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.
Subversives attacked U.S. embassy security personnel using FAL rifles. This attack was part of a series of violent actions carried out during February 1991. The attack took place in a context of intensifying political violence in the Peruvian capital. Two days after the attack on the embassy, there was another …
A car loaded with explosives detonated at the residence of the U.S. ambassador in Lima. This attack was part of a series of violent actions that intensified during that period in the Peruvian capital. The event is registered in the 1986 summary of the CVR Report as one of the …
On April 21, 1986, a car loaded with explosives detonated against the residence of the U.S. ambassador in Lima. The Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) claimed responsibility for the attack. The subversive group linked this act to the recent U.S. attack on Libya, establishing an international political connection with its …
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