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. Exhumation of grave in Ccarpaccasa

    The Special Prosecutor's Office for Forced Disappearances conducted an exhumation in Ccarpaccasa with the participation of international experts from the CVR and experts from the Forensic Investigation Unit. The remains of the 4 victims executed in 1983 were located. Studies were carried out in a morgue in Ayacucho between August …

    Ccarpaccasa, Totos, Cangallo, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 3314-3315
  2. Disappearance and execution of youths and peasants in Chilqahuayco

    On October 10, 1990, military forces took 18 young men and peasants from the area. The bodies of the victims were later found in a mass grave located in Chilqahuayco, province of Huamanga, Ayacucho. This event occurred in the context of counter-subversive operations in the region during Alberto Fujimori's government. …

    Chilqahuayco, provincia de Huamanga, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 185
  3. Discovery of mass grave in Cayara

    On August 13, 1988, a mass grave containing several bodies was discovered in Cayara. This discovery occurred three months after the massacre of May 14, 1988, when members of the Peruvian Army entered the district of Cayara in retaliation for an ambush on a military convoy. During that raid, the …

    Cayara, Víctor Fajardo, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 148
  4. Massacre in Cayara: fifty peasants killed

    On May 14, 1988, members of the Peruvian Army, in retaliation for an ambush on a convoy, entered the district of Cayara in the province of Victor Fajardo. They gathered the entire population and killed 35 peasants without explanation. On May 21, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers denied …

    Cayara, Víctor Fajardo, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 139, 144-145, 148
  5. Exhumation of corpses in Pucayacu

    On August 29, 1985, the exhumation and removal of corpses was carried out in Pucayacu, with the presence of the Instructing Judge of Huanta Félix Bautista Barzola, the Provincial Prosecutor Simón Palomino Vargas, members of the Peruvian Investigation Police and the denouncing relatives. A rectangular grave of three meters long …

    Pucayacu, distrito de Mayocc, provincia de Huanta, departamento de Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 3426-3427
  6. Discovery of mass grave in Pucayacu

    On August 28, 1985, one month after the extrajudicial executions, the mass grave containing the bodies of the seven victims was discovered by neighbors of Pucayacu, who informed the authorities. This discovery made it possible to initiate investigations into the executions perpetrated by the military on August 7.

    Pucayacu, distrito de Mayocc, provincia de Huanta, departamento de Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 3425
  7. Extrajudicial executions in Pucayacu

    On August 7, 1985, seven people detained at the Castropampa Military Base were extrajudicially executed in Pucayacu. On August 6 at noon, Lieutenant Colonel David Lama Romero, Major Wilmer Campos Hermoza, Lieutenant Enrique De la Cruz Salcedo and Warrant Officer Jose Gutierrez Herrada decided to eliminate the detainees. On August …

    Pucayacu, puente Allcco Machay, distrito de Mayocc, provincia de Huanta, departamento de Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 3424-3425
  8. Putis Massacre

    117 people - men, women, children - were killed in the community of Putis, presumably at the hands of the military. Most of the villages in the area had been forced by the PCP-SL since 1983 to 'retreat' to the hills. When the Military Base was installed in Putis, a …

    Putis, Santillana, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 271
  9. FFAA press release on Pucayacu grave

    On August 24, 1984, the Joint Command of the Armed Forces issued an official communiqué about the discovery of a mass grave in Pucayacu. The communiqué suggested that the bodies found in the grave were those of members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso killed in confrontations with the Armed Forces. Two …

    Pucayacu, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 93-94
  10. Pucayacu grave find

    On August 22, 1984, a mass grave was found in Pucayacu with fifty unrecognizable corpses, as they had apparently been burned with acid. Around August 16, members of the Navy, stationed in the Municipal Stadium of Huanta, had taken fifty people who had been detained there to the town of …

    Pucayacu, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 93-94, 106
  11. Transfer of detainees to Pucayacu

    Around August 16, 1984, members of the Navy, who were stationed in the Municipal Stadium of Huanta, transferred fifty people who were detained there to the town of Pucayacu. On August 22 a mass grave was found in Pucayacu with fifty unrecognizable corpses, as they had apparently been burned with …

    Pucayacu, Huanta, Ayacucho Informe CVR, páginas 93-94
  12. Pucayacu Massacre - Caravan of Death

    On August 23, 49 corpses were discovered buried in graves in Pucayacu, a few kilometers north of the city of Huanta. All were citizens previously detained in the Huanta Stadium by the Marine Infantry, and then transferred in a sort of 'caravan of death' to territory belonging to the province …

    Pucayacu, Acobamba, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 270-271
  13. 50 corpses with signs of torture found in graves at Pucayacu

    The Commission analyzed the case of Pucayacu where 50 bodies were found in 4 graves in the area. Many of the bodies were found with their hands tied and most showed gunshot wounds to the head and other injuries caused by sharp-edged weapons. In some cases there were traces of …

    Pucayacu, distrito de Marcas, provincia de Acobamba, departamento de Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 2801
  14. Marine responsible for the death of 50 villagers in Pucayacu

    In 1984, the then mayor of Huamanga Leonor Zamora Concha publicly blamed the Marines, stationed in the Municipal Stadium of Huanta, for the death of 50 Ayacucho residents whose bodies were found in a mass grave in the area of Pucayacu. This public denunciation was one of the actions that …

    Pucayacu, Huanta, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 4059
  15. Umasi Massacre

    A group of hikers, part of whom were youths apparently kidnapped the previous day from a neighboring community, took up residence in the Umasi school where they were surprised by a military patrol. None survived the attack. According to witnesses, so far a mass grave with 41 corpses is found …

    Umasi, Víctor Fajardo, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 263
  16. Execution of PCP-SL prisoners at Jinquilpata

    Three days after the battle of Sacsamarca, twenty PCP-SL prisoners who had been subjected to intense torture and deprived of food were taken out of the dungeon. The Sinchis took them to Jinquilpata, a place near the road to Huancasancos, made them stand in line and shot them. The bodies …

    Jinquilpata, Sacsamarca, Huancasancos, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 1868-1869
  17. Arrest of 15 authorities of Quispillacta

    In May 1983, the military detained 15 authorities and community members from Quispillacta, Cangallo district. The detainees were taken to the Totos barracks. They were later killed and buried in a mass grave. This event was part of the counter-subversive strategy implemented by the Armed Forces after entering the area …

    Quispillacta, Cangallo, Ayacucho Informe CVR

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