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Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
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.
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Shining Path After Guzmán
Twenty years after the capture of the so-called "Presidente Gonzalo," all that remains of Sendero Luminoso is a violent appendage in an inaccessible jungle, led by Víctor Quispe Palomino "José," …
Abimael Had Told His Followers That It Was Time to Seize Power
The date is unclear, but the event we will recount occurred between the final days of 1991 and the first days of 1992. Abimael Guzmán, "Gonzalo," then clandestine in Lima, …
Abimael's Girlfriend
The partner and soon-to-be wife of Abimael Guzmán speaks with CARETAS. The woman who symbolized the power behind the Senderista leader will turn 60 in the coming months. She hopes …
"Feliciano" Under Pressure
Óscar Ramírez Durand, 'Feliciano,' entered the hearing room at the Callao Naval Base with his head held high on the morning of last Monday the 26th. He greeted his former …
Feliciano. Capture of a Red Shining Path Member. The True Story.
This book narrates the story of how comrade "Feliciano," the ringleader of Sendero Luminoso, was captured. It gathers the accounts of the main protagonists of the events, supported by testimonies …
Surprise and Grief in Uchiza
The times of terror and bloodshed seemed to be a thing of the past in Uchiza, a town now more concerned with its precarious economic situation. But the armed incursion …
War Forewarned
The assault on Uchiza, on May 28th, carried out by a Sendero column of approximately 50 people — including three women — had been flagged months earlier by intelligence reports …
Who Is Ramírez Durand?
"Feliciano" is considered the last historic leader of Senderismo. That is why, after the capture of the main Central Committee and National Directorate of Sendero — including "President Gonzalo" in …
The Army Launches Against Shining Path
Four hundred soldiers and intelligence agents joined the pursuit in Peru today of the column of the guerrilla group Sendero Luminoso that on Saturday killed nine soldiers in the central …
Shining Path, a Blow in Its Death Throes
When it was thought that with the fall of "Feliciano" Sendero Luminoso had nearly disappeared, this organization carried out, surprisingly, its most significant military action in recent years — an …
Shining Path, a Blow in Its Death Throes
When it was thought that Sendero Luminoso had almost disappeared with the capture of "Feliciano," the organization carried out, surprisingly, its most important military action in recent years — an …
The Capture of Feliciano: In Three Acts and Various Comments
There are many differences between the capture of Abimael Guzmán and that of Oscar Ramírez Durand, comrade Feliciano. The first was the supreme leader. The second, one of his lieutenants. …
End of the Path?
For a long time, the magnitude and severity that political violence had reached made it one of the central topics of any assessment of the country. Despite the fact that …
Green Trap, Red Alert
An ambush on police officers near Aguaytía convinces authorities of the need to launch a new anti-subversive offensive. The latest terrorist actions show that Sendero has regrouped and that its …
Shining Path, Are You There?
At dawn on May 1, Cerro Puruchuco in La Molina looked like a battlefield. A helicopter was circling overhead and several police patrol cars were clustered on the hillsides. Guards …
Shining Path Returns - Opinion Column
The blackout that began in the early hours of Saturday the 18th, and lasted a couple of days in some districts of Lima, was officially explained as a technical failure. …
Huancavelica: At the Bend in the Road
July 29, 1996. Nine in the evening. On the road from Palca to Huancavelica, a group of some 20 subversives intercepted two inter-provincial buses carrying passengers bound for the departmental …
From Shining Path to Red Path
Two years after the founder of Sendero Luminoso, Abimael Guzmán — President Gonzalo — was caught in a Lima apartment dancing Zorba the Greek with a trusted militiawoman, the Army …
Shining Path Attacks Military Club
The dissident faction of the guerrilla organization Sendero Luminoso today resumed its offensive in the capital, with a car bomb attack against the headquarters of the Air Force Officers' Club. …
Senderista Leaders Ratify Guzmán's Peace Proposal
The most important Shining Path leaders imprisoned after Abimael Guzmán reaffirmed in Peru their support for their leader's peace proposals and declared as a traitor the dissident Oscar "Feliciano" Ramírez, …
Is Shining Path Entering Old Age?
Sendero Luminoso, the Maoist guerrilla organization that promised a river of blood to forge the path toward a world revolution, is sending signals of wanting to become a legal party …