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 15, 1995, Congress approved Law No. 26479 granting general amnesty to military personnel. This law expressly established that the facts or crimes covered by it, as well as the definitive acquittals and acquittals, would not be subject to investigation, and all judicial cases in process or in execution …
On May 24, 1993, constituents of former President Alberto Fujimori's political party Cambio 90 prevented members of the Colina detachment from being questioned by the Congressional Investigation Commission. This obstruction was part of a systematic strategy to cover up the Colina detachment's crimes, which included political intervention in various state …
On May 6, 1993, General EP (r) Rodolfo Robles Espinoza, third in line in the Peruvian Army, in a public letter accused Army commanders and intelligence advisor Vladimiro Montesinos Torres of maintaining an operational command responsible for crimes against humanity, among them those of Barrios Altos and La Cantuta. In …
On June 24, 1992, the Colina detachment assassinated journalist Pedro Yauri in Huacho. According to the testimony of a former member of the Colina detachment, Pedro Yauri was interrogated under torture but stood his ground before being executed. The case was reported to the PNP but the police and military …
On May 2, 1992, the Colina detachment kidnapped and murdered 9 peasants from Santa. The victims were detained and then executed or disappeared. The victims' relatives filed Habeas Corpus appeals that were declared inadmissible by the Judicial Power. The bodies were buried clandestinely using lime to make it difficult to …
On February 17, 1992, by means of reception act Nº 002/Desto.C, a commission composed of Major EP Santiago Martin Rivas (Chief of the Colina Detachment), Captain EP Carlos Pichilingüe Guevara and Technician Marco Flores Albán, received from the War Material Logistics Service armament that included TAURUS pistols, HONDA motorcycles, TOYOTA …
On November 3, 1991, the Colina detachment executed fifteen people in Barrios Altos, Lima. The operation was carried out by heavily armed Peruvian army personnel wearing ski masks. The victims were executed indiscriminately with firearms with silencers, regardless of sex or age. The indiscriminate fire killed 11 adult males, 3 …
On September 4, 1991, the second displacement of a large group of agents to the Colina detachment took place. Fourteen operational intelligence agents (AIO) were ordered to move, including Julio Chuqui Aguirre, Pablo Atuncar Cama, José Tena Jacinto and others. All personnel were to go to the SIE maintenance shed …
On August 22, 1991, Director of Intelligence Juan Rivero Lazo ordered the SIE chief colonel to arrange for a group of operational intelligence agents to be present at the SIE maintenance shed to be placed under the command of Lieutenant Colonel EP Rodriguez Zabalbeascoa. This was the first official movement …
In August 1991, an inauguration ceremony for the Colina detachment was held at the SIE maintenance shop. In attendance were General Julio Salazar Monroe (head of the SIN), Juan Rivero Lazo (director of Army intelligence), Lieutenant Colonel Fernando Rodriguez Zabalbeascoa, Captains Santiago Martin Rivas and Carlos Pichilingüe Guevara, and the …
In August 1991, Santiago Martin Rivas and Carlos Pichilingüe Guevara elaborated the Operations Plan called Cipango. The official objective was to regulate the participation of Army Intelligence in the identification, capture and handing over to the authorities of subversive criminals. However, this plan was conceived and approved at the time …
On June 25, 1991, President Fujimori addressed a memorandum to the Minister of Defense ordering that a group of Peruvian army chiefs and officers be rewarded for having rendered efficient services in matters of National Security and defense of the high values of democracy. This document was one of the …
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