Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru

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.

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  1. Hiking excursion in Huancasancos during Corpus Christi

    During the celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi in Huancasancos, a detachment of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the town. The attack resulted in thirty wounded and eight dead, among them the chief captain of the military base installed in the place. This incursion occurred in a context of intensifying …

    Huancasancos, Ayacucho Informe CVR, páginas 48-56
  2. Attack on Huancasancos during the Corpus Christi festival

    On June 24, 1984, during the celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out an armed incursion against the town of Huancasancos. The attack resulted in thirty wounded and eight dead, among them the chief captain of the military base installed in the place. This attack …

    Huancasancos, Ayacucho Informe CVR, páginas 51-52
  3. Attack by the PCP-SL in Huancasancos during Corpus Christi

    On June 24, 1983, during the celebration of Corpus Christi, the PCP-SL took advantage of the celebration to attack Huancasancos. On the eve, an unspecified number of subversives violently entered the houses of the carguyuq, threw those present to the ground, beat them and stabbed them. Another group broke into …

    Sancos, Huancasancos, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 1869-1870
  4. First Shining Path PCP attack on Uchuraccay

    On May 20, 1983, during the feast of the Holy Spirit (Corpus Christi), the Shining Path PCP carried out its first reprisal attack against Uchuraccay for the participation of its community members in the death of the journalists on January 26. The attackers shouted threats saying that they would finish …

    Uchuraccay, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 142-143

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