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 July 1993, peasant ronderos from Santa Rosa detained a group of people in the context of the internal armed conflict. During this event, 4 people were detained and 21 people were killed by the ronderos. This event is part of the period of violence between the counter-subversive peasant patrols …
On August 9, 1989, a group of 200 ronderos left Santa Rosa for Tambo in an action called operation Halcón. The reason for this operation was to reorganize the rondas in the highland districts of La Mar province, whose authorities, faced with the advance of the PCP-SL, had sent a …
On April 13, 1988, a column of forty heavily armed PCP-Sendero Luminoso members escorted by hundreds of peasants from the local force attacked Pichiwillca, the main DECAS base in the Apurimac River Valley. With the help of the ronderos of Anchihuay who immediately came to the defense of Pichiwillca, and …
In July 1985, the Marine Corps withdraws from the Apurimac River Valley and is replaced by the Army. This withdrawal occurs after the DECAS (Defensa Civil Contrasubversiva) and the army were on the offensive until mid-1985, while the PCP-SL was in retreat. The change of forces occurred at the height …
On February 18, 1985, an armed confrontation took place in the area of Pichari, province of La Convención, department of Cuzco. As a result of the combat, 13 PCP-Sendero Luminoso terrorists were killed. Four civilian guards were also wounded in the confrontation. This event was part of the period of …
By mid-1985, the Shining Path was in full retreat in the Apurimac River Valley and the Armed Forces together with the DECAS (Defensa Civil Contrasubversiva) had gained control of the valley. The Shining Path themselves recognized their defeat by the 'mesnadas' in the VRA, admitting that the unconsolidated support bases …
In August 1984, four villagers from San Antonio de Pichihuillca were detained by members of the Peruvian Army and subsequently disappeared. This event occurred in the context of the expansion of the Defensas Civiles Contrasubversivas (DECAS) in the Apurimac River Valley, where the organization had been formally constituted on June …
In July 1984, members of the Self-Defense Committee kidnapped residents of San Queruato, Ayna district. As a result of this kidnapping, two people were killed. This event occurred in the context of the formation and expansion of the Counter-Subversive Civil Defense Forces (DECAS) in the Apurimac River Valley, a period …
The arrival of the Montoneros to Pichiwillca in April or May 1984 marked a milestone in peasant organization. On June 21, 1984, the Anti-Subversive Civil Defense (DECAS) of the Apurimac River Valley was formally constituted. From Pichiwillca, led by 19-year-old Antonio Cárdenas, the organization began to expand throughout the valley. …
On June 21, 1984, the "Defensa Civil Contrasubversiva" (DECAS) of the Apurimac River Valley was formally established in Pichiwillca. From this place it began its expansion throughout the valley under the leadership of Antonio Cardenas, who would become the undisputed leader of the organization. This formal constitution took place in …
In March 1984, rumors began to circulate among the population of the Apurimac River Valley about the arrival of montoneros (civil defense groups) from Chungui. The villagers received information that these groups were coming "like ants" and were progressively advancing through different localities. Their presence was first reported in Lechemayo, …
Between 1984 and 1986 there was a boom in the price of coca and its illicit derivatives in the Apurímac River Valley. This economic phenomenon coincided with a period of intense violence in the area, when the Shining Path was in full retreat in the face of the advance of …
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