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.
Between February 27 and April 4, 1994, in little more than a month, more than two thousand repentants presented themselves before the Tingo Maria barracks. This process was part of the counter-subversive strategy implemented by the armed forces in Alto Huallaga, which included the law of repentance for PCP-SL commanders. …
The third stage of the counter-subversive military battle in Alto Huallaga took place from August 1, 1992 to 1994, focused on clearing operations against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This stage followed the capture of Abimael Guzmán in September 1992 and was characterized by intensive military operations to regain territorial control. In …
Shotguns and ammunition were delivered to nine Self-Defense Committees in the province of Paucartambo. This delivery of weapons is evidence of the State's strategy of arming the civilian population to confront subversive groups.
In 1992, the Peruvian Navy assumed command of the Political-Military Command of Ucayali, marking an important change in the counter-subversive strategy in the region. This change coincided with a new strategy based on winning over the PCP-SL's social base through civic actions that demonstrated to the civilian population that the …
In 1991, the armed forces implemented a significant change in their counter-subversive strategy that improved their image in the emergency zones of the Alto Huallaga. This change reversed the negative image that the population had of the way the armed forces acted. Military actions in the villages on the right …
In 1991, the armed forces, particularly the Peruvian Navy, implemented a significant change in their counter-subversive strategy in Ucayali. This new strategy was based on winning over the social base of the PCP-SL through civic actions that demonstrated to the civilian population that the armed forces respected the lives of …
President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori and the Minister of Defense, Jorge Torres Aciego, presented a new counter-subversive strategic concept that represents a significant change in the approach to the fight against subversion. This new strategy emphasizes non-military sectors, prioritizing the importance of education, health, agriculture and housing. The change of approach …
The second stage of the counter-subversive military battle took place from August 1990 to July 31, 1992 in Alto Huallaga. This phase was based on recovering the zones liberated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. Starting in 1991, a change in counter-subversive strategy was implemented, which improved the image of the armed …
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 …
Between April 20 and 30, 1990, a massacre took place in the province of Chumbivilcas that marked a milestone in the internal armed conflict in the region. The Peruvian Army implemented a new counter-subversive strategy, acting as an army of occupation in the area. As a result of these military …
In 1989, the systematic use of the practice of forced disappearance by Peruvian State agents intensified as part of their counter-subversive strategy. This practice involved extracting a specific person from his or her context, removing him or her from the public eye and from the legal mechanisms of individual protection, …
From 1988-1989 onwards, there was a significant differentiation in the social universes in which the main actors in the Peruvian internal armed conflict operated. While the victims of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso continued to come basically from the rural and Quechua-speaking world, the victims caused by State agents began to be …
From 1986-1988, the internal armed conflict in Peru acquired a relatively more national character, expanding beyond its initial epicenter in Ayacucho. This expansion coincided with the 'leap to strategic balance' undertaken by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and a refinement of the State's counter-subversive strategy. Between 1989 and 1991, the central region, …
From 1986-1988, the internal armed conflict in Peru took on a relatively more national character, expanding beyond the department of Ayacucho where it had been practically confined between 1982 and 1985. This period marked a new phase of the conflict characterized by the expansion of the actions of the PCP-Sendero …
Between 1985 and 1989 there was a decrease in the intensity of the internal armed conflict accompanied by a relative decrease in crimes and human rights violations committed by State agents. State agents carried out an evaluation of their performance and designed a new strategy that sought to combat armed …
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