some young Shining Path members. This event reflects the growing tension between traditional communal authority structures and …
In November 1983, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) arrived in the district of Chungui. This arrival forced the villagers to live in "retreats," that is, to take refuge in remote and hidden areas to escape Shining Path control. This event marked the beginning of a period …
In May 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso entered the town of Yerbabuena taking advantage of the absence of the Republican Guard. During this incursion, the subversives assassinated 29 villagers. This attack took place in a context of increasing violence in the Chungui area, where the PCP-SL sought to expand its territorial …
In January 1983, the Shining Path PCP perpetrated a massacre of 40 community members in the temple of the town of Pallqas. This was one of the events that triggered the installation of a mixed law enforcement base in the area. As a direct response to this massacre, a base …
The CVR Report document mentions the Chapi Annex in the district of Chungui, La Mar province, department of Ayacucho during 1983. This reference appears in the context of a list of locations where events occurred during the internal armed conflict. The Chapi Annex is also mentioned for events in 1984, …
At the end of 1982, members of the PCP-SL from Chapi, San Miguel, arrived in the communities of Chiquintirca and Anchihuay, in Chungui. Initially, the population accepted their presence. However, when the authorities refused to collaborate and leave their place to the new Shining Path commissioners, the murders began and …
In 1981, a population census was conducted in the district of Chungui and registered a total of 8,257 inhabitants. Of this population, 7,682 inhabitants lived in rural areas and 575 in urban areas. This census is used as a reference to compare the demographic impact of the internal armed conflict, …
In 1980, subversive teachers began indoctrinating students in the Oronqoy high school. This school had been created in 1978 by directorial resolution as a mixed state school No. 38692 under the name of Neri Garcia Zarate. The subversive teachers indoctrinated students from the 19 communities of Oreja de Perro. This …
The district of Chungui was one of the territories most affected by the internal armed conflict in Peru. Between 1980 and 2000, 1,381 people were recorded dead and missing, almost 17% of the district's population counted in 1981. The conflict involved actions by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, the Armed Forces, and …
In 1979, a secondary school was created in the district capital of Chungui under the name of Túpac Amaru II. This creation took place in a context where other communities in the area were also establishing secondary schools. A year earlier, in 1978, the mixed state school No. 38692 had …
In 1978, the community of Chungui decided to fund the creation of the Túpac Amaru II secondary school, where teachers trained at the UNSCH (National University of San Cristóbal de Huamanga) would teach. From the beginning, some Shining Path university students worked as teachers, preparing the young people for the …
The Agrarian Reform of the 1970s was one of the processes that contributed to the dismemberment of communities in the Chungui district. This process of agrarian transformation is mentioned together with other historical events such as the guerrilla of 1965 and the land seizure by VR in 1974, which significantly …
In 1965, actions of the National Liberation Army (ELN) were registered in Chungui, province of La Mar. These actions also had an impact in the province of Andahuaylas, with more peasant mobilizations against the hacienda regime in various districts such as Chicmo, Pampachiri, Pacucha, Ocobamba and Ongoy. The ELN's guerrilla …
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