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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  1. Mass arrest in Uyuvirca during Santiago's festivities

    At approximately 6:00 a.m. on August 2, 1984, a contingent of Marines arrested several people while they were celebrating the feast of St. James in the home of Concepción de la Cruz Urpay. They were arrested Teófilo Munárriz Velásquez, Concepción de la Cruz Urpay, her daughter Adela Hidalgo de la …

    Pago de Uyuvirca, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 3353
  2. Feast of the Virgin of the Rosary in Uchuraccay

    During the celebration of the feast of the Virgin of the Rosary in October 1982, the Shining Path PCP placed a red flag on one of the hills near Uchuraccay. The flag was torn down and burned by the president of the community, Alejandro Huamán, in an act of frontal …

    Uchuraccay, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 127-128

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