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.
In 1989, as part of the government's strategy to combat drug trafficking and subversion in Alto Huallaga, the Peruvian state indiscriminately applied the biocide SPIKE. This measure was part of a series of actions that included police and military repression in the area and crop substitution. The application of SPIKE …
In 1988, the population of Alto Huallaga reached approximately 200,000 inhabitants, in a context of extreme violence generated by the simultaneous presence of the PCP-SL, drug traffickers and the armed forces. The area was experiencing social chaos as a result of the failure of state colonization projects, the expansion of …
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