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 collapse of the Fujimori regime was triggered by the exposure of its corrupt character. This led to the formation of a transitional government headed by the recently appointed president of the Congress of the Republic, Dr. Valentín Paniagua, who faced the most urgent challenges of the beginning of the …
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 …
Vaticano, who had been the most important drug trafficker in Campanilla, denounced Vladimiro Montesinos in the middle of a court hearing for having charged him 50,000 dollars a month to operate the Campanilla airstrip. In a subsequent hearing, the accuser appeared in a deplorable state with obvious mental lapses and …
Ten officers of the Peruvian Army, among them two generals, are denounced before the 25th Criminal Court of Lima for supporting the activities of drug trafficker Abelardo Cachique Rivera. The Supreme Council of Military Justice claims for its competence the investigation of two generals involved in the mentioned drug trafficking …
The television program La Revista Dominical made public an accusation against seven PNP generals who allegedly misused real estate seized from drug traffickers. The accusation holds the PNP Director General, Victor Alva Plasencia, responsible. The Minister of the Interior, General EP Juan Briones Davila, expresses his support for Alva Plasencia's …
In 1994, Cavalry Captain Gilmar Valdivieso Rejas, known as "Cienfuegos", denounced before the subcommittee on Drug Trafficking of the Constituent Congress the collusion of certain Army officers with drug trafficking. Among those implicated was Major Miguel Najar Acosta, who commanded the Counter-subversive Battalion No. 26 of Tocache. The accusation included …
In 1993, the Caimito Self-Defense Committee (CAD) reached an agreement with the drug traffickers to provide them with security in the face of increased crime and chaos on Lake Imiria. The Caimito ADC had been formed in 1991 as a sub-base of the Puerto Alegre ADC, with the objective of …
US newspaper The Miami Herald publishes an exposé on Vladimiro Montesinos, identifying him as Peru's anti-drug chief. The article notes that Montesinos had previously been a defender of drug traffickers, generating controversy over his appointment to an anti-drug trafficking post.
The writer Mario Vargas Llosa sent a letter to Alberto Fujimori's government during January 1992, in a context of growing confrontations between the President and the Parliament. The letter contained a frontal criticism of the economic program implemented by the government. It also included denunciations of corruption and human rights …
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 …
On August 15, 1991, military personnel arrested Jaime Gustavo Rodriguez Credo in Tingo Maria and took him to military base 313 Los Laureles. He was tortured with blows, electricity and pliers for seven days. He witnessed executions of other detainees whose bodies were dismembered and thrown into the river. His …
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 …
A complaint was filed regarding illicit negotiations that were allegedly taking place at the Ministry of Economy. The accusation pointed out that a total disorder had been generated in the granting of foreign currency. This accusation pointed to irregularities in the economic management of the APRA government during the last …
The National Executive Committee of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) removes from its ranks the deputy for Lima Manuel Ángel del Pomar. The separation is due to his involvement in money laundering of proceeds from the sale of drugs to Europe. This disciplinary measure takes place in a context of …
President Alan García Pérez announced the government's intention to dissolve the National System of Popular Cooperation (COOPOP). The decision was motivated by facts of immorality and corruption detected in this institution. This announcement was made in the context of an extraordinary legislature called to evaluate the law for the nationalization …
The Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Luis Alva Castro, announced that the State will prosecute officials of all hierarchy who committed the Banco de la Nación as guarantor of a debt of 9 billion soles. This statement was made in the context of financial irregularities detected in the management …
Leonor Zamora, mayor of Ayacucho, was arrested by court order on charges of misappropriation of funds and against the duties of office. The detention was ordered by a judge. This event occurred during the month of July 1985, in the context of the transition from the government of Fernando Belaunde …
At the end of the AP government, citizen security in Peru reached a critical point due to police involvement in drug trafficking and kidnapping crimes. In response, the PAP government announced a reorganization of the police, which included the dismissal of numerous officers and the improvement of operational equipment. This …
In 1983, Reynaldo Rivera Romero, the deputy for Tingo Maria of the Popular Action party, was disqualified from the Congress of the Republic after his links to drug trafficking were proven. In April 1984, coca growers' leader Tito Jaime Fernandez, who was mayor of Leoncio Prado province for the second …
The student movement emerged strongly against the Government Commission headed by Renán Ruiz, Jesús Véliz and Carlos Carvo, who were considered corrupt. The students carried out a takeover of the central premises of the university that lasted a little more than two months in 1980. This action resulted in a …
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A look at Ayacucho — and even more so, an assessment of its situation — almost always centers on comparing past and present in terms of violence and the possibility …
Organized crime relies on an ever-increasing level of sophistication to conceal illicitly obtained assets and give them the appearance of legality, making it increasingly dangerous to the security of our …
The implementation of neoliberalism during the government of President Alberto Fujimori (1990-2001) in Peru entailed the dismantling of the constitutional order, leading to the establishment of a dictatorship sustained with …
This research focuses on four authoritarian discourses: the discourse of dirty war and the justification of excesses; the discourse of creole morality and ethical ambiguity in Vladimiro Montesinos's corruption network; …
This commentary attempts to show the importance of approaching the history of the period corresponding to the presidency of Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), based on a critical review of the book …
The staging of the vladivideos — videos recorded by Vladimiro Montesinos that depicted his power to corrupt officials in Peru — speaks not only to the televisual environment of the …
An interview with political scientist Carlos Iván Degregori. Published in the September/October 2005 edition of the magazine QUEHACER.
The book analyzes the myths, prejudices, customs, and institutions of Peru to argue that the loss of values in its corrupt society has led the country to ruin. Although written …
Peru, an ancient country with a turbulent history, is slowly overcoming the painful abominable decade (1990-2000) marked by the savagery, perversity, cannibalization, iniquity, cruelty, and abjection imposed by a civic-military …
These are, in summary, some highlights of the week. If the reader feels overwhelmed by the avalanche of scandals unfolding in Peru, in an uninterrupted cinema-verité performance, CARETAS will prepare …
The government has broken off the dialogue sponsored by the OEA under various pretexts, the most widely cited being that they are demanding an amnesty for the military, which should …
This work reviews and analyzes the political violence that struck Peru primarily during the 1980s. During that decade, upon returning to democracy, more than 15,000 people were killed as a …
Only in Peru has there been the case — not of a private individual, but of a political regime — whose guiding principle, when naming ministers or recruiting parliamentarians and …
The multimillion-dollar bank accounts of Vladimiro Lenin Montesinos Torres kept growing last week, as deposits denounced by parliamentarian (PAP) Jorge del Castillo and by Alberto Fujimori himself were added to …
The Fujimori government has one of its most critical points in the area of human rights, in addition to the lack of a rule of law. At the United Nations …
There is no case in Peru's contemporary history like that of Vladimiro Montesinos. The accusation made by Vaticano, corroborated by other witnesses in recent days, confirms the suspicions many have …
After nearly a decade in Peru, with two constitutional governments elected by clear majorities, the second is preparing to hold new elections, amid a loss of popularity; a severe economic …