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 December 8, 1999, a subversive ambush took place in Villa Asháninka, district of Pichanaki, province of Satipo. The attack was perpetrated by subversive forces against Peruvian Army troops. As a result of the confrontation, 2 military personnel were killed and 10 wounded members of the Peruvian Army. This event …
On November 28, 1999, there was an armed confrontation between members of the Peruvian Army and militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the area of Alto Sanoven, district of Satipo. The combat resulted in the death of 2 military personnel and 4 subversives. This confrontation occurred in the context of …
After its defeat in the Mantaro valley in 1989, the MRTA retreated to the province of Chanchamayo where it managed to rebuild its ranks. During the period up to 1998, the subversive group engaged in constant confrontations with military patrols in which deaths were recorded on both sides. Gradually, the …
On Saturday, February 22, 1997, at 10:00 p.m., a patrol of the Peruvian Army arrived at Julián's house. They pushed his door until they broke it, violently entered the house, then beat Julián and kicked and punched him out of the house. When Julián fled, the soldiers shot him, hitting …
A female affiant was detained by soldiers who raided her community located in the department of San Martín in 1996. During her detention, a man accused her of being a terrorist but she was defended by a teacher who knew her, thanks to the help of a major. However, this …
Ten officers of the Peruvian Army, among them two generals, are denounced before the 25th Criminal Court of Lima for supporting the activities of drug trafficker Abelardo Cachique Rivera. The Supreme Council of Military Justice claims for its competence the investigation of two generals involved in the mentioned drug trafficking …
A patrol of the Peruvian Army intervenes in the agricultural sugar production cooperative of Tumán, without it being clear if there was any infiltration by the PCP-SL. Subsequently, the Pomalca sugar mill was also taken over by a contingent of the EP, claiming 'security reasons'. These military interventions in civilian …
On July 27, 1995, an armed confrontation took place between the Peruvian Army and alleged subversives in Pichanaki, province of Satipo, department of Junin. The confrontation resulted in the death of 12 alleged subversives. This event took place in the context of the military offensive against the remnants of subversive …
In May 1995, in the district of Yanacancha, Pasco, there was an armed confrontation between alleged members of subversive groups and the Peruvian Army. The confrontation resulted in the death of 12 alleged subversives. This event occurred in the context of the final period of the internal armed conflict in …
On January 17, 1995, an armed confrontation took place between members of the Peruvian Army and presumed MRTA subversives in the Boca Tigre sector, located between Satipo and Pichanaki in the department of Junín, killing two presumed MRTA subversives. This confrontation took place in the context of the military offensive …
In 1995 there was a significant increase in law enforcement casualties in the upper Huallaga area. According to information provided by the Joint Command of the Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior to the CVR, 132 law enforcement personnel died that year (104 from the Army and 28 …
Approximately 40 army troops entered the Shapingo area in April 1994, resulting in a massacre. During the military incursion, sexual violence against local women was reported. One woman who survived the massacre reported that a woman was raped and then released. This event is part of a pattern of behavior …
In April 1994, the Army entered the town of Moyuna. During this military incursion, the women of this locality were victims of sexual violence, torture and executions. This event was part of a pattern of behavior identified by the CVR in which members of the Army committed rape against women …
On March 29, 1994 in Cayumba Chico, army troops arbitrarily executed the father, mother and six-year-old sister of a female witness. The massacre included sexual violence against the women prior to the executions. According to the documented pattern, the military raped the women prior to executing them. This event is …
Carmen Pariona was raped by military personnel at a military base in the Huanuco area. The case was reported to the Special Prosecutor's Office for Human Rights in Huánuco. When Mrs. Amalia Tolentino was intercepted by a military patrol on April 8, 1993 while she was traveling from Puerto de …
On October 16, 1993, in a ceremony similar to those held in Ayacucho and Huallaga, the army gave weapons to the ronderos to fight for pacification in the communities of Pasqueña in the Chaupihuaranga ravine. The communities benefited were Paucar, Tangor, Vilcabamba, Chango, Mito, Huarautambo, Choquicancha, Chipiputa, Hualacircas, Rocco, San …
On June 10, 1993, the peasant patrols of Rodiobamba, in the district of Cachachi, Cajabamba province, received weapons in the city of Cajamarca from the Peruvian Army. This event was part of the counter-subversive strategy implemented since 1992, when the Peruvian Army encouraged the creation of Self-Defense Committees promoted and …
Mrs. Amalia Tolentino was intercepted by a military patrol of 70 soldiers on April 8, 1993 when she was traveling with other people from Puerto de Moyuna to Huánuco. She was the victim of rape by the soldiers during this transfer. Mrs. Tolentino reported the incident to the Special Prosecutor's …
On February 20, 1993, María Magdalena Monteza Benavides made a statement at the Lima police station. During this statement, she denounced having been subjected to physical and psychological torture, including rape, by members of the Peruvian Army during her detention on October 30, 1992. This statement was made in the …
Due to the intense violence in the area, the army militarized the province. In response to the escalation of actions by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, the Peruvian state installed three military bases in strategic locations in the province of Barranca. This militarization was part of the counter-subversive strategy implemented in the …
In 1993, the Peruvian Army retook control of Venenillo, located on the left bank of the Huallaga River. As part of this operation, it established a military base at the entrance to Bolsón Cuchara, thus consolidating control of the hamlets located along the Marginal Highway on the right bank of …
In 1992, Captain Carlos Méndez commanded soldiers from the Satipo base who entered the community of Cushiviani for any suspicious act, including meetings where construction work was being coordinated with FONCODES. In 1992, Luzmila was invited by Captain Méndez to say goodbye. Shortly thereafter, in 1993, the Army withdrew from …
Beginning in August 1992, the Huallaga Front of the Peruvian Army developed a systematic military offensive against the MRTA in the department of San Martin. This offensive took place in a context where the MRTA had already lost the support of the local population due to abuses in the collection …
Agents of the Peruvian Army detain and disappear journalist Pedro Yauri Bustamante in Huaura. This case represents one of the many forced disappearances of journalists during the internal armed conflict.
In 1992, the army raided the community of Apiza, located in the department of Huánuco. During this military operation, there were serious human rights violations against the civilian population. A witness provided testimony about the events that occurred during this military incursion. The event took place in the context of …
In January 1992, one of the MRTA camps was located in the district of Mazamari and was destroyed by the Peruvian Army. Nine subversives were killed in the operation. This event occurred in the context of the reconstitution of the MRTA after its defeat in Molinos in 1989 and after …
A woman was arrested along with her partner in 1992 in the 9 de Julio district, Concepción province, Junín department. An army lieutenant told her 'to go with him because they were going to interrogate me', taking her to a separate place. The testimony documents a case of rape perpetrated …
A witness reported to the CVR that around 1992 in the city of Aucayacu, department of Huánuco, there were massacres, abuses and rapes by the army. These events were part of the pattern of sexual violence and abuses against the civilian population that characterized the actions of the armed forces …
In 1992, fifteen soldiers intercepted a witness and his wife in Huancavelica, accusing them of having seen terrorists passing by. The soldiers raped the witness's wife in front of him. The testimony documents how sexual violence was used by military personnel as a form of intimidation and punishment against civilians …
In 1992, in the province of Oyón, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso ambushed a Peruvian Army detachment in the town of Paran. This attack represented a decisive blow against the Shining Path forces in the province of Oyón, marking a turning point in the internal armed conflict in this area. The confrontation …
The PCP-SL attacked an army patrol traveling in convoy through the San Isidro hacienda in Melgar province. The attack resulted in the death of one officer and five Peruvian army soldiers. Four PCP-SL subversives were also killed during the confrontation. Additionally, the administrator of the San Rafael mine lost his …
In September 1991, a group of 169 Asháninkas from Cutivireni were transferred by air to the Urubamba valley with the support of the Franciscan priest Mariano Gagnon, after suffering multiple attacks by the PCP-SL. In 1991, the Peruvian Army installed a military base in Cutivireni. Along with the installation of …
In June 1991, there was an armed confrontation between Peruvian Army troops and members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in Aucayacu, Leoncio Prado province, Huanuco department. The confrontation resulted in the death of sixty-five members of the PCP-SL who were killed by the military forces. This event occurred during the so-called …
Members of the Peruvian Army entered the communities of Chambara and Humaya in Lima, where they detained six villagers, three from each community. Subsequently, the bodies of the six detainees were found dead on the road leading to these communities. This event occurred in the context of the internal armed …
In January 1991, the Army raided the town of San Pedro de Cachi, in Ayacucho. As a result of this military operation, 18 bodies were found. This massacre took place in the context of the Army's counter-subversive operations in rural areas of Ayacucho, where they were confronting the Shining Path …
In January 1991, members of the Peruvian Army (EP) killed 18 people in the town of San Pedro de Cachi, district of Santiago de Pischa. This event was part of the intensification of the internal armed conflict in the region during the 1988-1991 period. The event occurred in a context …
In 1991, combined forces of the Army and a civil patrol detained the Santa Barbara community members in Huancavelica. During the operation, they destroyed the houses of the villagers and raped the women in the area. Two military officers, Second Sergeants Carlos Prado Chinchay and Dennis Pacheco, were charged with …
In 1991, the Peruvian Army installed a counter-subversive base in Cutivireni, located in the district of Rio Tambo. This installation was part of a broader military strategy in which the Army established bases in strategic areas of the central jungle to combat the Shining Path PCP. The base was established …
In 1991, an armed confrontation occurred between the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and the Peruvian Army at the Port of Mantaro, on the Huallaga River. The subversives ambushed the military forces as they attempted to cross the river to Mantaro, attacking them from positions on the hill. The attack resulted in significant …
In 1991, the Peruvian army committed serious human rights violations in Tingo Maria. One affiant stated that it was no longer possible to continue living in his village because the army came in and raped and killed people who were not Shining Path members. The testimonies indicate a systematic pattern …
In mid-July 1990, at the end of Alan Garcia's administration, General Delgado Rojas, Political and Military Chief of the Junin emergency zone, organized the First Regional Congress of Rondas in Bellavista, district of Jarpa, in the province of Chupaca. The congress was attended by rondero delegates from the valleys of …
On May 13, 1990, three Peruvian Army helicopters arrived in the community of Quempiri, in the Ene Valley. Upon hearing the helicopters, the community's population fled to their farms in search of refuge. This attack was part of a series of military operations carried out by the Peruvian Army between …
In May 1990, the town of Yahuarmachay, Ayahuanco district, was razed to the ground. Members of the Peruvian Army perpetrated a massacre in which 47 people were killed. This event took place during the period of intensification of the internal armed conflict between 1988-1991, when there was a significant increase …
Balvino Huamaní Medina, 60 years old, died in the house where they were being held. He was forced to drink liquor with a strange substance that one of the soldiers put in his cup. The necropsy protocol revealed that he died as a consequence of cardio respiratory arrest, severe encephalic …
Ten detainees were taken to the Capullullo hill where they were extrajudicially executed. The soldiers placed the people in a horizontal line and detonated explosive devices, immediately after which they shot them with machine guns. The bodies were thrown into pits. The victims were: Julio Huamaní Huisa, José Eusebio Huamaní …
On April 25, 1990, in the community of Ccachahui, district of Ranrapata, province of Chumbivilcas in Cuzco, 21 soldiers dressed as peasants assassinated 10 community members. This event was part of a larger massacre that took place in the province of Chumbivilcas between April 20 and 30, 1990, where a …
On April 25, 1990, a Peruvian Army patrol composed of approximately 21 men, dressed as peasants, killed ten peasants in Ccashahui-Ranrapata, Chumbivilcas. The victims were: Balvino Huamaní Medina, Juan Huisa Pacco, Rosa Huisa Pacco, Rubén Alférez Triveño, Marcos Zacarías Huisa Llamoca, Quintín Alférez Cjuro, Telésforo Alférez Achinquipa, Marcos Torres Saihua, …
Three women approached the place where their relatives were detained carrying food and documents: María Pacco Llactahuamán, Virginia Huisa Pacco and Francisca Triveño Huamaní. The women were tied by the neck and arms. Two of them, who had recently given birth, were tied by the neck to carry the babies …
Seven people looking for a stolen donkey were detained by the military patrol: Balvino Huamaní Medina, Juan Huisa Pacco, Zenón Huisa Pacco, Marcos Zacarías Huisa Llamocca, Gregorio Alferes Triveño, Quintín Alferes Cjuro and Telésforo Alferes Achinquipa. Ochoa Lacadio was also arrested when he approached. In the Suracocha lagoon, the eight …
Isabel Leocalla de Alcahuamán was arrested and taken to the house of Aurelia Huamaní Apfata. The patrol leader nicknamed 'Negro' took her to the kitchen and raped her against her will. After being forced to drink alcohol and a whitish substance, a group of 10 armed men raped her one …
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