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.
During December 2002, the TRC collected multiple testimonies in Ayacucho on various events of violence that occurred during the internal armed conflict. The testimonies include accounts of forced disappearances, assassinations and other acts of violence perpetrated by both subversive groups and State agents. The affidavants and declarants recounted events that …
Testimony collected at the South Andean Headquarters of the CVR in December 2002. The testimony is part of the documentation of cases of violence during the internal armed conflict. The statement is registered with code BDI-SM P215, BDI-II-P872 Testimony 510200. The testimony reflects the emotional and psychological impact of the …
Testimony collected in Lima in December 2002 documenting experiences of humiliation and devaluation suffered by victims during the internal armed conflict. The testimony is part of the section of the report that analyzes the attacks on individuals, their families, communities, institutions, values and forms of organization, which in addition to …
Testimony collected in December 2002 at the CVR's South Andean Headquarters, where the declarant narrates the murder of his parents in Chuschi, province of Cangallo, department of Ayacucho. The testimony is part of the documented cases of loss of family members during the internal armed conflict. This case is part …
Thematic workshop conducted by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission with displaced population in Satipo, Junín. During the workshop, participants shared testimonies about the consequences of the internal armed conflict in their communities. They discussed issues related to forced displacement, the loss of local authorities and the disintegration of the social …
In-depth interview with a 35-year-old farmer in the locality of Oronqoy, province of La Mar, department of Ayacucho. The interview was carried out between November and December 2002 as part of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's work to collect testimonies. The testimony deals with the experiences lived during the internal …
Focus group conducted with male participants in Ayacucho during November 2002 as part of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's testimony gathering activities. In this space, issues related to the impact of the internal armed conflict on the communities were discussed. Participants shared their experiences and perspectives on various aspects of …
During October 2002, the TRC collected multiple testimonies in Ayacucho on various acts of violence that occurred during the internal armed conflict. The testimonies include accounts of killings, disappearances, torture and sexual violence perpetrated by both the Shining Path and State forces. The statements document cases in various locations in …
Testimony collected in Sicuani in October 2002 from a woman who narrates the death of her husband in an attack in Pacaycasa, Huanta, Ayacucho. The testimony is part of the CVR's documentation on the emotional and psychological impacts of political violence on victims and their families. This case illustrates the …
The witness recounts the disappearance of her brother in San Miguel, province of La Mar, department of Ayacucho. The testimony was collected in October 2002 as part of the hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The declarant expresses feelings of incomprehension in the face of the violent events that …
A woman testified before the CVR about the murder of her husband in Tingo Maria, Leoncio Prado province, department of Huanuco. The testimony was collected in September 2002. This case is part of the numerous testimonies of widows who reported the loss of their spouses during the internal armed conflict. …
A woman testified before the CVR in September 2002 about the murder of her relatives in Pomahuasi, Huanta, Ayacucho. The testimony was collected in the context of documenting human rights violations during the internal armed conflict. The witness found strength in religion to face the state of fear and hopelessness …
The testimony narrates the death of the mother in September, followed by the death of the father on December 23 of the same year. The father, after the death of his wife, expressed his desire not to live alone, stating: 'if your mommy is dead why am I going to …
Public hearing held by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the city of Abancay, department of Apurimac. During this hearing, case No. 10 was presented, in which testimonies related to the internal armed conflict and its consequences in the region were discussed. The testimony collected in this hearing refers to …
Mixed focus group conducted by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the town of Lloqllepampa, Ayacucho, in June 2002. During this meeting, participants shared testimonies about the psychological and emotional effects of the violence experienced during the internal armed conflict. People expressed their surprise at aspects of themselves that emerged …
Interview conducted with an authority of the Primavera hamlet in the province of Leoncio Prado, Huánuco, in May 2002. The authority interviewed provided testimony about the impact of the internal armed conflict on her community. The testimony is part of the documentation compiled by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to …
Primitivo Quispe gave testimony at a public hearing organized by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Ayacucho. His testimony is part of the thousands of testimonies compiled by the TRC that give an account of the feeling of exclusion and indifference experienced by the people and communities that were the …
Interview with Saturnina Figueroa, widow of Severino Huáscar Morales Ccente, in the community of Uchuraccay. Severino Morales was identified in Shining Path documents as 'commissary of the Popular Committee of Uchuraccay' and was locally responsible for the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the community. The interview is part of the CVR's investigations …
Interview conducted in the community of Uchuraccay as part of the investigation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The interview was carried out in the context of the collection of testimonies on the violent events that occurred during the internal armed conflict. The testimonies collected were part of the process …
During 2000, 8 law enforcement fatalities were recorded as a result of the internal armed conflict, representing 0.5% of the total number of law enforcement casualties during the entire period under investigation. This figure includes 6 members of the Armed Forces and 2 members of the Police Forces. The year …
In June 1996, forty subversives of the Shining Path PCP took the town of Marona. This attack was part of a series of incursions that demonstrated that the PCP-SL still had the capacity to mobilize large contingents in the region, despite being in a period of decline following the capture …
In May 1995, in the district of Yanacancha, Pasco, there was an armed confrontation between alleged members of subversive groups and the Peruvian Army. The confrontation resulted in the death of 12 alleged subversives. This event occurred in the context of the final period of the internal armed conflict in …
During 1995, 132 law enforcement fatalities were recorded in the internal armed conflict, representing 7.9% of the total number of law enforcement casualties during the entire period. Of these casualties, 104 corresponded to the Armed Forces and 28 to the Police Forces. A new and brief increase in casualties was …
In 1995 there was a significant increase in law enforcement casualties in the upper Huallaga area. According to information provided by the Joint Command of the Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior to the CVR, 132 law enforcement personnel died that year (104 from the Army and 28 …
During 1994, Peruvian law enforcement suffered 67 fatal casualties in the internal armed conflict, representing 4.0% of the total number of law enforcement casualties during the entire period investigated. Of these casualties, 52 corresponded to the Armed Forces and 15 to the Police Forces. This year is in the period …
Beginning in 1994, the department of Huánuco, and especially the province of Leoncio Prado in the Huallaga valley, became one of the main scenarios of the internal armed conflict during its final period. This province accounted for more than a quarter of the fatalities during the final period of violence. …
In July 1993, ten villagers were killed near Sivia. The event occurred in the context of the violence affecting the Apurimac River Valley during the internal armed conflict. The perpetrator of the attack was not identified in the report's records. This event is part of a period of continuous clashes …
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 …
Beginning in 1993, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) began to rapidly lose strength in the Upper Huallaga region, although it has not completely disappeared to date. The influence of the PCP-SL in Alto Huallaga had followed a temporal vector that began in the early 1980s. This …
Ms. Montenegro was arrested in 1993 and subsequently sentenced to 15 years in prison in the military courts. Her case is mentioned in the context of testimonies about sexual violence and torture that occurred in the DINCOTE (National Directorate against Terrorism) during the period of the internal armed conflict. The …
The declarant was detained on November 18, 1992 in the district of Magdalena, Lima. This case is part of the testimonies compiled by the CVR on detentions during the internal armed conflict. The detention occurred in the context of operations against subversion in the capital during 1992. The testimony documents …
In September 1992, Abimael Guzmán Reynoso was captured along with most of the leadership of the PCP-SL. This capture represented a crucial turning point in the history of the internal armed conflict in Peru. The event had significant repercussions on the structure and operations of the PCP-SL throughout the country, …
The arrest of Abimael Guzmán, leader of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, occurred in September 1992. This event marked a turning point in the internal armed conflict, although the PCP-SL maintained military capacity to develop actions against the population and the forces of law and order in the central region even after …
The declarant was arrested on July 23, 1992 in the district of San Martin de Porres, Lima. During her detention, she was the victim of sexual violence and other abuses. The case is part of a documented pattern of sexual violence against women detained during the internal armed conflict. Testimonies …
A declarant was detained on May 10, 1992 in the district of Los Olivos, province and department of Lima. The testimony is part of the cases documented by the CVR related to detentions during the internal armed conflict. The detention occurred in the context of law enforcement operations during the …
On April 5, 1992, President Alberto Fujimori executed a self-coup d'état in Peru. This event marked a turning point in the counter-subversive strategy of the internal armed conflict. After the self-coup, repression intensified in a selective manner, with continuous reports of arbitrary detentions, torture and disappearances by counter-subversive forces. The …
On March 31, 1992, Ana Carolina Lira Chupingahua's husband was murdered in Lima. According to Ana Carolina's testimony, her husband accompanied her two blocks to the bus stop, without foreseeing what would happen. This case is mentioned in the context of victims among the forces of law and order during …
The Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) implements its VI Military Plan with the strategic objective of 'Building the conquest of power'. This military plan represents a new phase in the insurgent strategy of the subversive organization. The VI Military Plan was developed in a context of intensified …
During 1992 in the district of Huamanquiquia, province of Fajardo, department of Ayacucho, cases of rape were registered. The CVR report mentions this district as one of the places where acts of sexual violence occurred during the internal armed conflict. This case is part of the generalized context of human …
The capture of Abimael Guzmán, the main leader of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, occurred in 1992 and marked a turning point in the Peruvian internal armed conflict. This event occurred during the period of the so-called 'leap to strategic balance' when PCP-SL members had intensified their attacks against police and military …
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 …
The text of the CVR report mentions the District of Santa Rosa, Province of Grau, Department of Apurimac in 1992, but does not provide specific details about the events that occurred in this location. The reference appears in a list of places and dates related to the internal armed conflict …
In 1992, Abimael Guzmán Reinoso, the maximum leader of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL), was captured, resulting in the dismantling of the central leadership of this subversive organization. This event marked a significant turning point in the Peruvian internal armed conflict. After the capture of Guzmán …
In 1992, the army raided the community of Apiza, located in the department of Huánuco. During this military operation, there were serious human rights violations against the civilian population. A witness provided testimony about the events that occurred during this military incursion. The event took place in the context of …
Law 25327 is published in El Peruano, which empowers the central government to issue provisions related to national pacification, employment policies and investment growth. This law grants extraordinary powers to the Executive Branch regarding pacification. Congress had previously debated on granting these powers to the cabinet of ministers. The law …
The affiant was detained for the second time at her home in the district of Villa El Salvador, province and department of Lima, on January 31, 1991. This event is part of a pattern of arbitrary detentions that occurred during the internal armed conflict in Peru. The detention occurred in …
One affiant was detained for the second time at the end of 1991 in Tarapoto, department of San Martin. The document mentions this event in the context of detentions and sexual violence during the internal armed conflict. The second detention took place specifically at the end of that year in …
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 …
In January 1991, the Army raided the town of San Pedro de Cachi, in Ayacucho. As a result of this military operation, 18 bodies were found. This massacre took place in the context of the Army's counter-subversive operations in rural areas of Ayacucho, where they were confronting the Shining Path …
The text of the CVR report mentions the District of San Juan, Lucanas Province, Department of Ayacucho in 1991 as one of the places where events occurred during the internal armed conflict. However, the document does not provide specific details about what kind of events occurred in this particular location …
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