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.
Beginning in 1994, the armed forces assumed definitive control of the Upper Huallaga area after years of PCP-Sendero Luminoso domination. This control was consolidated after the PCP-SL began to retreat to the left bank of the Huallaga River in 1992, losing control of the villages on the right bank due …
A column of seventy MRTA members took the locality of Shatoja on November 8, 1987, as part of a series of coordinated actions in the department of San Martin. This seizure was part of a sequence of MRTA raids that included Juanjui (November 6), San Jose de Sisa (November 7), …
In the face of MRTA's armed actions in the northeastern jungle of the country, the government proceeds to hand over to the Armed Forces the political-military control of the entire department of San Martin. This decision comes after a column of seventy MRTA members seized several localities in the department, …
The province of Daniel Alcides Carrión was declared an emergency and passed under military control. Little by little, the army reestablished order and authorities through the establishment of counter-subversive bases. This provoked the withdrawal of the PCP-SL, without major confrontations.
In July 1984, the province of Daniel Alcides Carrion was declared in a state of emergency and placed under military control. This declaration came after the Shining Path PCP carried out several violent actions in the area, including the assassination of authorities in August 1984 in several towns in the …
On September 9, 1983, Premier Fernando Schwalb Lopez Aldana announced that the government had decided to lift the state of emergency in the country. However, this measure did not apply to the provinces under military control in Ayacucho, Huancavelica and Apurimac, where the state of emergency continued. The state of …
On December 31, 1982, the Armed Forces assumed internal control of the department of Ayacucho in the face of a growing wave of attacks. A total of 2,000 military troops took possession of the provinces declared in a state of emergency, starting with the rural areas. This decision was precipitated …
The Armed Forces took control of the department of Ayacucho on December 29, 1982. After this event, the dynamics of the war increased notably until it reached its highest peak in 1984. This year registered the highest death toll of the entire armed conflict, with more than 3,000 people killed, …
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