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.
Two dynamite and ampho explosions destroyed the municipality and part of the Cristo Rey parish in Juliaca. This simultaneous attack against civil and religious institutions shows the Shining Path's strategy of attacking symbols of the State and the Church. The explosions caused significant material damage.
On February 14, 1992, a package of 500 grams of dynamite was placed at the door of the house of the former mayor of the district of Villa El Salvador, Michel Azcueta. This attack occurred on the same day that the PCP-SL had decreed an armed strike in Lima, and …
An Army patrol under the command of Infantry Lieutenant Javier Bendezú Vargas killed fifteen people, including adults and children, in a mine known as 'Misteriosa'. The detainees were taken into the tunnel, riddled with FAL bullets and then dynamite explosive charges were set off, causing a deflagration that ended up …
A few days after the murder of Irene McCormack, Shining Path supporters dynamited the premises of the Pampa project, linked to the Church, in San Antonio de Putina, Puno. This attack is part of the strategy of destroying development projects promoted by the Catholic Church in rural areas.
On October 28, 1990, there were multiple dynamite attacks against facilities of the San Cristobal de Huamanga National University. The targets included the university residence, the university dining hall, the university health center, eleven transportation units and the printing press equipment. These attacks were part of a wave of violence …
In August 1989, a Shining Path column completely dynamited Centromín Perú's mining company in Morococha. This was one of several ongoing dynamite attacks against the machinery of the state mining company. The attack was part of a series of terrorist actions that the PCP-SL had been carrying out against the …
On July 8, 1989, hikers dynamited an electrical substation near the Santa Rosa housing complex in La Oroya. As a direct consequence of this attack, the copper and lead refineries of Centromín Perú were paralyzed. The attack also affected the local electricity supply in the city. This attack was part …
The cathedral tower in Huari was dynamited in an attack against the Catholic Church. This act is part of the Shining Path's systematic campaign against religious institutions in various regions of the country. The attack was intended to intimidate the population and weaken the presence of the Church.
Seven soldiers of the Húsares de Junín regiment were killed after a bomb attack in Barrios Altos, Lima. As a result of the intense police and Peruvian Army actions, more than fifteen thousand people were arrested during the gigantic operation. This attack took place in a context of intensified political …
On April 7, 1989, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso dynamited a locomotive owned by Centromín in Cerro de Pasco. This attack was part of a series of violent actions against installations of the state mining company that intensified since December 1988. The attack occurred in the context of a campaign by the …
Terrorists placed dynamite in the cathedral of Trujillo in an attack against the Catholic Church. This act is part of the Shining Path's escalation of violence against religious institutions. The attack was intended to intimidate the church and demonstrate the power of the subversive group in important urban areas.
On December 26, 1988, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out one of the biggest attacks in Morococha, dynamiting the compressor house of Centromín Perú. This attack had serious consequences for the mine workers, who were paralyzed for 15 days due to the lack of compressed air necessary for the operation of …
On December 25, 1988, Shining Path dynamited three towers of the cable rail system that transported minerals from San Cristobal to Marh Túnel, both production units of Centromín Perú in La Oroya. This attack was part of a series of terrorist actions against mining infrastructure in the central region of …
In December 1988, hikers dynamited three towers of the cable rail system that transported minerals from San Cristobal to Marh Túnel, both units located about 12 kilometers from La Oroya and belonging to Centromín Perú. This attack was part of a PCP-SL strategy to attack the mining infrastructure in the …
On May 10, 1988, the PCP-SL dynamited the Civil Guard post in Araqueda, Cachachi district, Cajabamba province. This attack was part of a series of violent actions by the PCP-SL in the Araqueda area, where multiple executions of authorities and villagers were also carried out. The Araqueda area was the …
On August 8, 1987, PCP-SL militants carried out a wave of dynamite attacks against multiple targets in the city of Huancayo. The targets attacked included the premises of the Hipotecario and Interbanc banks, the Central de Crédito Cooperativo, the Social Security, Carsa, the premises of the Civil Court and the …
On June 14, 1987, in the city of Jauja, militants of the PCP-SL (Shining Path) threw dynamite cartridges at a Carlessi company. This attack was part of a wave of dynamite attacks that the subversives carried out against various public and private premises in the Mantaro valley during 1987. The …
During the last months of 1987, the PCP-SL broke into small and remote ranches located in the High Zone of Canipaco, Alto Cunas and the heights of Yauyos (Lima) more than once. There were also frequent assaults on small mines in the heights of Chupaca and on the borders of …
Adán Castillo Vega, former president of the Student Federation of the University of the Altiplano, died when the dynamite he was carrying to carry out an attack in the city of Puno exploded. The incident occurred in the context of the actions of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the department of …
In November 1985, a column of 10 hikers entered the San Genaro mining center in Huancavelica. The attackers dynamited part of the mine's infrastructure. This attack was part of a series of PCP-SL raids against mining centers in the Huancavelica region during that period. The attack on San Genaro occurred …
In November 1985, a Shining Path column attacked and dynamited the facilities of the Caudalosa Grande mine in Huancavelica. During the attack, the Shining Path beat the mine superintendents to force them to hand over explosive material. This attack was part of a series of PCP-SL raids against mining centers …
In November 1985, a column of 10 hikers entered the Centromín Perú Unit in Cerro de Pasco and dynamited the mills of the concentrator plant. This attack was part of a series of actions by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso against mining installations in the central region of Peru. The attack caused …
In March and April 1985, there were bomb attacks against the party offices of the main political parties in Junín. The attacks were directed against the offices of Acción Popular, Partido Popular Cristiano, PAP (Partido Aprista Peruano) and Izquierda Unida. The premises of the Provincial Electoral Registry were also attacked. …
On January 1, 1984, the Shining Path attacked the Cobriza mining center in Huancavelica. During the attack, the Shining Path looted the commercial stores and dynamite warehouses of the mining center. This attack was part of the incursions that Shining Path carried out in the mining centers of Huancavelica to …
At midnight on January 1, 1984, the PCP-SL attacked the Cobriza mining center with people recruited from the heights of the Ayacucho community of Ayahuanco, which borders the province of Churcampa, Huancavelica. During the attack, the hikers dynamited the mining center's facilities, causing significant damage to the infrastructure. As a …
On December 23, 1982, a contingent of PCP-SL militants assaulted the Colqui mine, located in the district of Huancavelica. During this assault, the subversives seized 1500 sticks of dynamite. This action was part of a broader PCP-SL strategy that included sabotage to the Mantaro electric transmission network, the destruction of …
In November 1981, Shining Path carried out a dynamite attack against the installations of the state-owned company Centromín Perú in La Oroya. The Shining Path dynamited the doors of the Industrial Relations and Social Service offices of the mining company. This attack was part of the Shining Path's first incursions …
On Saturday, September 19, 1981, dynamite firecrackers exploded at the main gate of the Bishopric of the Prelature of Juli. This attack occurred approximately one month after about 40 masked hikers ransacked the Palermo farm, where the Institute of Rural Education (IER) was located, five kilometers from the town of …
On August 1, 1981, multiple simultaneous bombings took place in different parts of Lima. The targets included 4 premises of Acción Popular (AP), 3 of them located in San Martin and Barrios Altos, as well as 3 Peace Courts and the ESAL Office in Villa el Salvador. These attacks were …
On May 18, 1981, the PCP-SL carried out an attack with dynamite against the premises of the Agrarian Bank in Cajabamba. This was the first violent action of the PCP-SL registered in the province of Cajabamba. The attack consisted of the explosion of a dynamite firecracker in the bank's facilities. …
In 1981, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out dynamite attacks against the Bishopric of Juli in the province of Chucuito, Aymara zone of the department of Puno. The attacks were specifically directed against the IER Palermo and the Bishopric itself. These attacks were part of the initial actions of the PCP-SL …
On December 11, 1980, the Plan Meris office, located in the district of El Tambo in Huancayo, was attacked with dynamite by militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This attack was part of the first subversive actions in the city of Huancayo during the beginning of the political violence. The attack …
On October 23, the PCP-SL carries out a bomb attack in the border town of Desaguadero, province of Chucuito, department of Puno. This attack is part of the expansion of the activities of the PCP-SL to other regions of the country beyond Ayacucho.
On October 23, 1980, the PCP-SL carried out an attack using dynamite in the border town of Desaguadero, province of Chucuito. This was one of the first military actions of the PCP-SL in the department of Puno. The attack included the use of dynamite and robbery on the rails of …
On August 26, 1980, Shining Path militants threw dynamite firecrackers at the Provincial Council of Tarma. This attack was part of the first subversive actions of the PCP-SL in the department of Junin, during the first months of the beginning of the so-called "people's war". The attack was part of …
In Arequipa, 1,200 dynamite cartridges are stolen. This theft was described by the press as part of the beginning of terrorist acts in the country. The incident demonstrated the capacity of subversive groups to obtain explosive material that would be used in later attacks.
On May 18, 1980, the PCP-SL carried out an attack with dynamite against the premises of the Agrarian Bank in Cajabamba. This was the first violent action of the PCP-SL registered in the province of Cajabamba. The attack consisted of the explosion of a dynamite firecracker in the bank's facilities. …
On May 17, 1980, Shining Path members, presumably led by comrades "Feliciano" and "Johan", dynamited the premises of the provincial municipality and Educational Center No. This attack is part of the chronology of political violence in the mining centers of the Central Highlands of Peru. The event marks one of …
On May 17, 1980, the same day that in Chuschi a group of PCP-SL militants burned the ballot boxes and electoral material, initiating their 'people's war', another group of Shining Pathists threw dynamite firecrackers at the Provincial Council and the CE No. in Huancayo. This attack marked the beginning of …
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