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 June 7, 1991, a contingent of subversives from the PCP-Sendero Luminoso entered the district of La Merced and carried out a massacre against local authorities and villagers. The victims were Prospero Valencia Porras (district mayor) and his wife Rufina Guevara; Oswaldo Porras Valencia and his wife Juana Santos Mancco; …
On April 19, 1991, ronderos from Musoqpampa, in the district of La Merced, entered the town of Ccásir and arrested Pedro Cajamarca Navarro, a young man who had been recruited against his will by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The ronderos handed him over to the military at the counter-subversive base in …
On June 15, 1990, PCP-Sendero Luminoso militants assassinated the governor of the district of La Merced in Churcampa, Huancavelica. This assassination was part of a series of selective executions carried out by the PCP-SL against local authorities and alleged collaborators of the military forces in the area. The governor was …
On April 13, 1990, in the district of La Merced, province of Churcampa, a married couple was murdered by militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This murder occurred in the context of the PCP-SL's national offensive, which significantly increased the death toll in the provinces of Tayacaja and Churcampa. The victims …
On February 17, 1990, two villagers were murdered in the district of La Merced, province of Churcampa, Huancavelica. The murders were perpetrated by militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, who accused the victims of "collaborating" with the military. This occurred in the context of the PCP-SL's national offensive in 1990, when …
In the district capital of Locroja, the villagers, tired of the constant abuses and demands of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso subversives, decided to take action against the Shining Path Shining Path presence in their town. In mid-1990, the villagers assassinated "comrade Samuel", who was the local Shining Path commander in the …
On December 13, 1989, PCP-SL militants entered the community of San Mateo in the district of Churcampa. The subversives murdered three people: Paulina Gamboa Arrieta, Teodoro Gamboa Ore and Moises Arroyo Barrientos. The murders were carried out in front of the assembled population, as part of the PCP-SL's terror strategy …
On November 15, 1989, Víctor Salvador Rivas Gutiérrez, son of Mayor Armida Gutiérrez de Rivas, murdered by the PCP-SL a month earlier, and Jesús Manuel Pérez Guillén were executed by military personnel from the Counter-Subversive Base of Churcampa. The executions were carried out with rifle shots in the middle of …
On October 9, 1989, two PCP-SL militants assassinated Armida Gutiérrez de Rivas, mayor of the province of Churcampa, and her husband Ernesto Rivas Berrocal, both members of the Peruvian Aprista Party. The assassination occurred weeks before the municipal elections, as part of the PCP-SL's strategy of selective assassinations. As an …
Arminda Gutierres Trelles, provincial aprista mayor of Churcampa in the department of Huancavelica, was assassinated on October 9, 1989. This assassination occurred in the context of a municipal election campaign marred by the murders of mayors and mayoral candidates in different parts of the country. The crime was part of …
On November 30, 1988, "black lists" drawn up by the Rodrigo Franco Command (CRF) appeared on the walls of several places in the city of Churcampa. These lists contained names of alleged subversion collaborators who were threatened with death. This event occurred in the context of a new offensive by …
On September 17, 1988, several explosions occurred in the city of Churcampa. These explosions were claimed by the Rodrigo Franco Command (CRF). This event took place in the context of the new offensive implemented by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso since 1988 in the Huancavelica region. Subsequently, on November 30 of the …
On June 5, 1988, three villagers were detained at the Churcampa fair by soldiers from the Churcampa Counter-Subversive Base. The detainees were Saturnino de la Cruz Soto, Marino de la Cruz Soto and Francisco Taipe Ccoñas. This arrest occurred in the context of the intensification of subversive incursions in the …
Sonia Muñoz de Yangali was kidnapped and tortured by the military on May 18, 1988 in the province of Churcampa, Huancavelica. The military shot her in the head and, believing her dead, placed a poster with alleged slogans of PCP-SL members on her. Two months after the failed assassination attempt, …
On May 23, 1988, in the community of San Mateo, district of Churcampa, two villagers were detained by military personnel in the context of counter-subversive patrols. The military carried out these operations when they did not find any hikers in the area. The two detained villagers were later disappeared. This …
On May 18, 1988, in the province of Churcampa, Huancavelica, Sonia Muñoz de Yangali was kidnapped and tortured by the military. The perpetrators shot her in the head, believing her dead. Subsequently, they placed a poster with supposed slogans of PCP-SL members on her, apparently to simulate that she had …
Mrs. Muñoz de Yangali was detained in her home by soldiers in civilian clothes. She was tortured at the Castro Pampa military base, where she was hung from a beam with her hands tied behind her back and given electric shocks. Her interrogators accused her of collaborating with Sendero Luminoso …
In 1986, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) carried out forced recruitments of adolescents and youths in several districts of the province of Churcampa, specifically in San Miguel de Mayocc and Locroja. These compulsive recruitments were part of the PCP-SL's strategy to rebuild its ranks after the …
In April 1985, a subversive detachment of approximately 20 people carrying various weapons entered the community of Maraypata in Churcampa. The residents of Maraypata had formed peasant patrols, which prompted the PCP-SL to attack them in an attempt to punish them for this organization. The residents of the Paccay community …
The province of Churcampa was created in 1985 in the southern part of the province of Tayacaja. This new province was linked to both the Mantaro Valley and the province of Huanta. The districts that made up the new province were Churcampa, Anco, Chinchihuasi, El Carmen, La Merced, Locroja, Paucarbamba, …
On December 27, 1984, in the annex of Maraypata in Churcampa, the villagers confronted a group of the PCP-SL that tried to punish them for having formed peasant patrols. In the confrontation, several subversives died and were buried nearby. In April of the following year, a subversive detachment of approximately …
On November 20, 1984, military personnel detained five people suspected of being subversives in the district of Pachamarca. These people were extrajudicially executed and buried in Mamapancha. This event occurred in the context of the intensification of counter-subversive actions in the area, where the military of the Counter-subversive Base of …
On October 22, 1984, residents of Paucarbamba and military personnel from the Millpo Counter-Subversive Base arrested four people accused of being responsible for the actions committed by the PCP-SL in Paucarbamba and surrounding districts. The detainees were Lucio Anselmo Gaspar Cabezas, Teodomiro Gaspar Cabezas, Alfredo Montes Palomino and one other …
At midnight on January 1, 1984, the PCP-SL attacked the Cobriza mining center with people recruited from the heights of the Ayacucho community of Ayahuanco, which borders the province of Churcampa, Huancavelica. During the attack, the hikers dynamited the mining center's facilities, causing significant damage to the infrastructure. As a …
Since 1984, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) intensified the forced recruitment of adolescents and young people in various rural areas of the country. This practice became frequent in the department of Pasco and other regions, forcing many rural families, especially those with greater resources, to migrate …
Members of the Chonta community approached the group of soldiers and accused Benigno Quichca Taipe of being an alleged terrorist. Faced with this accusation, the soldiers shot Benigno without explanation, then tied his mouth with a sweater and began to hang him. His stomach had been cut open and he …
During January and February 1984, PCP-Sendero Luminoso militants continuously harassed the police at the Cobriza mining camp, located in the district of San Pedro de Coris, province of Churcampa. This harassment was part of the subversive strategy of attacking mining facilities and companies in the region. The Cobriza mining camp …
In 1984, residents of Paltamarca captured an alleged subversive and killed him in Tuccuccasa, Pachamarca district. This event occurred in the context of the organization of counter-subversive peasant patrols promoted by the Army in the area. The event took place shortly after the military arrested and executed five people suspected …
The affiant's daughter was kidnapped by members of the PCP-SL who violently entered her house. The next day, the villagers told him that his daughter's body had been found lying on the ground. He found his daughter dead with her hands tied, her body half naked, her face and chest …
Francisco Alanya Huayra, a community leader, was murdered on October 16, 1983 by militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. He was accused of collaborating with the military in the counter-subversive base of Milpo. This murder occurred in the context of the installation of counter-subversive bases in the area and the Shining …
On October 15, 1983, militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out a harassment attack against the Churcampa police post. This attack took place in the context of a series of subversive actions aimed at destroying the existing system of authorities and harassing police posts in the region. The action was …
On September 26, 1983, army and police forces, in a combined action, entered the capital of Paucarbamba and neighboring towns. During the operation, the forces of order raided houses and took some villagers prisoner. The military and police stole some of the population's property and raped some of the villagers. …
In the first days of March 1983, a contingent of PCP-SL militants entered the Santa Rosa mine, located in the town of Carhuancho, district of San Pedro de Coris in Churcampa. On March 7, military personnel arrived at the mine and arrested eight villagers: Segundino Fernandez Huamán, Julio Huamán Fernández, …
In early March 1983, a contingent of PCP-SL militants entered the Santa Rosa mine, located in the town of Carhuancho, district of San Pedro de Coris in Churcampa. On March 7, military troops arrived at the mine in response to the Shining Path incursion. The military arrested and took away …
On February 10, 1983, the brothers Hilario and Alejandro Soto Espinoza were detained by military personnel in the district of Paucarbamba. The military patrols were leaving the counter-subversive base installed in the town of Millpo, in the highlands of the district of Paucarbamba, to go through the communities and towns …
At the end of 1983, the Army installed a counter-subversive base in the provincial capital of Churcampa, as part of the military strategy to counteract the actions of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the region. This base was added to another previously installed in the locality of Millpo, in the high …
At the end of 1983, a military base was installed at the Cobriza mining center, a production unit of Centromín Perú. This military installation was in response to a violent attack perpetrated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the middle of the night on January 1, 1984, when the subversive group …
In 1983, a military base was installed in Churcampa, department of Huancavelica. This installation was part of the Peruvian State's counterinsurgency strategy against the advance of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the region. The military base was established in the context of the constant strikes and strikes by miners in 1982, …
In 1983, the Army installed a counter-subversive base in the town of Millpo, in the highlands of the district of Paucarbamba, province of Churcampa. From this base, military patrols would go out to the communities and towns of Paucarbamba, detaining people who were then interrogated at the base. Some detainees, …
On December 27, 1982, the inhabitants of the Maraypata annex in Churcampa clashed with a group of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso who wanted to punish them for having formed peasant patrols. In the confrontation, several subversives died and were buried nearby. This event represents one of the first cases of organized …
On December 6, 1982, PCP-SL militants attacked the police post in the district of Anco in the province of Churcampa. This attack was part of a series of harassments of police posts that increased at the end of 1982 in the provinces of Tayacaja and Churcampa. The attacks were aimed …
On October 4, 1982, PCP-SL militants attacked the police post in the district of San Miguel de Mayocc. This attack was part of a series of harassments of police posts that increased at the end of 1982 in the districts of Churcampa and Tayacaja. The attacks were aimed at eliminating …
By the last months of 1980, the PCP-SL had already made contact with some mining settlements in Huancavelica, specifically those located near the department of Ayacucho. The mining centers contacted were Cobriza, Julcani and La Mejorada, located in the provinces of Churcampa and Angaraes respectively. This contact was relatively early …
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