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.
The Cartagena Declaration was an international agreement made in the context of a meeting of presidents. According to the CVR report, this declaration would include emergency social programs, rural development and promotion of non-traditional exports. The document is mentioned in the context of Peru's foreign relations during Alan Garcia's administration. …
The Executive Branch called for an extraordinary session of Congress, which took place from January 5 to 19, 1990. The main objective of this extraordinary session was to debate and approve bills related to the country's decentralization process. This call was made in a complex political context, during the last …
On October 16, 1989, a police strike took place in Peru. This event occurred in a complex political context, during the government of Alan Garcia Perez, marked by intense political violence and preparations for the general elections. The police strike took place a few days after the closing of registration …
Law No. 25103, enacted on October 5, 1989, established for the first time in Peru a legal framework for the reduction, exemption and remission of sentences for persons convicted of terrorist crimes. This law was the first criminal law provision in the country, the main purpose of which was to …
On February 6, 1989, the first extraordinary legislature called by the Executive Branch was installed. The purpose of this extraordinary session of Congress was to culminate the process of approval of the bill on amparo and on the elections of the regional assemblies. Both laws were subsequently enacted by President …
In November 1988, due to the increase in the number of attacks and victims caused by the PCP-SL and the MRTA, Alan Garcia's government decreed a State of Emergency in all provinces and districts of Junin. Army General Manuel Delgado Rojas was appointed as Chief of the Political Military Command. …
The presentation of the ministerial cabinet headed by Premier Guillermo Larco Cox in the Chamber of Deputies ended on April 29. This presentation was extended for three days of discussions and imputations. On April 26, the entire ministerial team headed by Larco Cox had been presented before Congress. Previously, on …
On April 26, 1988, the entire ministerial team headed by Prime Minister Guillermo Larco Cox was presented before Congress. This presentation was made after Larco Cox had appeared in the Chamber of Deputies on April 13 before an audience made up only of representatives of the APRA bench, due to …
Faced with the increase in subversive actions and the territorial expansion of the PCP-SL and MRTA in the region, Alan Garcia's government declared the provinces of Chanchamayo, Oxapampa and Satipo in a state of emergency in 1988. This measure was taken in response to the growing control that both subversive …
The Peruvian government decides to devalue the national currency by an average of 50%. This economic measure takes place in the context of tensions with international financial organizations such as the IMF, which had declared Peru ineligible in August of that year. The devaluation is part of the economic policies …
General EP Enrique López Albújar Trint is sworn in as the country's first Minister of Defense on October 14, 1987. This event marks an important institutional milestone in the history of the Peruvian Armed Forces, since the Ministry of Defense is created for the first time. The event took place …
On October 2, 1987, Alberto Vera La Rosa, an APRA militant, was sworn in as Minister of Industry, Tourism, Commerce and Integration in the government of President Alan Garcia Perez. This appointment followed the resignation of Manuel Romero Caro as Minister of Industry and Tourism in September of the same …
Manuel Romero Caro resigned from the Ministry of Industry and Tourism in September 1987. His resignation took place in a political context marked by the controversy generated by the nationalization of the banking system proposed by President Alan García Pérez in July of that year. The position was subsequently assumed …
Law 24700 was the first legal provision establishing procedures for the preliminary investigation and prosecution of terrorist crimes. This norm established an investigation scheme adjusted to the constitutional program of the political charter of 1979, prescribing that the Provincial Prosecutor would be directly in charge of the investigation in defense …
The Peruvian government accepted the resignation of the general director of the Police Forces and the senior directors of the Civil Guard (GC) and the Republican Guard (GR). This decision took place in a context of increasing political violence and terrorism in the country. The resignations were part of changes …
Law No. 24651, enacted on March 20, 1987 during Alan Garcia's administration, introduced in the Penal Code a section called 'Terrorism Crimes'. This law defined terrorism in terms similar to Legislative Decree No. 046 of 1981, punishing whoever with the purpose of provoking or maintaining a state of anxiety, alarm …
The XVII International Socialist Congress was held in Lima on June 20, 1986. This international event took place a few days after the start of the XVIII Conference of the Socialist International Women, which had begun on June 16 in the same city. The congress took place in a very …
On June 18 and 19, 1986, a massacre took place in the prisons of Lima and Callao. This event occurred in the context of riots and tensions in the prisons where prisoners accused of terrorism were being held. The incident is mentioned as one of the most significant events of …
On June 18 and 19, 1986, there was a riot of subversive prisoners in three prisons in Lima: CRAS Lurigancho (124 dead), CRAS El Frontón (more than 100 dead), and CRAS Santa Bárbara (3 inmates dead). This event was the largest collective massacre in the history of Peru up to …
The Peace Commission was reconstituted with new members after the original members resigned in January 1986. The original Peace Council had been created in October 1985 by the government of Alan García Pérez and included Monsignor Augusto Beuzeville Ferro (president), Fernando Cabieses Molina, César Rodríguez Rabanal, Alberto Giesecke Matto and …
From February 9 to 14, 1986, the Third Central Committee of the MRTA (Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement) was held. This event represented a meeting of the leadership of this subversive organization to define strategies and political lines. The CVR Report document briefly mentions this event in the context of the …
The members of the Peace Council offered their resignation due to the problems they have encountered in the performance of their duties. The Council had been created in October of the previous year. The commissioners who resigned were Monsignor Augusto Beuzeville Ferro (president), Fernando Cabieses Molina, César Rodríguez Rabanal, Alberto …
Antonio Palomino was removed from his position as head of the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE) for stating that the PCP-SL detainees were political prisoners. This statement generated controversy in the political context of the time. Even Alfonso Barrantes Lingán, mayor of Lima and leader of Izquierda Unida, stated the next …
On August 19, 1985, the Peruvian government announced the decision to dismiss and retire 37 generals from the Police Forces. This measure took place in the context of the reorganization of the Police Forces which had been approved by Congress on August 15 by means of a law declaring the …
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