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 August 19, 1993, the PCP-SL attacked the town of Kivinaki in La Merced, Chanchamayo. The subversives killed 8 people with machetes during the attack. The soldiers repelled the subversive attack, causing 2 dead and 4 wounded in the ranks of the PCP-SL. This event occurred in the context of …
On May 2, 1993, in the town of Huamansalla, district of Huamachuco, province of Sanchez Carrion, the Peruvian National Police killed six members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in an armed confrontation. This event occurred in the context of the counter-subversive offensive that intensified since 1992, after the capture of Abimael …
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 …
On December 21, 1991, there was an armed confrontation between law enforcement forces and MRTA militants in Cedroccasa, district of Vilcabamba, province of La Convención, in which four MRTA militants died. In this confrontation, four MRTA militants were killed. This was a definitive blow to the front that MRTA had …
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 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 …
On September 25, 1990, there was an armed confrontation between Sinchis (police) forces and the Shining Path PCP in La Roca, located at kilometer 14 of the Mazamari-Puerto Ocopa highway. This confrontation was interpreted by the displaced Ashaninka natives as a defeat for the PCP-SL. The result of the combat …
On September 25, 1990, an armed confrontation took place between peasant ronderos and PCP-SL forces in the area known as the 'Rock', located in the Tsiriari valley. This confrontation was interpreted by the displaced inhabitants as a significant defeat for the PCP-SL in the region. As a consequence of this …
On April 27, 1990, approximately sixty MRTA members attacked the police post in the district of Chupaca, located 12 kilometers away. This was the last major MRTA action in the Mantaro Valley. The attack lasted two hours, after which the attackers withdrew, suffering two casualties. This action took place a …
In January 1990, the main column of the Shining Path PCP suffered a decisive setback in Puno. The forces of law and order caught up with the subversive column and in the confrontation five subversives were killed, among them their military commander. This event marked an important turning point in …
On December 17, 1989, near Puerto Victoria in the district of Puerto Bermudez, in territory of the Yanesha ethnic group, an Army patrol located and attacked an MRTA camp. According to the official report, 43 subversives and one soldier were killed. This attack was part of a series of military …
In November 1989, five members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso were killed by Peruvian Army troops in Palmayocc, Luricocha district, Huanta province. This event occurred in the context of the intensification of the internal armed conflict between 1988-1991, a period in which there was a significant increase in confrontations in the …
On July 16, 1989, the MRTA prepared an attack on the town of Juanjuí. Apparently, a rondero had managed to warn the Army and its members were able to prepare and confront the attack. In the confrontation, forty bodies were left dead among a large number of subversives, some civilians …
In May 1989, an armed confrontation took place between the Peruvian Army and members of the MRTA in the district of Molinos, province of Jauja. The confrontation resulted in the death of 6 military personnel and 58 guerrillas, although the MRTA only claimed responsibility for 42 of its dead. This …
On Sunday, April 30, 1989, some relatives were allowed to enter the Olavegoya Hospital in Jauja to examine the bodies of the victims of the Molinos confrontation that took place on April 28. The relatives found that their countrymen were totally disfigured, while the bodies identified as terrorists showed no …
On April 28, 1989, an MRTA detachment traveling in two trucks toward Tarma to take the city was discovered by a Peruvian Army patrol in the Molinos district, eight kilometers east of Jauja. An armed confrontation ensued resulting in the death of 58 MRTA members, six members of the Peruvian …
On April 28, 1989, an MRTA detachment traveling in two trucks toward Tarma to take the city was discovered by a Peruvian Army patrol in the Molinos district, eight kilometers east of Jauja. According to the initial report, 62 MRTA members and eight soldiers were killed in the confrontation. However, …
On April 28, 1989, the MRTA attempted to take the city of Tarma in Junin, but were ambushed in Los Molinos. Many of their most valuable military cadres were killed in this confrontation. This event frustrated the MRTA's attempt to expand into Junín and represented a significant blow to their …
On Friday, April 28, 1989, more than 100 Army soldiers clashed with a contingent of 67 MRTA members in the Puyhuan Pampa. The MRTA was heading towards Jauja with the objective of taking the city of Tarma aboard two trucks. When the trucks were passing through the Puyhuan pampa, they …
An MRTA guerrilla column was annihilated in Molinos, Jauja, in a confrontation with the Peruvian Army. This was a devastating blow for the MRTA that disarticulated its organizational work and created political confusion among its militants. The repercussions for the MRTA's work at the university were serious, forcing them to …
In 1989, there was an armed confrontation between the Peruvian Army and the MRTA in the district of Molinos, province of Jauja. This combat resulted in the death of 6 military personnel and 58 guerrillas, although the MRTA only claimed responsibility for 42 of its dead. This confrontation was the …
In February 1988, in Cerro de Pasco, there was a confrontation between the military and a Shining Path column that resulted in the death of comrade 'Johan'. This Shining Path leader had been mentioned earlier in the report as one of the leaders who presumably directed the dynamite attack on …
After the capture of Juanjui on November 6, 1987, the MRTA returned to the same camp they had used before the attack. The Peruvian Army pursued them after the declaration of a state of emergency in the department of San Martin and the establishment of the Political-Military Command of the …
On February 5, 1987, approximately 60 elements of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the police post of Checca and Quehue in the province of Canas, Cuzco. During the attack, the subversives stole ammunition, two weapons and set fire to the police station. The civil guards pursued the attackers and an armed …
On February 18, 1985, an armed confrontation took place in the area of Pichari, province of La Convención, department of Cuzco. As a result of the combat, 13 PCP-Sendero Luminoso terrorists were killed. Four civilian guards were also wounded in the confrontation. This event was part of the period of …
On April 30, 1984, there was an armed confrontation between the Civil Guard and subversive elements of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the town of Erapata, Lucmahuayco. The clash resulted in the death of 22 subversives and a police sergeant. This event was part of the escalation of violence that characterized …
Teófilo Pacheco Quispe, a member of the MRTA (Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru), died on August 9, 1982 in a confrontation with the police in the district of Surquillo, Lima. This event occurred in the context of a growing wave of political violence in the country, during the month in which …
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