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.
The MRTA attacks the Hiraoka family home with explosives. That same night they set off a car bomb in front of the Hiraoka store on Petit Thouars Avenue, in the Lima district of Lince. These attacks were reprisals for the release of businessman Raul Hiraoka.
Car bomb attack perpetrated on Tarata Street in the Miraflores district of Lima. This attack was part of the escalation of violence by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso during 1992, a year in which the subversive organization intensified its terrorist actions in the capital. The attack occurred a little more than a …
On July 16, 1992, a car bomb exploded on Tarata Street in the Miraflores district of Lima. This attack occurred in a context of intensifying violence in the capital, where the subversive groups Sendero Luminoso and MRTA increased their actions by carrying out continuous attacks against public and private entities. …
On July 16, 1992, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso detonated a car bomb on Tarata Street, in the heart of the residential district of Miraflores in Lima. This action was part of the Shining Path's strategy of "sounding board" and "strategic balance" that sought to demonstrate their ability to strike even in …
On July 16, 1992, the Shining Path PCP detonated a car bomb on Tarata Street, causing fire, destruction and death of people who were peacefully in the apparent safety of their homes. This was the most visible and dramatic event of the period of high violence in Lima. The attack …
The explosion of a car bomb in the center of Miraflores, Tarata street, shocked the country. During the week, there were other attacks in different areas of Lima, including a call for an armed strike in the capital. All this would mean a pre-insurrectional rehearsal in Lima, according to the …
The explosion of a car bomb in the center of Miraflores, on Tarata Street, left 20 dead and 132 wounded. The impact of the attack in the media spread panic and a feeling of insecurity among the public. The same day a series of attacks took place in other sectors …
Terrorist car bomb attack on Tarata Street, the most serious car bomb attack carried out by Shining Path in Lima. Through these attacks, the Shining Path accelerated its offensive on the capital while calculating the possibility of a U.S. intervention that would unleash a war of national liberation in the …
Shining Path caused a "truck bomb" to explode in front of Canal 2, destroying its facilities and killing three people. This attack was part of the PCP-SL's terror offensive against the city of Lima.
A truck bomb explodes in front of Canal 2, destroying its facilities and killing three canal workers. This attack is part of the campaign of urban violence carried out by subversive groups in Lima during this period.
A powerful bus-bomb was launched against the facade of the Villa El Salvador municipality, destroying part of it, the police station, the Popular Communication Center and dozens of neighboring houses. The attack occurred in the context of the PCP-SL's escalation of violence in the district, after the assassination of María …
One dead and 18 wounded in a car bomb explosion on Maruri Street, Cuzco city. The next day the owner of the vehicle, former police sergeant Melitón Candia Guzmán, was found dead. This attack was evidence of the urban violence that affected the cities during the conflict.
On August 14, 1990, a car bomb exploded, killing one person and injuring 18 in the city of Puno. The day after the attack, the owner of the vehicle used in the attack, former police sergeant Melitón Candia Guzmán, was found dead. This attack occurred in the context of the …
On August 14, 1990, the explosion of a car bomb in a central street of Cuzco left one dead and 18 wounded. The next day, the body of the owner of the vehicle, former police sergeant Melitón Candia Guzmán, who had been murdered by the Shining Path guerrillas, was found. …
An emerretista commando placed a car bomb in the Jauja barracks as part of the retaliatory actions for what happened in Molinos.
In response to what happened in Molinos, a subversive commando exploded a car bomb in the San Martin barracks, located in the district of Miraflores.
On August 10, 1988, a car bomb exploded in the offices of Centromin Peru. This attack occurred in a context of intense subversive activity by the PCP-SL during August 1988, the month in which the second session of the First Congress of the PCP-SL was also held. The attack was …
In May 1988, on the occasion of Pope John Paul II's second visit to Lima, there was an increase in violence in the Peruvian capital. Shortly before the papal visit, security forces managed to defuse a car bomb that had been placed near Air Base No. 8. This incident was …
In May 1988, Pope John Paul II made his second visit to Lima. On the occasion of this papal visit, there was a significant increase in violence in the Peruvian capital. Shortly before the arrival of the pontiff, security forces defused a car bomb that had been placed near Air …
A car bomb exploded near the offices of El Diario, a press organ linked to the PCP-SL. The vehicle exploded prematurely by mistake, killing the two individuals who were going to carry out the attack. The incident occurred in October 1987 in Lima.
On the night of July 16, 1987, terror struck the city of Lima with a long blackout during which there were many dynamite attacks. There was a car bomb in the populous area of the Plaza de Acho. This event marked the arrival of Shining Path terror in the country's …
On February 22, 1987, a car bomb exploded in Trujillo two hundred meters from the Plaza de Armas. The attack occurred moments before the arrival of the President of the Republic Alan Garcia Perez to the area. This attack was part of a series of terrorist attacks that took place …
On February 20, 1987, a car bomb exploded three or four blocks from a rally presided over by President Alan Garcia Perez in Lima. This attack was part of a series of terrorist attacks that took place during those days. On February 19 there had been a fire at the …
On April 21, 1986, a car loaded with explosives detonated against the residence of the U.S. ambassador in Lima. The Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) claimed responsibility for the attack. The subversive group linked this act to the recent U.S. attack on Libya, establishing an international political connection with its …
A car loaded with explosives detonated at the residence of the U.S. ambassador in Lima. This attack was part of a series of violent actions that intensified during that period in the Peruvian capital. The event is registered in the 1986 summary of the CVR Report as one of the …
In solidarity with Libya, which had been bombed by the United States, MRTA placed a car bomb at the residence of the U.S. ambassador in Lima.
A car bomb was placed by MRTA at the Ministry of the Interior, without causing fatalities. This was the first time this terrorist method was used by MRTA.
The MRTA (Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru) exploded a car bomb at the door of the Ministry of the Interior on July 25, 1985. This attack occurred in a context of escalating political violence in the country, just three days before the inauguration of President Alan García Pérez. The attack was …
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