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.
Testimony of a former authority of Macamango, La Convención, Cuzco, collected at the South Andean Headquarters in December 2002. The declarant narrates experiences of humiliation and devaluation suffered during the internal armed conflict. The testimony is part of the documentation of attacks on individuals, families, communities and institutions that generated …
The testimony recounts the murder of a cousin in Santo Tomás, Chumbivilcas, Cuzco. The witness recounts the traumatic impact this murder had on her son, who witnessed the death of his sister and was completely disappointed. The young man barely finished high school and then did not want to continue …
Testimony recounting the murder of a cousin in Santo Tomás, Chumbivilcas, Cuzco. The affiant expresses the profound psychological impact this event had on her family, especially on her son who witnessed the murder of his sister and was completely disappointed. The son, after finishing high school, lost all motivation to …
A national civic strike called by opposition forces takes place. It is characterized by protest actions and demonstrations at various points in the capital. In cities such as Iquitos, Cuzco and Arequipa, the strike is effective. Foreign press correspondents qualify the strike as the first effective national protest action against …
On October 27, 1994, militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso tried to attack the Q'enqoro prison again in order to free their detained militants. This attempt took place in a context of desperation of the subversive group, after in August of the same year several of its militants began to take …
In August 1994, militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso began to take advantage of the Law of Repentance in the department of Cuzco. This process occurred after the capture of Abimael Guzmán and the internal division of the PCP-SL between the followers of the so-called 'Peace Accord' of December 1993 and …
Shotguns and ammunition were delivered to nine Self-Defense Committees in the province of Paucartambo. This delivery of weapons is evidence of the State's strategy of arming the civilian population to confront subversive groups.
On October 20, 1993, the military command delivered shotguns and ammunition to nine self-defense committees in the province of Paucartambo. This event occurred in the context of the end of the cycle of violence in Cuzco, just days after General Petronio Fernandez Davila declared that there were practically no more …
On October 20, 1993, shotguns and ammunition were delivered to nine Self-Defense Committees in the province of Paucartambo, in the department of Cuzco. This delivery of weapons was part of the counter-subversive strategy implemented by the Armed Forces in the southern Andean region during the pacification period. The Self-Defense Committees …
General Petronio Fernandez Davila declared that in the Inca region there are practically no more subversive elements. He called for the acceptance of the law of repentance. This statement evidences the military perception of control of the situation in the region.
On October 8, 1993, General Petronio Fernandez Davila declared categorically that "in the Inca region there are practically no subversive elements". This declaration symbolically marked the end of the cycle of violence in Cuzco. At the same time, the General made a call to militants of subversive organizations to accept …
Martha Cayetano Torres, political commander of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the province of San Roman in the department of Puno, was captured by combined police and army forces. She was presented to the press in Cuzco on October 6, 1993, together with 11 other Shining Path militants captured in various …
The PCP-SL assassinated the mayor of Pomacanchi, Julio Choque Mamani, of FRENATRACA. This selective assassination against a local authority is evidence of the continuity of the political violence of the PCP-SL against representatives of the State.
The PCP-SL assassinates the mayor of the district of Pomacanchi, Acomayo, Cuzco, Julián Choque Mamani, and the governor of the locality of Mosoqllacta, Acomayo, Cuzco, Antonio Condori Galloso. These murders are part of Sendero's campaign against local authorities.
Seventeen presumed hikers captured in Huayllabamba, in the province of Urubamba were presented. This massive capture is evidence of counter-subversive operations in the Sacred Valley region.
Combined police and army forces took the town of Salko and captured 10 hikers on August 6, 1993. This operation was part of the counter-subversive strategy in the high provinces of Cuzco, where the joint action of counter-subversive forces and self-defense committees was beginning to be successful. The event was …
The government changed its strategy by publicly presenting its achievements in capturing alleged subversives. On May 15, 10 MRTA subversives who were captured in the Selva Colorada sector, in Madre de Dios, were presented in Cuzco. This public presentation was part of the government's propaganda strategy.
On March 28, 1993, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out one of its most spectacular actions in the department of Cuzco, trying to emulate other similar actions carried out in Ayacucho and Apurimac. The attack on the Q'enqoro prison resulted in the successful escape of 31 subversives, among PCP-Sendero Luminoso and …
There was an attack against the Qenqoro prison with a dump truck full of explosives, and several subversive members of the PCP-SL and MRTA managed to escape. This attack demonstrates the operational capacity of the subversive groups and their strategy to free their imprisoned militants.
On March 28, 1993, a dump truck full of explosives exploded against a wall of the Qenqoro prison, leaving a hole through which several PCP-SL and MRTA prisoners escaped. This maximum security prison, located near the city of Cuzco, had already experienced a previous escape on May 26, 1984, when …
On May 13, 1992, the main PCP-SL force in Canchis carried out a series of selective assassinations in the district of San Pedro. The Shining Pathists assassinated the mayor, the governor, the president of the potable water system and a local leader. During the raid, they also burned the municipal …
The PCP-SL raided San Pedro, Canchis province, and assassinated the mayor, the governor, the president of the potable water company and a leader, burning the municipality and dynamiting two buses belonging to the Ormeño and Cruz del Sur companies. This multiple attack is evidence of the PCP-SL's violence against authorities …
Four MRTA subversives were killed in Cedroccasa, district of Vilcabamba. This fact shows the presence of MRTA in the Cuzco region and the confrontations with the forces of law and order.
Between December 1991 and January 1992, police and military forces launched a counter-offensive that succeeded in dismantling the MRTA column in the department of Cuzco. This operation took place after the MRTA made its appearance in the department by attacking the Ollantaytambo police post in the province of Urubamba on …
On July 26, 1991, a column of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated four peasant ronderos in the area of Tocto, province of Chumbivilcas. This attack took place in the context of the confrontation between the PCP-SL and the nascent peasant patrols that were being promoted by the military bases in the …
4 ronderos from the area of Tocto in the province of Chumbivilcas were killed. This attack against ronderos is evidence of the violence of the PCP-SL against peasant self-defense organizations that opposed their presence.
On July 12, 1991, the PCP-SL assassinated Economics Faculty professor Iván Pérez in the city of Cuzco. Iván Pérez was a leader of the PCP Unity and advisor to the provincial mayor of Cuzco, Daniel Estrada. This assassination was part of a series of violent actions by the PCP-SL against …
The PCP-SL assassinated the professor of the Faculty of Economics, Iván Pérez, leader of the PCP-Unity and advisor to the provincial mayor of Cuzco, Daniel Estrada. This selective assassination is evidence of political violence against leftist leaders not aligned with the PCP-SL.
The PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated Professor Iván Pérez, professor at the Faculty of Economics of the San Antonio Abad National University of Cuzco. Perez was a militant of the Peruvian Communist Party (PCP Unidad) and was an advisor to the provincial mayor of Cuzco, Daniel Estrada. This assassination took place in …
In July 1991, for the first time, a state of emergency was decreed in the high provinces of the department of Cuzco. This measure was taken in a context of worsening PCP-Sendero Luminoso operations in the region. The period corresponds to the phase of counter-subversive strategies (1989-1992), when the Armed …
Two policemen guarding the Prefect's house in Cuzco were killed. This selective attack against police officers is evidence of the presence of the PCP-SL in the city and its strategy of eliminating the forces of law and order.
On June 15, 1991, in the city of Cuzco, two policemen guarding the Prefect's house were assassinated. This event occurred in the context of a series of PCP-SL attacks against police forces in the region. During this period, the provinces of Chumbivilcas, Espinar, Canas, Canchis, Paruro and Quispicanchi were under …
A column of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso executed five peasant ronderos in the province of Chumbivilcas. This attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy to confront the nascent peasant patrols that were being promoted by the military bases in the highland provinces. The PCP-SL considered the community patrols as "mesnadas" …
An unofficial version reported that in Quiñota, Livitaca, Llusco and Ccapacmarca a column of the PCP-SL was acting. To date, 5 peasants have been killed. This information shows the active presence of the PCP-SL in the high provinces of Cuzco.
Through Supreme Decree 024-91-DE/SGP, the Peruvian government extended the state of emergency for a sixty-day period beginning May 9, 1991 in the provinces of Chumbivilcas, Canas, Espinar and Canchis, located in the department of Cuzco, in the context of the Alberto Fujimori government's counter-subversive struggle against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and …
On April 3, 1991, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) attacked the Ollantaytambo police post in the province of Urubamba, department of Cuzco. This attack marked the emergence of the MRTA in the department of Cuzco. As a result of the attack, three policemen were killed. This event took place …
On September 29, 1990, in Santo Tomás, province of Chumbivilcas, lawyer Marcelino Valencia Álvaro was murdered. This crime occurred in a context of intense violence in the province of Chumbivilcas, where the PCP-SL carried out multiple violent actions against authorities and civilians. The murder took place a few months after …
Two community members from Santo Tomás, province of Chumbivilcas, Cuzco, were extrajudicially executed by police officers guarding the community. The victims were identified as Marcelino Valencia and Zacarías Pasca. The event occurred in the context of the military and police presence in rural areas during the internal armed conflict. The …
In a subversive attack on the Avenida de la Cultura in Cuzco, a policeman was killed. This type of selective attacks against members of the forces of law and order in urban areas is evidence of the presence of the PCP-SL in the city.
One dead and 18 wounded in a car bomb explosion on Maruri Street, Cuzco city. The next day the owner of the vehicle, former police sergeant Melitón Candia Guzmán, was found dead. This attack was evidence of the urban violence that affected the cities during the conflict.
On August 14, 1990, the explosion of a car bomb in a central street of Cuzco left one dead and 18 wounded. The next day, the body of the owner of the vehicle, former police sergeant Melitón Candia Guzmán, who had been murdered by the Shining Path guerrillas, was found. …
By means of a supreme decree, the government of Alberto Fujimori Fujimori declared a state of emergency for thirty days in the provinces of Arequipa, Cuzco, Puno, Piura, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Maynas, Huaraz, Chimbote, Lima and Callao. As a consequence of this measure, individual guarantees were suspended in all these provinces. …
Terrorists killed three policemen in the Ollantaytambo police post. This attack is evidence of the PCP-SL's strategy of harassing police posts in rural areas to weaken the presence of the State.
In Ccachahui, Ranrapata, Chumbivilcas province, 21 soldiers dressed as peasants murdered 10 people: Balvino Huamaní Medina, Juan Huisa Pacco, Rosa Huisa Pacco, Rubén Alférez Triveño, Marcos Zacarías Huisa Llamoca, Quintín Alférez Cjuro, Telésforo Alférez Achinquipa, Marcos Torres Saihua, Julio Huamaní and José Huamaní Charccahuana. This massacre is evidence of human …
A military patrol intercepted and killed 14 peasants returning to their community of Ccasiahui, in the province of Chumbivilcas, Cuzco. The event occurred in the context of the general elections and the intensification of counter-subversive actions in the country. The peasants were intercepted when they were returning to their community. …
On April 25, 1990, a Peruvian Army patrol composed of approximately 21 men, dressed as peasants, killed ten peasants in Ccashahui-Ranrapata, Chumbivilcas. The victims were: Balvino Huamaní Medina, Juan Huisa Pacco, Rosa Huisa Pacco, Rubén Alférez Triveño, Marcos Zacarías Huisa Llamoca, Quintín Alférez Cjuro, Telésforo Alférez Achinquipa, Marcos Torres Saihua, …
On April 25, 1990, in the community of Ccachahui, district of Ranrapata, province of Chumbivilcas in Cuzco, 21 soldiers dressed as peasants assassinated 10 community members. This event was part of a larger massacre that took place in the province of Chumbivilcas between April 20 and 30, 1990, where a …
Between April 20 and 30, 1990, a massacre took place in the province of Chumbivilcas that marked a milestone in the internal armed conflict in the region. The Peruvian Army implemented a new counter-subversive strategy, acting as an army of occupation in the area. As a result of these military …
A Peruvian Army patrol composed of approximately 21 men left the Antabamba Military Base in an "intelligence operation" that for 12 days (from April 19 to May 1, 1990) went through five districts in the provinces of Antabamba (Apurimac) and Chumbivilcas (Cuzco). The military, dressed as peasants, raided different peasant …
On April 16, 1990, the PCP-SL attacked the district of Layo in the province of Canas. During this attack, three local authorities were assassinated: Mayor Claudio Huilca, Judge Jorge Padín and Governor Benigno Paca. This attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy to strike at any hint of local …
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