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.
Members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated Rear Admiral Carlos Ponce Canessa as he was leaving his home in Jr. Jiménez Pacheco No. 157. The hikers, made up of three men and two women from the special detachment, had been following the victim closely. They shot him with a machine gun …
Rear Admiral AP Carlos Ponce Canessa was assassinated in a terrorist attack on May 5, 1986. This assassination generated a strong demand for the death penalty from various sectors. The event took place in a context of escalating political violence that included other attacks against authorities and members of the …
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