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.
On June 15, 1990, PCP-Sendero Luminoso militants assassinated the governor of the district of La Merced in Churcampa, Huancavelica. This assassination was part of a series of selective executions carried out by the PCP-SL against local authorities and alleged collaborators of the military forces in the area. The governor was …
The PCP-SL attacked the district of Layo, province of Canas, assassinating Mayor Claudio Huilca, Judge Jorge Padín and Governor Benigno Paca. This multiple attack against local authorities is evidence of the PCP-SL's strategy to eliminate the presence of the State in rural areas.
In August 1988, the PCP-SL made a violent incursion into the district capital of San Juan de Jarpa, assassinating Governor Alejandro Molina Alvarado. During the same raid, the Shining Pathists dynamited and set fire to several public and private premises, including the Municipality, the Promotion and Training Center (PROCAD), and …
During the first half of 1986, multiple murders of peasants and attacks on villages took place in the province of La Convención. On July 7, 1986, the governor of Huallan and his son were assassinated as part of a series of violent actions that included murders in Usnuyoc (April 28), …
On April 9, 1983, Shining Path members entered Chuschi and assassinated the governor and four peasants after subjecting them to a "popular trial". This event is part of the PCP-SL strategy of "beating the countryside" by assassinating authorities and "enemies" in general. The assassinations took place in the context of …
On November 5, 1982, the governor of Alcamenca, in the province of Fajardo, was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This assassination was part of a series of executions of local authorities and people accused of 'snitching' that intensified during that year. The event occurred in the context of the PCP-SL's …
On July 14, 1982, the governor of Cayara, in the province of Fajardo, was assassinated as part of the PCP-SL's strategy to "beat the countryside" by assassinating authorities and "enemies" in general. This assassination is part of a series of violent actions that the PCP-SL carried out during 1982 against …
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