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.
Former advisor Vladimiro Montesinos Torres escapes from the country to Panama. On October 22 he left the country at 6:39 p.m. accompanied by three people aboard a ship. The reason for leaving Panama may have been the delay of the Panamanian government in granting him asylum in the face of …
On March 28, 1993, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out one of its most spectacular actions in the department of Cuzco, trying to emulate other similar actions carried out in Ayacucho and Apurimac. The attack on the Q'enqoro prison resulted in the successful escape of 31 subversives, among PCP-Sendero Luminoso and …
There was an attack against the Qenqoro prison with a dump truck full of explosives, and several subversive members of the PCP-SL and MRTA managed to escape. This attack demonstrates the operational capacity of the subversive groups and their strategy to free their imprisoned militants.
On July 9, 1990, 47 MRTA prisoners escaped from Castro Castro Prison through a tunnel. This group included all the important leaders captured to date, with the exception of Peter Cárdenas, who was released shortly after his capture. This escape represented a serious setback for counter-subversive efforts, since the captures …
On July 9, 1990, 49 MRTA inmates managed to escape from a prison, reflecting the serious insecurity of the Peruvian prison system and the mismanagement of prisons during that period.
47 emerretistas, including leaders and militants, escaped through a 332-meter long tunnel that had been built over three years. The impact of the escape placed them once again on the national public scene and aroused sympathy in the places where they had been operating. The operation had been carried out …
The greatest success of the subversives in this period was the escape of 47 MRTA prisoners from the Castro Castro high security prison through a tunnel. This occurred on July 9, just days before the change of government. The acts of violence continued to strike the conscience of the population …
Escape of MRTA leaders from Castro Castro prison. After this escape, the MRTA attempted a dialogue with the government through the kidnapping of a pro-Fujimori congressman, but was rejected. The organization subsequently concluded that its priority should be to rebuild its national leadership through the release of the imprisoned leaders.
The PCP-SL assaults a prison in Cerro de Pasco on June 28. This assault was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to free its imprisoned militants and demonstrate its operational capacity in different regions of the country.
Members of the PCP-SL escaped from the Social Readaptation Center (CRAS) of Huamanga at the beginning of March 1982. This event, together with small attacks that began to unsettle the capital, motivated the first formal meeting of the media to discuss how to cover terrorist violence and avoid being used …
The PCP-SL managed the escape of 304 prisoners from the CRAS of Huamanga, of which approximately 70 were Shining Path members, among them Hildebrando Pérez Huarancca and Edith Lagos. It was the largest military action undertaken by the PCP-SL up to that date and was carried out with surprising effectiveness, …
Members of the PCP-SL assault Ayacucho prison. They escaped 247 prisoners (other sources mention 304), among them Edith Lagos Saenz. This was one of the most daring assaults of the PCP-SL and demonstrated its operational capacity. The assault lasted between March 2 and 3, 1982.
The assault on the High Security Prison (CRAS) of Huamanga took place, from where 304 inmates managed to escape, of which approximately 70 were hikers. The attackers spread throughout the city, dispersing and pinning down the police with gunfire while they subdued the prison guards. The Army troops did not …
Assault by the PCP-SL on the Center for Reclusion and Social Adaptation (CRAS) of Huamanga. A group of approximately 100 subversives attacked the prison. A total of 247 inmates escaped, of which at least 50 were sentenced or being prosecuted for alleged terrorism. The assault left two policemen dead: Florencio …
The Shining Path PCP carried out an assault on the CRAS prison (Centro de Readaptación Social) of Huamanga in March 1982, managing to escape prisoners. This was one of the events of greatest impact during the initial period of the internal armed conflict, together with the assaults on police posts …
Attempted escape from the Huamanga Center for Imprisonment and Social Adaptation (CRAS). In this attempt four subversives died and Eucario Najarro Jáuregui and Vicente Amilcar Urbay Ovalle were seriously wounded. They were taken to the hospital of Huamanga under surveillance of the Civil Guard. Carlos Alcántara, a school student and …
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