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.
Congress approves the legislative resolution that declares Alberto Fujimori Fujimori's vacancy as President of the Republic due to his permanent moral incapacity. Valentín Paniagua Corazao, President of the Legislative Power, indicates that this 'may imply Fujimori's disqualification' to hold any political office in the future.
The FIM presents a video where Alberto Kouri Buchamar can be seen receiving 15 thousand dollars from Vladimiro Montesinos Torres, advisor of the SIN, as part of his transfer to the ruling party's bench of Peru 2000. Congressman Kouri admits the facts but explains that the money received is not …
Giving increasingly evident signs of not wanting to address the issue of the investigation of human rights violations, the ruling majority rejected all the motions on the agenda after a request for their reconsideration. This confirmed the pattern of impunity promoted by the pro-Fujimori government.
Carlos Chipoco, Harold Forsyth, Beatriz Merino, Fernando Olivera and Alfonso Baella proposed the creation of a Special Intelligence Commission to study the legal regulation and constitutional control of the various intelligence activities of the State. The motion was rejected with 55 votes against and only 11 in favor.
Five agenda motions were presented in Congress on the denunciation of the torture of Leonor La Rosa, to form investigative commissions and to invite the President of the Council of Ministers and the Minister of Defense. Congressmen from different parties asked to investigate the murder of Mariela Barreto and the …
When put to a vote, the first five motions on the agenda to investigate the torture denounced by Leonor La Rosa and the murder of Mariela Barreto were rejected by 56 votes against and 11 in favor. The pro-government majority systematically prevented the investigation of human rights violations.
Congressmen Alejandro Santa María, Jorge Del Castillo and Edgard Núñez proposed that Congress appoint an investigative commission on the alleged illegal activities of the Intelligence Services linked to the so-called 'Narval' and 'Bermuda' plans with the purpose of terrorizing national journalism. The motion was rejected by 57 votes against and …
In the plenary session of Congress, Congressman Javier Diez Canseco cited Martin Rivas' own version of being a full-time military officer. Notwithstanding these facts, Congressman Miguel Velit argued against the motion. When put to a vote, the motion was rejected by 52 votes against and 29 in favor.
Congressmen from different parties proposed to Congress to appoint an investigative commission on the military situation and the relationship with the Armed Forces and the National Intelligence Service of those who were sentenced for the murder of a teacher and nine students of La Cantuta, as well as those who …
The plenary of Congress approved with 43 votes in favor and one against the organic bill creating the Ombudsman's Office. However, the text excluded from the Ombudsman's functions the possibility of entering the barracks and premises of the Armed Forces.
On July 2, 1995, the Democratic Constituent Congress approved Law No. 26492 that interpreted Article 1 of Law No. 26479 in the sense that the general amnesty was of obligatory application by the Jurisdictional Bodies and reached all the facts derived from the fight against terrorism. The procedure was irregular: …
On June 29, 1995, in reaction to Judge Saquicuray's decision, Congress passed Law 26492, known as the 'Barrios Altos Law', without public debate. This law 'interpreted' that the amnesty was of obligatory application by the Judicial Power and could not be reviewed in the courts, expressly prohibiting judges from exercising …
President Fujimori promulgated Law 26479, known as the General Amnesty Law, which had been approved by Congress the day before. This law granted general amnesty to military, police or civilian personnel denounced, investigated, prosecuted, tried or condemned for common and military crimes derived from the fight against terrorism from May …
On June 15, 1995, Congress approved Law No. 26479 granting general amnesty to military personnel. This law expressly established that the facts or crimes covered by it, as well as the definitive acquittals and acquittals, would not be subject to investigation, and all judicial cases in process or in execution …
The Congress approves with 47 votes in favor and 11 against the General Amnesty Bill (26479) which will benefit those sentenced for criminal acts during the fight against terrorism and the attempted coup of November 13, 1992. The law also includes acts of infidelity and insult to the nation and …
On June 14, 1995, the Democratic Constituent Congress, with the votes of the ruling majority of the 'Cambio 90' party, approved Law 26479, a broad and general amnesty for military and police officers implicated in human rights violations since May 1980. The law established that all facts derived from the …
The amnesty bill was presented without prior notice by pro-government congressmen on the night of June 13 and approved in the early hours of June 14 with 47 votes in favor and 11 against. The General Amnesty Law (26479) benefited those sentenced for human rights violations during the fight against …
In June 1995, the Democratic Constituent Congress approved by majority vote the Amnesty laws guaranteeing impunity for human rights violations. This approval included a significant vote by some leaders of the opposition to the Fujimori regime. The amnesty laws were designed to dispense with the obsequiousness of judicial authorities and …
The majority of the CCD approved a motion condemning the CNDDHH for having divulged "negative versions" -the denunciations of the residents of Leoncio Prado- about the "actions of the Armed Forces in the last strongholds of Sendero". This motion was part of the government's campaign against those denouncing human rights …
The delegation of the Human Rights Commission of the Democratic Constituent Congress (CCD) traveled to Tingo Maria on April 23, 1994 to investigate allegations of human rights violations during Operation Aries. For three days (April 23, 24 and 25) the Commission received testimonies from affected people in Tingo Maria, Aucayacu …
From September 16 to 18, 1993, the First Departmental Congress of Anti-Subversive Self-Defense Committees was held in Ayacucho. The Congress unanimously ratified the expulsion of Javier Pompeyo Rivera T., known as Commander Huayhuaco, who had been imprisoned for drug trafficking. He was declared persona non grata to the self-defense organizations …
In spite of the evidence of the kidnapping and murder of the students and the professor of La Cantuta, the official majority in Congress approved the minority opinion that sustained the thesis of self-kidnapping. This decision was taken, although it seems incredible, denying the evidence of military participation in the …
On May 24, 1993, constituents of former President Alberto Fujimori's political party Cambio 90 prevented members of the Colina detachment from being questioned by the Congressional Investigation Commission. This obstruction was part of a systematic strategy to cover up the Colina detachment's crimes, which included political intervention in various state …
On April 20, 1993, in a tense session, General EP Hermoza Ríos exposed the institutional disclaimers of the Armed Forces before the members of the Human Rights Commission of the CCD. The following day, in an attitude of defiance and intimidation, he led an unusual and unprecedented parade of tanks …
The plenary of the Democratic Constituent Congress unanimously approved the conclusions of the report of the Human Rights and Pacification Commission on the San Ignacio case. The conclusions determined that the facts did not involve the crime of terrorism, that the existence of torture could not be definitively ruled out, …
The plenary of the Democratic Constituent Congress charged the Human Rights and Pacification Commission with investigating the arbitrary detentions and human rights violations that occurred on June 27, 1992 in the district of San Ignacio. To investigate the case, five congressmen traveled to Chiclayo, holding interviews with judicial and police …
On April 21, 1992, Máximo San Román Cáceres was sworn in as constitutional president before members of the dissolved Congress of the Republic at the Lima Bar Association headquarters. The ceremony was attended by 44 of the sixty senators and 149 of the 180 deputies. This act took place after …
On April 9, 1992, around 100 representatives, including deputies and senators of the dissolved Congress, declared the Presidency of the Republic vacant due to the "moral incapacity of Alberto Fujimori Fujimori". This declaration took place four days after the self-coup of April 5, when Fujimori dissolved the National Parliament and …
The impeached Parliament, in accordance with constitutional legality, declared the presidential vacancy due to moral incapacity. The pronouncement issued by parliamentarians from different political sectors -including Cambio 90- called on the elected senator and first vice-president Máximo San Román to assume the Presidency of the Nation. Shortly, San Roman was …
On April 5, 1992, President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori, with the support of the forces of law and order, announced the dissolution of the National Parliament and the total reorganization of the Judiciary. As part of this coup d'état, the president of the Senate, Felipe Osterling Parodi, and the president of …
President Alberto Fujimori staged a coup d'état, dissolving Congress and suspending the Constitution. This event marked a fundamental milestone in the development of the process of violence, generating reforms at both the organizational and legislative levels in the judicial system. The coup was justified by the government as necessary to …
Alberto Fujimori executed a self-coup d'état, calling his government the Government of Emergency and National Reconstruction. This political act sought to consolidate his power and present himself as the leader capable of defeating terrorism and pulling Peru out of the economic, political, social and moral crisis. The self-coup was part …
During an extraordinary legislature self-convened by the Congress, 28 bills were approved that modified or repealed legislative decrees previously issued by the Executive Branch. Among these bills were those related to national pacification, which were positively modified by the Parliament. President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori described the results of this extraordinary …
On January 27, 1992, the Senate of the Republic approved by majority a bill repealing twelve legislative decrees on national pacification that had been enacted by the Executive Branch. At the same time, the Senate presented other bills which, with the same pacification objective, had a true democratic character according …
The Chamber of Deputies approves bills modifying legislative decrees 726 and 743 on national pacification enacted by the Executive Branch. Decree 726 allowed the entry of the forces of law and order into university premises in case of flagrante delicto. Decree 743 established civilian participation in the National Defense System. …
In January 1992, the Peruvian Congress passed bills modifying the Executive Branch's legislative decrees on national pacification. The Senate approved a bill whereby the intervention of the Armed Forces in areas not declared in a state of emergency could be carried out at the request of the political authority or, …
The senatorial commission on pacification presents a harsh balance sheet on the social cost of political violence in the country during 1991. This report was presented in the context of intense confrontations between the Executive Branch and the Congress, particularly on issues of national pacification and legislative decrees. The balance …
The president of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, Nicolás de Bari Hermoza Ríos, expressed to the government his public support for the pacification strategy embodied in the legislative decrees issued under the powers conferred by Congress. This support took place in a context of confrontation between the Executive …
The Congress convened a second extraordinary legislature to examine the bills that President Alberto Fujimori had observed. On January 27, the Senate approved by majority a bill repealing twelve legislative decrees on national pacification enacted by the Executive Branch and presented others of a democratic nature. The Chamber of Deputies …
The Executive Branch, in an unprecedented act, promulgates and publishes in the official gazette El Peruano the Annual General Budget Law, making observations to 15 of its 313 articles. This fact creates an unprecedented constitutional crisis by not fully enacting the law sent by Congress. By making these observations, the …
In the few days remaining until the closing of the ordinary legislature on December 15, Congress repealed 6 decrees, including 746, the National Intelligence System Law, because it left the Intelligence Service outside any democratic control. In response, the President observed these repeals and did not promulgate them. Then on …
The Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Republic censures the Minister of Agriculture, Enrique Rossl Link. This occurred in the context of growing tensions between the Executive Power and the Congress during the government of Alberto Fujimori. The censure took place at the end of the first ordinary …
Congress approved the General Budget Law for 1992 at the end of the first ordinary legislature in December 1991. However, President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori made 29 observations on 41 articles of the law sent by Congress on the last day of the year. By not enacting the law, the President …
In December 1991, 126 legislative decrees issued by the Executive Branch in use of extraordinary powers granted by Congress went into effect. These decrees covered various topics, most of them related to national security, including the national mobilization law, the national defense system law, the national intelligence system law, regulations …
On November 28, 1991, the Senate approved a law regulating the peasant and urban patrols, defining them as popular, peaceful and democratic organizations. The main purposes established in this law are self-defense and active collaboration with national pacification. This legislation sought to regulate and provide a legal framework for the …
The Chamber of Deputies of the Peruvian Congress did not grant the extraordinary powers requested by the Minister of Economy to legislate on taxation. This decision took place in a context of growing conflict between the Executive Branch and the Congress, due to the recent deluge of legislative decrees issued …
The Chamber of Deputies approved by a majority of 95 votes, against 57 and 26 abstentions, to constitutionally accuse former president Alan García Pérez. The charges presented were for alleged illicit enrichment and crimes against public faith. This constitutional accusation took place in the context of the first year of …
The Senate committee investigating the alleged irregularities of the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) deposits in BCCI agreed to initiate extradition proceedings against the former president of the BCR, Leonel Figueroa, and against the former general manager, Héctor Neyra. This decision was taken in the framework of investigations on financial irregularities …
Roberto Ramírez del Villar and Felipe Osterling Parodi, both from the Popular Christian Party (PPC), were elected presidents of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, respectively. This election took place in the context of political tensions between the Executive and the Congress during the government of Alberto Fujimori. Both …
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 …
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