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.
On September 14, 1991, while participating in a popular assembly, Fortunato Collazos Crispín, deputy secretary general, and Alfredo Aguirre Beraún, press and propaganda secretary of the Juan Pablo II youth village in the district of San Juan de Miraflores, were assassinated. The assassination was perpetrated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso as …
In 1989, the PCP-SL declared the beginning of the second stage of its people's war, called 'strategic balance'. This phase marked a change in the group's strategy, moving from a defensive position to a more direct offensive against institutions and organizations. During this stage, the PCP-SL intensified its attacks against …
Elba Barrientos, president of the Mothers' Club of Acos Vinchos in Huamanga, was assassinated along with her son in 1984 during a PCP-Sendero Luminoso raid. This assassination is part of the systematic offensive by the PCP-SL against leaders of popular organizations, especially women who led mothers' clubs and welfare organizations. …
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