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.
In September 1993, more than 200 subversives of the Shining Path PCP took over several villages in the Monzon valley. During this action, the subversives located suspected informers, criminals and coca intermediaries, approximately 24 people in total. These people were killed in a bloody public act. This event was part …
On April 8, 1987, seven men and two women of the PCP-SL dragged Mayor Zenobio Huarzaya from his home to the plaza while his wife and children looked on in despair. They knelt him down in front of 200 people and asked if they would kill him. The people clamored …
On November 19, 1982, the first People's Trial was held in Huancasancos against a person identified as "Moises". This event marked the beginning of the public popular trials carried out by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in this province. The popular trials that led to executions were the most shocking assassinations for …
In 1982, a group of vigilantes along with police officers conducted raids in the 'Oreja de perro' area between 1982 and 1983, warning the villagers not to ally with the PCP-SL. During one of these raids, they entered Oronqoy, considered a support base for the PCP-SL. They gathered the entire …
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