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.
In July 1991, residents of Quinua were killed by peasant patrols. This event occurred in the context of the intensification of the internal armed conflict in the Huamanga region. The peasant patrols of Quinua, along with other patrols in the area, were responsible for this collective murder. The event is …
In February 1984, the Marines considered Pampacancha sufficiently well organized and withdrew to train another community. When the Marines withdrew again in April 1984, Sendero Luminoso, with the support of hundreds of poorly armed peasants, launched a new devastating attack against Pampacancha. In this attack 40 men and women were …
In February 1984, the Marines considered Pampacancha sufficiently well organized and withdrew to train another community. When the Marines withdrew again in April 1984, Shining Path, with the support of hundreds of poorly armed peasants, launched a new devastating attack against Pampacancha. In this attack, which occurred in August 1984, …
In August 1984, the new head of the political-military command, General Adrián Huamán Centeno from Andahuaylino, participated in a meeting in Vinchos that brought together approximately eight thousand peasants from 44 communities that had organized themselves into peasant patrols. This meeting represented a significant moment in the consolidation of peasant …
In April 1984, the Carhuahurán rondas raided the community of Uchuraccay, which by then was practically uninhabited after multiple attacks. During this incursion, the ronderos took the church bells, as well as the school's folders and roof. This raid was part of a broader context in which communities organized in …
In February 1984, the Marines, known as 'los navales', withdrew from the community of Pampacancha after deeming it sufficiently well organized to defend itself. The navy had been training the community in the organization of Civil Defense Committees. After their withdrawal, they returned again in April 1984 to train another …
In 1984, the communities in the Huanta area organized themselves into Civil Defense Committees and coordinated closely with the military. The patrols of Ccaccas, Ccanis and Patasucro, located in the highlands of the city of Huanta, as well as those of Tambo, Balcón, Acco, Challhuamayo and Ccarhuahurán, conducted scavenging campaigns …
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