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.
National Workshop organized by the Mental Health Unit of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in coordination with CAPS. The event was held during two consecutive days in the city of Lima. During the workshop, participants talked about their lives and the suffering experienced in the search for their missing …
On July 12, 1993, the magazine Sí, directed by Ricardo Uceda and with a team of Edmundo Cruz and José Arrieta, located the bodies of nine students and a professor from La Cantuta University in burial sites in Cieneguilla. This journalistic investigation solved the mystery of their disappearance and evidenced …
The discovery of the La Cantuta graves gave new impetus to the denunciations of human rights violations. Fujimori's government did not assume responsibility, opting instead for the disqualification of the legitimacy of the denouncers and their permanent harassment. The government will continue with a series of intentional changes in legislation …
In Cieneguilla, Lima, four graves with human remains were found thanks to a report made to the weekly Sí. The complainants do not identify themselves and assure the editor of the weekly, Ricardo Uceda Perez, that the remains belong to the nine students and a professor of the National University …
Thirty bodies of presumed DEA informants were found floating in the waters of the Huallaga River, although others said they were of peasants presumed to be Shining Path or drug traffickers. The official version was that it was a settling of scores between drug traffickers and Shining Path members, but …
In 1985, the Committee of Relatives of the Disappeared formed in 1983 took the name of National Association of Relatives of the Kidnapped-Detainees-Disappeared in Areas under State of Emergency (ANFASEP). This organization was dedicated to the search for disappeared relatives, developing action strategies such as marches, public denunciations, meetings with …
In September 1983, several women, among them Angelica Mendoza de Ascarza, Teodosia Layme Cuya, Antonia Zaga Huaña and others, joined together and formed the Committee of Relatives of the Disappeared. This group later, in 1985, took the name of Asociación Nacional de Familiares de Secuestrados-Detenidos-Desaparecidos en zonas bajo Estado de …
During the period 1980-2000, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR) recorded a total of 11,376 Quechua-speaking deaths and disappearances. The Shining Path PCP was responsible for 6,788 victims, State Agents for 3,491, the Self-Defense Committees (CADS) for 261, the MRTA for 71, and 765 cases were attributed to undetermined perpetrators …
During the period 1980-2000, the CVR recorded a total of 3,593 deaths and disappearances of native Spanish speakers. The Shining Path PCP was responsible for 1,734 victims, State Agents for 1,181, CADS for 49, MRTA for 190, and 439 cases were attributed to undetermined perpetrators or others. Spanish-speaking victims accounted …
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