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 the early morning of January 20, 1990, the Main Force of the PCP-SL headed by Juan Carlos Olivares attacked the SAIS Sollocota with 30 of its activists, resulting in the murder of 7 peasants. That same day, during an attack on the Azángaro market, 5 additional people were killed. …
In the early morning of January 20, 1990, the Main Force of the PCP-SL led by Juan Carlos Olivares attacked the SAIS Sollocota with 30 of its activists. This confrontation marked a turning point in the activity of the PCP-SL in the region, since after this event the actions of …
In 1989, an armed group of Shining Path guerrillas destroyed the Huagal cheese plant in San Marcos province. As part of the PCP-SL's strategy of liquidating associative enterprises, the attackers distributed the cattle and land among the members and set fire to the machinery. This attack was part of a …
SAIS Cahuide, located in the upper Mantaro Valley and considered the most important agricultural enterprise created by the Agrarian Reform in the region, suffered continuous Shining Path attacks between March 1988 and January 1989. Shining Path sought to prevent this company from articulating the peasant communities within a market logic. …
Between March 1988 and January 1989, Shining Path carried out violent actions against the SAIS Heroínas Toledo and Cahuide in the central highlands. The SAIS Heroínas Toledo was deactivated in March 1988 after the total destruction of its facilities and assets by the Shining Path. This destruction was part of …
In the CENECAMP meeting room in Lima, a group of managers and workers from associative companies met with the Vice-Minister of Agriculture. The business representatives presented their views on the land takeovers, arguing that they were causing the destruction of the Puna cattle industry. They denounced the superficiality of the …
On May 10, 1987, the PCP-SL called a general assembly in the Jocos Cooperative, in Cachachi, taking advantage of the celebration of San Isidro. The assembly was attended by the President of the Cooperative. Two months later, in July, Luis Paredes took over the management of the cooperative, apparently following …
At the end of 1987, the PCP-SL began systematic attacks against the Laive Unit of the SAIS Cahuide, destroying the furniture and slaughtering an undetermined number of cattle. These attacks were part of the Shining Path's strategy to destroy the Agrarian Societies of Social Interest in the region. The Shining …
On September 19, 1986, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the SAIS Huayna Capac in Muñani. This attack was part of a series of violent actions carried out between September 18 and 21, 1986 in the province of Azángaro. During these days, the PCP-SL also kidnapped 20 peasant delegates in Azángaro, assassinated …
On June 17, 1986, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated 7 people who were taken to the Wakauta farm, belonging to the Kunurama Rural Social Property Company (ERPS). This event occurred in the context of a PCP-SL offensive in Puno that had begun in May 1986, which included multiple attacks against the …
On June 3, 1986, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso burned the SAIS Union headquarters in Azángaro and distributed the cattle among the population. This attack was part of a systematic campaign by the PCP-SL against the associative companies created by the agrarian reform, which they considered an expression of a semi-feudal society …
In June 1986, the PCP-SL attacked the Huacauta power plant in the province of Azángaro. This attack marked the beginning of active incursions by Shining Path columns in the area, which sought to lead peasant mobilizations for land. According to Ricardo Vega, it was after the March 1986 restructuring decree …
Approximately 120 men, 15 to 20 women and 15 to 20 horsemen with helmets, painted faces and camouflage attacked the community of Macarí. The aggressors, who came from the Kunurana power plant, burned thatched huts, herded communal cattle and attacked the community members who were defending their livestock with stones. …
Alan Garcia's government issued Supreme Decrees 005 and 006, which initiated the restructuring of associative agrarian companies in Puno. A commission would determine within 120 days the amount of land that should revert to the state for subsequent adjudication to the peasant communities. This measure sought to address the land …
On February 7, 1986, the President of the Republic, Alan Garcia, announced in a message to the nation the "restructuring and resizing of the associative enterprises". This announcement came a little more than a month after nearly 4,000 peasants from the districts of Santa Rosa and Macarí peacefully initiated the …
The PCP-SL carried out an attack against the SAIS San José and the SAIS Illari in the province of Azángaro. During the raid, the attackers killed 5 people. As part of the action, they blew up the bridge connecting these associative companies with the city of Azángaro. This attack was …
On January 10, 1986, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out an attack against the Agricultural Societies of Social Interest (SAIS) San José and Illari in the department of Puno. Five people were killed in this attack. This attack was part of a wider offensive by the PCP-SL in Puno that continued …
In 1986, armed confrontations took place in the former Cochabamba farm, which was part of the SAIS Tahuantinsuyo in the province of Sánchez Carrión (Huamachuco). This event is framed in the context of the violence generated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the region, where the Agricultural Societies of Social Interest …
In August 1985, the United Federation of Peasants of Melgar (FUCAM) decided to promote the 'disaffiliation of estates' in order to break the unity of the associative enterprises that had emerged from the Agrarian Reform. This strategy was part of the process of 'democratic restructuring' of the land that sought …
The PCP-SL began an offensive by destroying the SAIS Quenamari in San Antón, Azángaro province. This action was part of a broader campaign that included the capture of the towns of Chupa and Azángaro in the same province. The attack on SAIS Quenamari was part of the Shining Path strategy …
On December 11, 1983, villagers from various communities in the districts of Vilca, Manta and Acobambilla (province of Huancavelica) were gathered by militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in Vilca. The subversives organized these villagers as a 'mass' to assault three Production Units of SAIS Cahuide: Tucle, Laive and Antapongo, located …
According to Rénique's study (1991), Shining Path incursions in Puno increased progressively: from 15 attacks in 1983 to 22 in 1984, 33 in 1985, 83 in 1986 (with 32 victims), 35 in 1987 (after being decimated in Cututuni), 77 in 1988 and 97 in 1989. The main targets were the …
On August 24, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Oxani Social Property Rural Enterprise (ERPS), which belonged to the Sollocota Social Interest Agricultural Society (SAIS), located in the province of Azángaro. This attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy to destroy the associative companies created by the agrarian reform, …
On July 22, 1982, militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso set fire to the warehouse of the Sociedad Agraria de Interés Social (SAIS) of Huancavelica. This attack was part of a series of subversive actions in the Vilca basin that intensified during that year. The objective of these actions was to …
On January 14, 1982, the PCP-SL raided the Chingol Cooperative, located in Chuquibamba, Cachachi district, Cajabamba province. During this raid, the Shining Pathists destroyed the cooperative's infrastructure. This event was part of the PCP-SL's initial strategy in the region to liquidate the associative enterprises created by the Agrarian Reform, taking …
In 1981, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out assassinations in the SAIS Tahuantinsuyo, located in the province of Santiago de Chuco. According to the report, the PCP-SL assassinated more than 6 people in this Agricultural Society of Social Interest. This event is part of the initial strategy of the PCP-SL to …
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