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 April 20, Pedro Domingo Quinteros, considered the number two in the hierarchy of the Central Emergency Committee of the PCP-SL, was captured. His capture represents an important blow to the command structure of the PCP-SL in the period following the capture of Abimael Guzmán.
Margie Clavo, an important Shining Path leader and member of the Central Emergency Committee of the PCP-SL, was captured on March 23, 1995. This capture took place in the context of the progressive weakening of the PCP-SL after the arrest of Abimael Guzmán in September 1992. Clavo was part of …
On September 12, 1992, Abimael Guzmán Reinoso, top leader of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL), was captured along with other members of the Central Committee of the subversive organization. This operation represented a decisive blow against the leadership of the PCP-SL. The capture took place in …
In September 1992, Abimael Guzmán and almost all of his Central Committee were captured. This was probably the central factor in the abandonment of the Shining Path cadres at La Cantuta. The capture was preceded by a series of arrests of the main leaders of the PCP-SL, including Víctor Zavala …
The III Central Unity Committee was a crucial event in the history of the MRTA held in September 1990. In this committee, the MRTA cadres headed by Victor Polay assumed the leadership of the movement at the national level. This event marked a significant change in MRTA's strategy, since a …
The MRTA held its Third Central Unity Committee in August 1990, after the spectacular escape of 47 prisoners from the Castro Castro prison in July, including its main leaders Víctor Polay Campos and Alberto Gálvez Olaechea. In this committee, the organization and its military plans were adjusted, taking into account …
In July 1990, the leaders of the Central Committee of the Rondas Campesinas del Alto y Bajo Tulumayo elaborated their first Statute. This occurred a few months after delegates from the 48 communities of Tulumayo met in a general assembly in March 1990 to agree on the formation of the …
In the first days of December, the I Unitary Central Committee was organized and on December 9, 1986, the date on which another anniversary of the battle of Ayacucho was commemorated, the MRTA and the MIR Voz Rebelde announced their unity. The MIR VR contributed its political work in the …
Between February 9 and 14, 1986, the MRTA held its III Central Committee in Lima in order to evaluate the fulfillment of its goals and objectives during 1985. The members of the National Executive Committee, the Central Committee and those in charge of the various political and military structures of …
From February 9 to 14, 1986, the Third Central Committee of the MRTA (Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement) was held. This event represented a meeting of the leadership of this subversive organization to define strategies and political lines. The CVR Report document briefly mentions this event in the context of the …
The MRTA held its II Central Committee in which it reaffirmed the perception of being in a pre-revolutionary period. The MRTA leaders agreed on the deconcentration of their forces and the publication of a spokesperson under the name Venceremos, as well as the implementation of a clandestine radio station called …
The I Central Committee of the MRTA was held in Lima. Its analysis of the national political situation concluded that the country was going through a deep political, economic and social crisis provoked by the growing subversive activity of the PCP-SL and the counterinsurgent response. The subversive leadership agreed on …
In January 1984, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) was founded and the agreements of its First Central Committee were reached. On January 22, the first action claimed by the MRTA took place: opening fire on a police station in Villa El Salvador (VES) after the murder of a resident …
The PCP-SL held an Enlarged Central Committee in which the 'Great Plan to Conquer Bases' was agreed upon and four political tasks were established: the general reorganization of the Party, the formation of the People's Guerrilla Army, the formation of the organizing committee of the People's Republic of New Democracy …
No more than a dozen leaders of the PSR ML - MIR EM met in a Central Committee and after an assessment of the international and national situation came to the conclusion that the conditions were ripe for the resumption of revolutionary violence. It was agreed that the organization would …
The SL Central Committee began its third plenary session. In this meeting they discussed how to increase the number of actions in the city, how to plan the growth of actions in the countryside, and how to organize policies by outlining a line of work that combined political, union and …
During the IV Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the PCP-SL held in 1981, the creation of the popular committees as 'embryos of the new power' was planned. In this session it was decided to empower the Metropolitan Committee to act in the capital as a 'sounding board' for …
Meeting of the Enlarged Central Committee of the PCP-SL held between August 8 and 24, 1980, where Abimael Guzman was accused of deviating from Maoism. His proposal to move the theater of war from the countryside to the city was labeled 'hoxhist', an accusation crucially unfavorable to his leadership. Guzman …
In 1974 the PCP-SL set out to 'retake the path of Mariátegui', initiating the IV Plenum of the Central Committee. This event coincided with the anniversaries of the birth of José Carlos Mariátegui and the Chinese revolution of Mao Tse Tung. The plenary session marked an important moment in the …
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