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 Urbana, formally known as the Committees of Parallel Popular Power (CPPP), was an organizational structure of the PCP-SL in towns with the presence of Peruvian state forces. Its function was to maintain an espionage network, collect taxes or collaboration from merchants and selectively assassinate 'bad elements'. In Tocache, the …
In February 1994, the Armed Forces took definitive control of the left bank of the Huallaga River, putting an end to the constant incursions by both the Army and the PCP-SL that had affected the populations settled in that area. From approximately 1990 until the first two months of 1994, …
In 1993, the Peruvian Army retook control of Venenillo, located on the left bank of the Huallaga River. As part of this operation, it established a military base at the entrance to Bolsón Cuchara, thus consolidating control of the hamlets located along the Marginal Highway on the right bank of …
On June 12, 1992, the PCP-SL carried out a simultaneous takeover of several towns in the provinces of Cajabamba and San Marcos. The Shining Pathists took the towns of Chuquibamba, Carrizal, Chingol and Huanza in Cachachi, as well as Shirac in the José Manuel Quiróz district of San Marcos. This …
On May 16, 1992, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso decreed an armed strike that paralyzed the entire region of Huancayo. This event was part of the period of greatest violence in the Mantaro Valley (1989-1992), when the PCP-SL was implementing its V Plan to 'Develop Bases for the Conquest of Power'. The …
In 1992, due to various counter-subversive actions by the armed forces, the PCP-SL began to retreat to the left bank of the Huallaga River, losing control of the villages on the right bank. From 1986 to 1992, the PCP-SL had control of the area, subordinating the coca growers and drug …
Raucana was founded in July 1990 as a human settlement in Lima. Since its founding, the Shining Path PCP was present organizing the neighborhood defense against eviction and intimidating the owners. Its political and territorial control was almost complete, to the point that the first open Popular Committee of Lima …
On April 9, 1990, a "more organic and integral" compromise was signed between the PCP-SL and the drug trafficking firms in Uchiza. This agreement established seven fundamental points: (1) price, (2) weight, (3) direct negotiation, (4) intermediaries, (5) agreements and norms, (6) delegations, and (7) sanctions. Point 4 of the …
By the end of 1990, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso managed to establish absolute control over the entire Ene River and the upper Tambo up to the Poyeni bend. This control was the result of an intensification of actions that began in 1989, when PCP-SL increased its presence through regular visits to …
MRTA established the Caynarachi-Shanusi military detachment in 1990 as part of its territorial control structure in the department of San Martin. This detachment was part of the eight zones controlled by MRTA in the Northeastern Front, with an area of influence in the Pongo de Caynarachi. The detachment operated in …
The PCP-SL maintained a stranglehold on the northern zone of Tocache until the mid-1990s, with a palpable influence until 1999. This area included towns and hamlets such as Bambamarca, Nuevo Horizonte, Escote and Santa Rosa de Mishollo, which had been organized by the PCP-SL in late 1986 and early 1987. …
Between 1989 and 1990, the PCP-SL intensified its actions in the province of Satipo through the forced recruitment of young people and children, the clandestine indoctrination of leaders and authorities of settler communities, and the selective assassination of settlers. Due to its strategy of systematic terror, by 1990 the PCP-SL …
By the end of 1990, the PCP-SL managed to establish absolute control over the entire Ene River and the upper Tambo River, up to the Poyeni bend. This control was the result of an intensification of actions that began in 1989, when the PCP-SL increased its presence in the area …
By October 1989, the people of Tulumayo were facing severe food shortages as a result of restrictions imposed by the Shining Path. The subversives had ordered the communities to plant only for self-consumption and prohibited the commercialization of products. This order was enforced due to the terror imposed by the …
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 …
Between 1989 and 1990, the PCP-SL began a clandestine indoctrination process aimed at leaders and authorities of the colonist communities in the province of Satipo. This process was part of the territorial control strategy that the subversive group implemented in the area. The indoctrination was developed in parallel to 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, …
By 1989, the PCP-SL (Shining Path) had formed two popular committees in Otica, as part of its strategy of territorial control in the Ene and Tambo River area. These popular committees were part of the so-called 'New State' that Shining Path was trying to establish in the region. The formation …
On June 13, 1988, the province of Cotabambas was declared in a state of emergency, becoming the first province in the southern Andean region to receive this declaration. This measure was intended to counteract the control that the Shining Path PCP had managed to establish in the area through the …
In January 1988, the Shining Path PCP installed the first Popular Committee in Chongos Altos, a district located in the province of Canipaco. This committee represented the consolidation of the PCP-SL's territorial control in the area, after an initial strategy of destroying the old state by harassing police posts and …
In 1988, the PCP-SL succeeded in imposing its control in the areas known as bolsón Cuchara and bolsón Primavera, liberating these zones and establishing its 'New State'. With the imposition of the PCP-SL in the zone, they established their social order through a catalog of laws that regulated the daily …
The PCP-SL called the first armed strike in Alto Huallaga in June 1987 and forced the rural population to participate in the blockade of the Marginal Highway. With the armed strikes, the PCP-SL managed to cut off communications between Tingo Maria and the rest of Alto Huallaga. This event marked …
At the end of May 1987, the PCP-SL attacked the Uchiza police post and in June declared an armed strike throughout Alto Huallaga. Between Tulumayo and Nuevo Progreso, the PCP-SL forced the rural population to participate in blocking the road, destroying asphalt and painting the facades of houses along the …
From the second half of 1987, the PCP-SL organized popular committees in the territory of many communities in Junín, settling in the Canipaco valley in mid 1988. By the end of 1987, the PCP-SL had armed columns that moved relatively freely from one zone to another in the highlands and …
By the first months of 1987 there were already hundreds of PCP-SL fighters concentrated in Tocache and the party controlled the town. Small groups armed only with wooden batons walked through three-block sectors, reporting any situation they could not resolve to the Club Obrero where armed PCP-SL elements had established …
Shortly after PCP-SL established control in the area, a committee was formed within Nuevo Progreso. This committee functioned as an instance of local justice, where anyone with collection problems could go to the delegate and present their complaint, with the certainty that they would 'do justice' there. The formation of …
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 …
From 1986 to 1992, the PCP-SL had control of the Alto Huallaga area, subordinating coca growers and drug traffickers to its interests, and overcoming all counter-subversive operations by the armed forces and police. During this period, the PCP-SL imposed its social order through a catalog of laws that regulated the …
In November 1983, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) arrived in the district of Chungui. This arrival forced the villagers to live in "retreats," that is, to take refuge in remote and hidden areas to escape Shining Path control. This event marked the beginning of a period …
Between 1983 and 1985, the PCP-SL proceeded to install its own authorities, with varying degrees of clandestinity, in most of the rural hamlets from Tulumayo to Yanajanca. Within these places, the PCP-SL's popular committees controlled coca leaf cultivation, regulated the purchase/sale of PBC (cocaine base paste) and, in places where …
On July 2, 1982, the towns of Chuschi and Canchacancha in the province of Cangallo were taken over. This action was part of a series of continuous raids on villages and harassment of authorities carried out by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso during that period. The seizure of these towns took place …
In early 1982, advance groups of the PCP-SL began visiting communities along the left bank of the Huallaga River from Venenillo to La Morada and Huamuco. These groups would gather the villagers, tout their politics and announce the new rules that the villagers would have to abide by if they …
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