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 province of Daniel Alcides Carrión was declared an emergency and passed under military control. Little by little, the army reestablished order and authorities through the establishment of counter-subversive bases. This provoked the withdrawal of the PCP-SL, without major confrontations.
In May 1983, a contingent of 200 peasants led by a platoon of armed Shining Path members entered the district of Páucar, harangued the population and threatened the authorities. A month later, in a new assault on the town, the authorities and the school principal were assassinated for not resigning. …
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