Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru

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.

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  1. Takeover of Dos de Mayo by Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path)

    Between 1991 and 1992, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso consolidated its new popular committees in the Bellavista area and formed a battalion on the banks of the Abiseo River with the objective of definitively taking Dos de Mayo. In November 1993, the Shining Path managed to take the town of Dos de …

    Dos de Mayo, Valle del Huallabamba, Provincia de Mariscal Cáceres, San Martín, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 313-336
  2. Seizure of Dos de Mayo and death of residents

    On June 19, 1992, subversives took over the town of Dos de Mayo in the district of Mazamari, province of Satipo. During this incursion, the subversives killed 7 villagers. This attack took place in the context of the intense activity of the PCP-SL in the province of Satipo during 1992, …

    Dos de Mayo, Mazamari, Satipo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 243
  3. CONAP press release denouncing violence in the Central Rainforest

    On February 17, 1990, the Confederation of Amazonian Nationalities of Peru (CONAP) published a communiqué denouncing the violence in the central jungle. This communiqué followed the massacre of fifteen ronderos in the community of Dos de Mayo and in a context of intolerable conditions of insecurity in the region. CONAP …

    Selva Central, Perú Informe CVR, página 265
  4. 15 Ashaninka ronderos murdered in Dos de Mayo

    The Shining Path PCP assassinated 15 ronderos from the Tsiriari valley communities in Dos de Mayo. This provoked the affected communities to move to Mazamari in search of protection. The assassination occurred in the context of the control that the PCP-SL had been developing in the Satipo area, which turned …

    Dos de Mayo, Satipo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 142
  5. Killing of fifteen ronderos in Dos de Mayo

    In 1990, the PCP-SL committed selective assassinations in colonist communities in the Tsiriari valley, including Union, Santa Isabel, Dos de Mayo, San Francisco de Cubaro and Monterrico. The massacre of fifteen ronderos in Dos de Mayo was a crucial event that marked the massive displacement of Tsiriari valley communities to …

    Dos de Mayo, Satipo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 235

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