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 Truth and Reconciliation Commission made its third visit to the Asháninka area of the Central Jungle between November 19 and December 9, 2002. This visit was part of a series of four visits made on three separate dates to interview villagers and authorities of the Asháninka communities. The objective …
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission made its second visit to the Asháninka area of the Central Jungle between October 10 and 29, 2002. This was part of a total of four visits made on three separate dates to interview villagers and authorities of the Asháninka communities. The objective was to …
In order to interview residents and authorities of the Asháninka communities and discuss with them the results of the reports, four visits were made to the area on three separate dates. The first visit was carried out from September 16 to 29, 2002. The study focused on the areas that …
In 1995, the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees, Francis Deng, visited the Asháninka area to report on their situation. That same year, the National Human Rights Coordinator published a report on the disappearance of Asháninka communities. During the internal armed conflict, out of 55,000 Asháninka, nearly 10,000 were forcibly displaced …
Between June and July 1994, the Shining Path PCP killed around seventy natives of the Quenteroni community. The victims were people the subversives considered useless for work or for the war, including children, the sick and the elderly. This act of extreme violence occurred in the context of the war …
Between June and July 1994, the PCP-SL murdered around 70 natives it held captive in Quenteroni, located in the upper zone of the native community of Samaniato, in the Ene River basin. This event occurred in the context of the absolute control that the PCP-SL had achieved over the Ene …
On Thursday, August 19, 1993, one day after the massacre perpetrated by Shining Path columns in eight communities of the Tsiriari valley, the villagers who had managed to hide in the bush came down to warn the Army from the Mazamari base about the events that had occurred. The massacre …
On August 18, 1993, three Shining Path columns, each composed of approximately 70 settlers and natives, entered eight communities in the Tsiriari valley (six colonists and two Asháninka). The massacre began around 4:00 p.m. in the Nomatsiguenga Tahuantinsuyo community, where twenty-one people were killed, including children, men and women. The …
In August 1993, three groups of between 100 and 300 people, composed of subversives and masa (settlers and natives of all ages), attacked seven communities in the Tsiriari valley. During these assaults they killed 36 settlers and 21 natives, totaling 57 fatalities. The attackers took food, household goods, medicines and …
In August 1993, some 200 subversives of the Shining Path PCP, among them natives, attacked the communities of Santa Isabel, Monte Rico, Jerusalén, San Isidro, Tahuantinsuyo and Irriari in the central jungle. During the assault, in addition to murdering the authorities and teachers of these communities, the subversives committed acts …
The native community of Tahuantinsuyo, located in the district of Mazamari in the Central Jungle, was the victim of a massacre in 1993 during the internal armed conflict. This community was selected as a case study by the CVR Report along with Cushiviani to document the effects of violence on …
On July 22, 1990, the Central de Comunidades Nativas de la Selva Central (CECONSEC) issued a public communiqué entitled "La autodefensa y autonomía asháninka exigen respeto" (Asháninka self-defense and autonomy demand respect). This communiqué appeared in a context of intensifying political violence in the Amazon region, where both the PCP-SL …
On March 18, 1990, the "Ashaninka Army" disbanded, stating that it had completed its mission. This dissolution occurred months after the December 1989 assassination of Alejandro Calderón, president of ANAP (Apatyawaka Nampitsi Asháninka), an organization representing 52 native communities of the Pichis River and its tributaries. The MRTA had withdrawn …
The Shining Path PCP assassinated 15 ronderos from the Tsiriari valley communities in Dos de Mayo. This provoked the affected communities to move to Mazamari in search of protection. The assassination occurred in the context of the control that the PCP-SL had been developing in the Satipo area, which turned …
The MRTA made a second incursion into the Cashibo community of Mariscal Caceres shortly before the 1990 elections. This was the second time the subversive group visited the community, the first being in June 1989. During this incursion, the MRTA again attempted to organize the native population and persuade them …
In December 1989, the MRTA assassinated Alejandro Calderón, president of ANAP (Apatyawaka Nampitsi Asháninka), an organization representing 52 native communities along the Pichis River and its tributaries. This assassination was a third major setback for the MRTA, occurring eight months after the Molinos confrontation in Jauja. After the assassination, the …
In November 1989, the PCP-SL arrived in the native Shipibo-Conibo community of Junin Pablo, coming from the hamlet of Panuco. The Shining Path's objective was to organize the population and impose their laws, asking them how their authorities behaved and explaining the norms they wanted to implement: no polygamy, no …
In mid-1989, in the central jungle, the PCP-SL achieved absolute control of the Ene River basin and part of the Tambo River basin, thus gaining control of the entire province of Satipo (Junín). This territorial control was achieved at the cost of the razing of dozens of communities, the murder …
The PCP-SL Main Force of the Alto Huallaga Regional Committee made its first incursion into the Cashibo native community of Mariscal Caceres in June 1989. The Shining Path members gathered the villagers in the school and demanded that the community organize and follow their laws. The Cashibo refused to form …
During 1989, the PCP-SL intensified its actions in the province of Chanchamayo, carrying out raids in various native communities and peasant annexes. The subversive group carried out "popular trials" and assassinated authorities and inhabitants of the area. One of the best known cases was the murder of an entire family …
In 1989, Sendero Luminoso entered the native community of Aguaytia, destroying the village, burning houses and looting the school, tools and pots. The villagers stated that their homes and property were destroyed, leaving them in a situation of extreme vulnerability. This pattern of destruction was repeated in multiple communities during …
In 1989, the PCP-SL made incursions into several native communities and peasant annexes in the province of Chanchamayo, carrying out "popular trials" and assassinating authorities and inhabitants. One of the best known cases was that of La Florida, where they murdered an entire family along with a nun from the …
By 1989, the presence of the PCP-SL in the Central Jungle was widespread and open, especially in the province of Satipo. The subversive group intensified its actions, reaching absolute control of the entire Ene River and Alto Tambo by 1990. During this year, PCP-SL increased its actions in the area, …
Around 1988, the PCP-SL began a more aggressive campaign of actions in the Central Jungle, increasing its presence through more regular visits to native communities, especially Asháninka. That same year, the province of Satipo was declared in a State of Emergency due to the intensification of subversive activities. The PCP-SL …
Beginning in 1988, the MRTA made incursions into various native communities in Ucayali as part of its territorial expansion strategy. The Ejército del Terreno (ET) of the Eastern Front went through communities such as Colonia del Caco, Curiaca, Santa Rosa de Sheshea and Nueva Alianza de Sheshea. In these incursions, …
Between 1988 and 1990, the Ejército del Trabajo (ET) of the Western Front (FO) of the MRTA managed to establish zones of passage and obligatory stays in several strategic locations. In Nueva Requena and Shambo, a native Shipibo-Conibo community, they established a corridor that allowed them direct access between the …
Between 1987 and 1990, the PCP-SL established control over a large part of the province of Satipo through a strategy of systematic terror. In 1987 they began the first selective assassinations of authorities in colonist communities. During 1989 they intensified the forced recruitment of young people and children in both …
Between 1985 and 1988, the Shining Path commanders of the PCP-SL carried out selective assassinations of alleged delinquents or 'informers' in the colonist villages of the Central Jungle. The Asháninka population felt fear when they heard about these executions, but at the same time recognized a positive aspect in these …
In October 1984, the Shining Path PCP carried out an attack by setting fire to the Franciscan mission of Cutivireni, located on the Tambo River. The attack also included the destruction of a farm and houses near the mission. This event was part of the systematic work of penetration and …
The witness recounts the murder of her husband at the hands of Shining Path groups on the bridge, where they disarmed him. She also found a sick young woman in a room where the hikers had entered and introduced long 'chontas' through her vagina. The case evidences extreme sexual violence …
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