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.
Miguel Rivera, a leader of the Pujas community, was killed by the PCP-SL in 1995. Rivera was a community leader who had participated in the PCP-SL assault on the Ayzarca farm in 1980, but had subsequently distanced himself from the subversive group. At the time of his death, Rivera was …
In September 1993, a group of members of the self-defense committee of the San Fernando de Meritori annex in the neighboring district of Rio Negro in the province of Satipo killed 10 inhabitants of the Delta Pichanaki annex because the community refused to organize itself into self-defense committees. This was …
In 1993, the Caimito Self-Defense Committee (CAD) reached an agreement with the drug traffickers to provide them with security in the face of increased crime and chaos on Lake Imiria. The Caimito ADC had been formed in 1991 as a sub-base of the Puerto Alegre ADC, with the objective of …
In 1992, the Peruvian Navy successfully formed a Self-Defense Committee (CAD) in the hamlet of Huipoca, located in Padre Abad. This was one of the places where the Navy implemented its new counter-subversive strategy based on winning over the PCP-SL's social base through civic actions. It was the first time …
The Puerto Alegre Self-Defense Committee (CAD) was formed on March 21, 1991, with logistical and technical advice from the Peruvian Navy. This CAD played a fundamental role in the counter-subversive struggle and in the defeat of PCP-SL in Lake Imiria and in some areas of the Tamaya River, due to …
In 1991, after the formation of the Puerto Alegre ADC, Caimito became a sub-base of the Self-Defense Committee with the specific objective of monitoring and combating the presence of PCP-SL in Lake Imiria. Like other CAD's, Caimito's became a sort of security and order guarantor force, although its actions were …
In 1991, the Puerto Ocopa native community created a native patrol on its own initiative as part of the counter-offensive against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the central jungle. This patrol was formed in the context of the intensification of the counter-subversive struggle that was taking place in the Tambo and …
In 1991, the native communities of the area, particularly the Shipibo-Conibo of Lake Imiria, decided to join the Self-Defense Committee (CAD) of the hamlet of Puerto Alegre as a sub-base to combat subversion. This decision was made after PCP-Sendero Luminoso repeatedly tried to impose its laws and organize committees in …
PCP-SL raided the hamlet of Caimito in November 1989 and forced the population to organize into committees. Subsequently, in 1991, after the formation of the Puerto Alegre Self-Defense Committee (CAD), Caimito became a sub-base with the objective of monitoring and combating the presence of PCP-SL in Lake Imiria. The Caimito …
A large group of PCP-SL members entered the community of Aranhuay using military fatigues as a ruse. They summoned the villagers to an assembly in the main square. Once assembled, they revealed their identity, divided the villagers into groups, forced them to perform strenuous physical exercises, beat and kicked them …
A group of 60 hikers raided the village of Agua Blanca, where a Self-Defense Committee had been organized under the leadership of peasant Andrés Cornelio Castañeda. They surprised and killed him, after a 'popular trial' in the soccer field, along with 15 other people. They went on a rampage against …
Puerto Alegre was founded on June 24, 1940 by Brazilian settlers who gathered in this hamlet. The hamlet is located in a strategic position near Lake Imiria and the Tamaya River. During the internal armed conflict, in 1991, the population of Puerto Alegre decided to form a Self-Defense Committee (CAD) …
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