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-depth interview conducted by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the community of Pujas, department of Ayacucho, in August 2002. This interview is part of the TRC's research work on human rights violations during the internal armed conflict. The testimony collected in this interview is mentioned in the context of …
In 1993, cases of sexual violence against women were registered in the Puchcas Community. The report mentions this locality in the context of testimonies of sexual violations committed by members of the armed forces. The community of Puchcas is referenced along with other localities where similar cases of sexual violence …
Members of the Armed Forces murdered 15 members of the Santa Bárbara peasant community. This case was later judged by the Military Justice, which applied criteria that minimized the responsibility of the perpetrators, arguing that they acted in a state of war psychosis and in compliance with their mission to …
Paulina Pariona Quimiche was a leader of the Comunidad Campesina or peasant association in Ayacucho who held the position of Member of the Board of Directors. She was assassinated in 1991 during the period of intensified political violence in the region. Her death is part of the systematic offensive against …
Zenaida Vilcamiche Llactahuamán was a leader of the Comunidad Campesina or peasant association in Ayacucho who held the position of Member of the Board of Directors. She was assassinated in 1991 during the period of political violence in Peru. According to CVR records, the alleged perpetrators of her death were …
Between the end of October and the beginning of November 1990, unknown men wearing ski masks entered the community of Huamanmarca and took people from their homes. The women were separated from the group of men and raped. The perpetrators singled out young women in particular, locking them in the …
Members of the PCP-SL attacked the community of Santa Rosa de Pachaccalla, killing ten peasants. This attack was part of the Shining Path offensive in Huancavelica during 1989, when the organization sought to regain presence in areas from which its columns had been dislodged.
María Torres Urbay was president of a peasant community or association of peasants in Ayacucho. She was assassinated in 1989 during the period of political violence in Peru. Her death is part of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso offensive against social leaders, particularly women leaders of grassroots organizations. The assassination of María …
Approximately 30 members of the Shining Path entered the community of Mosjo. They gathered the villagers in the school, sent some women to look for weapons and tied up four people and put them on the ground. Two of them were killed in front of the other villagers, then they …
Approximately 30 members of the Shining Path entered the community of Collpa. They gathered the villagers in the school, tied up and put four people on the floor. Two of them, Marcos Corpuna Leandro and Florencio García Ccorahua, were killed in front of the other villagers. Then they poured kerosene …
A group of hooded and armed hikers arrived in the community of Picutane. They gathered several villagers, locked them in a house and subjected them to torture. Then they selected some of the abductees, among them the community president, the lieutenant governor and a leader of the ronderos, and took …
A group of 14 hikers entered the community of Yavina forcing the population to gather. The hikers beat and killed the President of the community José Aroni Alvis, cut his neck and smashed his head with a stone. They also assassinated 5 other people in the presence of the assembled …
On August 7, 1987, in the community of Santa Barbara, district and province of Huancavelica, ten villagers were murdered by militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The victims were accused of being "snitches" or informants for the police. This event took place during the period of withdrawal and new subversive offensive …
On May 1, 1987, members of the Peruvian Army arrived in the peasant community of Cuchucancha, surrounded the town with military trucks and detained four villagers. This action took place in the context of military operations in the area. On April 27, 1987, twenty members of the Peruvian Army had …
In the community of Ccentabama, district of Sivia, province of Huanta, department of Ayacucho, during 1986, cases of rape were recorded. The report mentions this event in the context of sexual violations perpetrated during the internal armed conflict. The victims were women from the community, in a context where sexual …
Guadalupe Mitma Escriba was a leader of the Comunidad Campesina or peasant associations in Ayacucho who held the position of Member of the Board of Directors. She was assassinated in 1984 by the PCP-SL (Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path). Her death is part of the systematic offensive by …
The day after the murder of four community members by the Shining Path, a group of 20 or 30 soldiers from the Julcamarca military base arrived in the community of Cahua in 1984. The men were beaten and the women were taken into abandoned houses. In these abandoned houses, the …
Guillermina Galindo Bejar was a woman leader who held the position of Board Member in a Peasant Community or association of peasants in Ayacucho. She was assassinated in 1984 during the internal armed conflict. According to CVR records, the alleged perpetrators of her death were the PCP-SL (Communist Party of …
Feliberta Ccaicuri Santi was a leader who held a position as a Board Member in a Peasant Community or peasant association in Ayacucho. She was assassinated in 1984 during the period of political violence in Peru. According to CVR records, the alleged perpetrator of her death was a State Agent. …
On December 15, 1983, a Shining Path column entered the community of Santa Carmen, in the district of Chungui, killing 9 people. This attack was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to eliminate local opposition that represented an obstacle to its expansion in the area. The Shining Path columns sought to …
At midnight on July 16, 1983, after the feast of the Virgin of Carmen in Uchuraccay, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the community, killing another 20 Uchuraccaínos. This attack was part of a series of systematic reprisals by the PCP-SL against the Uchuraccay community, which had led one of the first …
On January 26, 1983, eight journalists were massacred in the community of Uchuraccay. This event was paradigmatic because it marked the moment when many sectors of the country, which had been practically indifferent to the tragedy that had been occurring since May 1980, began to pay attention to the violence …
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