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.
The TRC held a workshop with grassroots peasant communities in Huanta to discuss reconciliation. The communities expressed their needs for support from the government and regional and local authorities with food, clothes and other basic necessities. The participants stated that because of violence and corruption they were left without the …
Informal interview conducted with a 48-year-old woman farmer in Accomarca, Ayacucho, during June 2002. The interview is part of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) work to collect testimonies on the effects of the internal armed conflict on rural communities in Ayacucho. The testimony collected documents the experiences and perspectives …
A group of twenty-four families returned to Uchuraccay after almost a decade of absence. This return was possible after months of coordination promoted by Elías Ccente, with the support of the National Evangelical Council of Peru. The community had been totally depopulated due to repeated attacks by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, …
In 1992, a return program was implemented in the communities of Yerbabuena, Putucunay, Belén de Chapi, Oronqoy, Santa Carmen, Chillihua and Tastabamba. This program was developed after the Chapi Base was deactivated in 1988 and people returned to Andahuaylas. The program sought to facilitate the return of displaced people to …
Members of the Peruvian Army entered the communities of Chambara and Humaya in Lima, where they detained six villagers, three from each community. Subsequently, the bodies of the six detainees were found dead on the road leading to these communities. This event occurred in the context of the internal armed …
At the end of 1991, a PCP-SL column appeared in the province of Oxapampa and began to carry out incursions into peasant communities and annexes. This column carried out "ajusticiamiento" actions and cruelly murdered numerous peasants in the area. The appearance of this Shining Path column occurred after the "Asháninka …
Between April 12 and May 1, 1990, a military patrol from the Antabamba base conducted a tour of the districts of Antabamba, Oropesa, Quiñota, Llusco and Santo Tomás in the provinces of Antabamba (Apurímac) and Chumbivilcas (Cusco). During this operation, the patrol raided peasant communities suspected of forming support bases …
The Board of Directors of Transitory Administration and Dissolution and Liquidation of SAIS-Cahuide tried unsuccessfully to resolve the land conflict in the courts. In 1990, it issued a resolution explaining that since the dissolution of SAIS-Cahuide had been agreed upon in 1988, the respective transfer of ownership and possession of …
Comrade Hernan was the commander of the main subversive column of the PCP Shining Path in the Junin area, responsible for many deaths in the area. In July 1989, he was assassinated by a community that had been a support base of the PCP-SL, which simulated a feast to lure …
In January 1989, the communities that were members of SAIS Cahuide formed multi-communal companies on the right bank of the Mantaro River. This process was the result of the liquidation of SAIS Cahuide, approved at the general assembly of partners in May 1988 and ratified on December 29, 1988. The …
In 1989, the PCP-SL assassinated several people in Raján, Ocros, including Rosario Rojas (Vice President of the Community), Abraham Castillo (Mayor), Martín Rojas, Samuray Rojas and Hitler Rojas. The latter three were apparently killed for asking for quotas on behalf of the PCP-SL. The violence continued in 1991 when Eva …
In 1989, there were confrontations between the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and organized peasants from the communities of Chupaca and Santo Tomás de Paca. These confrontations left twenty-five community members dead in Santo Tomás de Paca. The confrontations occurred in the context of peasant resistance against the control and demands of the …
In 1989, violent confrontations took place between the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and organized peasants from the communities of Chupaca and Santo Tomás de Paca in the department of Junín. These confrontations resulted in thirty community members dead in Chupaca and twenty-five community members dead in Santo Tomás de Paca. The confrontations …
In January 1988, the PCP-SL stormed the community of Chongos Alto with the objective of organizing a Popular Committee. This event occurred in the midst of disagreements and land claims between different communities in the area, including disputes between Chongos Alto as the 'mother' community and the 'daughter' communities (Llamapsillon, …
In 1988, the dissolution of SAIS-Cahuide was agreed after years of conflicts and attacks suffered by the organization since 1983. The Board of Directors of Transitional Administration and Dissolution and Liquidation of SAIS-Cahuide tried unsuccessfully to resolve the conflicts in the courts. In 1990, the Board issued a resolution explaining …
A Great March for Peace was organized by the Church and the Provincias Altas Human Rights Committee in the prelature of Sicuani. Around two thousand five hundred people participated, delegates from peasant communities, parishes, mothers' clubs and health and school committees, who massively expressed their rejection of the daily violence, …
The Rimanakuy was celebrated with representatives of 473 communities and 230 Puno communities that attended the government's call. Dozens more came from the neighboring departments of Arequipa, Moquegua and Tacna. Gathered in 19 working commissions, the participants discussed various aspects of the community problems. Restructuring was the topic that aroused …
Alan Garcia's government issued Supreme Decrees 005 and 006, which initiated the restructuring of associative agrarian companies in Puno. A commission would determine within 120 days the amount of land that should revert to the state for subsequent adjudication to the peasant communities. This measure sought to address the land …
Between 1986 and 1987, at the height of the boom in the links between coca leaf producers and drug-trafficking buyers, the Shining Path columns intensified their actions in Apurímac. This intensification would help, according to PCP-SL claims, to enter a new and superior stage called 'strategic balance'. This second stage …
In April 1984, soldiers from the Lircay Military Base raided the community of Chontacancha, department of Huancavelica. During this operation, the soldiers executed local community members. In a subsequent raid, the same soldiers raped the widows of the community members who had previously been executed. This case illustrates the pattern …
In mid-1984, after months of continuous violence that left 135 community members murdered as a result of attacks by the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path, repression by counter-subversive forces and the peasant patrols, Uchuraccay ceased to exist as an inhabited community. The surviving families fled the community, taking …
On Christmas Eve 1983, the Communist Party of Peru-Sendero Luminoso carried out a new armed incursion into the community of Uchuraccay. This attack was part of a series of systematic reprisals by the PCP-SL against the community, which had staged one of the first peasant rebellions against the subversive organization …
On December 24, 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out its third bloody attack against the community of Uchuraccay. In this third attack, 8 more peasants lost their lives. This attack was part of a series of three PCP-SL raids against Uchuraccay in 1983: on May 20 (approximately 20 killed), July …
The third Shining Path PCP attack on Uchuraccay occurred on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1983. The villagers remember this attack precisely because of its association with the religious calendar, being the date of Christmas. According to testimonies, the attackers shouted threats of total extermination against the Uchuraccaínos. After the attack, …
In November 1983, refugees from ten high Andean communities gathered in Ccarhuapampa, on the outskirts of the town of Tambo. From the beginning, Ccarhuapampa was organized around its Civil Defense Committee (CDC), which not only established a rigid surveillance system, but was also concerned with the development of the nascent …
On October 1, 1983, a delegation of the Peruvian Investigative Police (PIP) traveled to Uchuraccay in search of the community members who had been requisitioned for the judicial process related to the massacre of journalists that occurred in January of that year. Upon arriving in the community, the members of …
In August 1983, the PCP-SL made a bloody incursion into the community of Uchuraccay as part of their revenge against this population that had participated in the assassination of journalists in January of the same year. This was one of three incursions that the Shining Path carried out against Uchuraccay …
On July 16, 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out its second bloody attack against the community of Uchuraccay. In this raid, approximately 20 people were killed. This attack was part of a series of three PCP-SL raids against Uchuraccay in 1983, in retaliation for the murder of journalists and hikers …
In July and September 1983, massacres occurred in the district of Chiara, province of Huamanga, Ayacucho. In July 1983, the PCP-SL murdered 20 community members in Sachabamba, Chiara. In September of the same year, the PCP-SL murdered 10 community members in Bellavista, Chiara. In April 1984, members of the army …
On May 20, 1983, the PCP-SL carried out the first of three bloody attacks against the community of Uchuraccay. In this first raid, around 20 peasants were killed. This attack was part of the PCP-SL's retaliation against Uchuraccay, after the community members murdered eight journalists on January 26, 1983 and …
In the early morning of May 20, 1983, days before the feast of the Holy Spirit, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso raided the community of Uchuraccay and killed around 20 villagers. This attack was part of a series of reprisals by the PCP-SL against the community, which had staged one of the …
In May 1983, the first PCP-Sendero Luminoso raids and assassinations took place in peasant communities in the department of Cuzco. Among these initial attacks was the one in the district of Sucuytambo, in the province of Espinar. This event is part of the beginning of the violence in the Cuzco …
In February 1983, the Sacsamarca uprising against the PCP-SL took place. The villagers, fed up with the abuses of the Shining Path commanders, decided to rebel against them. In an act of resistance, the villagers got the Shining Path militants drunk and later stabbed and stoned them to death. This …
The day after the massacre of the journalists, on January 27, 1983, the war waged by the communities against the Shining Path PCP continued. The communities captured fourteen peasants who were beaten and taken to Uchuraccay for trial. During the trip, Fortunato Gavilan, lieutenant governor of Uchuraccay, threatened to kill …
After the events of January 26, 1983, when Uchuraccay villagers murdered eight journalists, believing them to be members of the Shining Path, the community suffered devastating reprisals. The Communist Party of Peru-Shining Path carried out multiple attacks against Uchuraccay throughout 1983 and 1984, killing more than a hundred villagers. The …
On January 21, 1983, less than a month after the intervention of the armed forces in the department of Ayacucho and the establishment of the Marine Infantry in the province of Huanta, seven members of the PCP-SL were killed in the communities of Huaychao and Macabamba. This event occurred in …
On January 21, 1983, the communities of the Huantina puna reacted against the PCP-SL by assassinating seven Shining Path members in the communities of Macabamba and Huaychao. This was the first action of this nature by peasant communities against the Shining Path. The fact transcended the local media, especially due …
During the months following the murder of the journalists in January 1983, Uchuraccay continued to be the scene of violence, death and desolation. One hundred and thirty-five community members were killed as a result of attacks by the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path, repression by counter-subversive forces and …
In January 1983, the first incursions and assassinations took place in the peasant communities of the department of Cuzco, specifically in the province of Acomayo. These events marked the beginning of the violence of the internal armed conflict in this area of the department. The province of Acomayo also suffered …
The Antepongo production unit suffered attacks during 1983 that seriously affected its operations. These attacks were repeated in 1987, making the continuity of this production unit unsustainable. As a consequence of these attacks, the unit's own members began to point out that Antepongo's lands should be returned to the possession …
In December 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso killed twelve villagers in Pumahuasi, also known as Rumichaca, in the district of Santillana, province of Huanta. This event is part of a series of murders perpetrated by Sendero Luminoso in the highland communities of Huanta during that period. The murders took place in …
During the months of July and August 1981, militants of the Communist Party of Peru-Sendero Luminoso led by an individual known as 'Martin' established themselves in Uchuraccay and other neighboring communities. The objective of this presence was to form support bases for the PCP-SL in the area. This was one …
The Agrarian Reform of the 1970s was one of the processes that contributed to the dismemberment of communities in the Chungui district. This process of agrarian transformation is mentioned together with other historical events such as the guerrilla of 1965 and the land seizure by VR in 1974, which significantly …
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