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.
Antenógenes Haro Cruz expanded his complaint, pointing to the President of CORDE Ancash, the Mayor of the Provincial Council of Huaraz and some members of the Civil Guard as the perpetrators of the kidnapping of his brother and César Mautino. At the same time, Pía Sabina Camones de Mautino, César …
Between 09:30 and 10:00 hours, Pedro Eduardo Haro Cruz and César Augusto Mautino Camones were intercepted while they were riding their bicycles along the Shansha Curve, 7 kilometers from Huaraz. Two unknown persons forced them to get into a closed orange van with license plate RE-5508, a CORDE Ancash vehicle …
On May 10, 1988, the PCP-SL dynamited the Civil Guard post in Araqueda, Cachachi district, Cajabamba province. This attack was part of a series of violent actions by the PCP-SL in the Araqueda area, where multiple executions of authorities and villagers were also carried out. The Araqueda area was the …
On the last day of 1987, a subversive group assassinated a civilian guard in the city of Huancayo. This murder took place in the context of an escalation of violence in the Mantaro valley, where the PCP-SL intensified its actions of 'selective annihilation' against members of the forces of law …
On August 29, 1987, a detachment of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Civil Guard headquarters and an army barracks in the very center of the city of Cuzco. This attack demonstrated the confidence in their forces that the PCP-SL had at the time. The attack was part of a series …
The command of the Civil Guard and the army barracks in the city of Cuzco were attacked by the PCP-SL. This attack on military installations in the departmental capital is evidence of the audacity and operational capacity of the subversive group in urban areas.
In August 1987, the Civil Guard Headquarters located in the very center of the city of Cuzco suffered a subversive attack perpetrated by the Shining Path PCP. This attack represented a significant escalation in urban violence in the Cuzco region, demonstrating the subversive group's ability to strike targets in the …
On July 2, 1987, Constantino Saavedra, a member of the Peruvian Peasant Confederation and leader of the Departmental Agrarian Federation of Ayacucho, was arrested in the province of Huamanga. He was tortured by members of the Civil Guard and later released. His detention exemplifies how participation in marches, union protests …
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 …
On May 25, 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Pisac police post in the province of Cuzco. During the attack, Civil Guard Jaime Quispe was killed. This attack took place in the context of a series of PCP-SL offensives against various police posts in the high provinces of Cuzco during …
The PCP-SL attacked the Pisac police post, resulting in the death of Civil Guard Jaime Quispe. This attack was part of the systematic strategy of harassment of police forces in rural areas of Cuzco.
On May 7, 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Civil Guard police post in Urubamba, province of the department of Cuzco. This attack was part of a series of violent actions that the PCP-SL carried out against police posts in the provinces of Cuzco during the period of expanding violence …
In March 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso dynamited the Civil Guard post of Luchubamba, in the district of Sitacocha, Cajabamba province. The attack resulted in the death of a policeman and one of the Shining Path attackers. Later, in October of the same year, a group of fifteen hikers entered Luchubamba …
On January 27, 1987, there was a massacre of peasants in the province of Chumbivilcas, department of Cuzco, perpetrated by the Civil Guard. This event occurred in the context of the highland provinces of the department, where the situation of the internal armed conflict was different from other areas. In …
In the province of Chumbivilcas, department of Cuzco, the Civil Guard committed the murder of teachers and students in the towns of Quiñota and Santo Tomás during 1987. This occurred in the context of a first massacre of peasants perpetrated by the same Civil Guard on January 27, 1987 in …
The First Mixed Chamber of the Correctional Court of Ayacucho sentenced eleven members of the Civil Guard for the murder of 32 inhabitants of Socos. The sentences ranged from 10 to 25 years in prison. The police officers were found to have executed the peasants, tampered with evidence and persecuted …
Members of the Civil Guard Edgar Vizcarra and Gilberto Aspajo were killed by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso on their way to work. This double murder was part of the strategy of selective annihilations against the forces of law and order.
Civil Guard Demetrio Cano Garibay was killed by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso while he was working outside a bank agency in the district of San Martin de Porres. Two armed men got out of a vehicle and shot him at point-blank range and then sped away.
On July 31, 1985, Claudio Palomino Curo and his nephew Gerardo Palomino Ricra were detained by members of the Civil Guard at the Luricocha checkpoint when they were returning to their home in the district of Marccaraccay. During the bus stop, the police officers asked them about Paulino Palomino Curo, …
Three hooded men attacked the Zarzuela police post in the city of Cuzco, resulting in the death of Civil Guard Isauro Loayza Vargas. This selective attack against police officers was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to weaken the presence of the State.
On April 19, 1985, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out an assault against the Civil Guard detachment in Urcos, Quispicanchi province. This attack was part of the first phase of real violence in the Cuzco region, which began with the harassment and attack on rural and urban police posts. The assault …
Elements of the PCP-SL attacked the Civil Guard post located in Urcos, province of Quispicanchi, department of Cuzco. This attack was part of the subversive group's territorial expansion strategy in the southern Andean region.
On February 18, 1985, an armed confrontation took place in the area of Pichari, province of La Convención, department of Cuzco. As a result of the combat, 13 PCP-Sendero Luminoso terrorists were killed. Four civilian guards were also wounded in the confrontation. This event was part of the period of …
On January 29, 1985, approximately 40 people attacked the Civil Guard post in Orurillo, province of Melgar, department of Puno. This attack was part of the actions of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the Puno region during the period of expanding violence. The attack on Orurillo took place in the context …
The Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path carried out its first assault against a Civil Guard post in San Sebastian, Cuzco province. This attack marked the beginning of the armed actions of the PCP-SL in the Cuzco region, expanding its presence from Ayacucho to other areas of the southern …
A Civil Guard patrol accompanied by Incahuasi ronderos carried out an operation in Lucmahuaycco. According to the police report, a guerrilla base was detected in the Cacaopampa sector at 5:30 am, capturing 18 elderly women, 2 minors and 7 men after an alleged armed confrontation. On the same day at …
On November 26, 1984, the PCP-SL clashed with the Civil Guard in Vilcabamba, Cuzco. That same day there was an attack by the PCP-SL and several murders in Lucmahuayco. This event was part of a series of violent actions that the PCP-SL carried out in the Apurimac River Valley area …
On November 26, 1984, the Shining Path clashed with the Civil Guard in Vilcabamba, province of La Convención, department of Cuzco. This confrontation occurred in the context of an intensification of Shining Path actions in the Apurimac river valley and surrounding areas. On the same day there was an attack …
Members of the Civil Guard and ronderos detained, tortured and killed Ignacio Pahuara Lima, his wife Herminia Pacheco Rimachi and their neighbor Jesusa Sánchez Chacas in the Milhar area. Ignacio had come down from the hill where he was hiding, relying on a police credential. Also injured was Lorenza Pahuara …
On the way to Lucmahuaycco, members of the Civil Guard and ronderos killed seven peasants in the Vacachacra area. The victims were tortured, executed and then burned. Among those identified were Pedro Casa Saca (25), Fabián Salcedo Coronado (40), Silvio Delgado Moraya (40), Fabián Cruz Pepa (40), Marcelo Díaz Cusi …
On August 15, 1984, the residents of Pago de Llansa went to the town of Luricocha to take a census at the request of the police. Cirilo Barboza Sánchez and Alejandro Gutiérrez Taype were separated by members of the Luricocha police and taken inside the police station. When the family …
Two weeks after his arbitrary arrest on July 27, 1984, Jesús Oropeza was murdered by his Civil Guard captors. Seven members of the police were subsequently prosecuted by the judiciary. This case exemplifies state violence against social leaders during the internal armed conflict.
On July 28, 1984, at four o'clock in the morning, Jesus Manuel Oropeza Chonta was taken in a green Pick Up truck from Puquio to the Andamarca Military Base by a Civil Guard patrol. The military chief refused to receive him and ordered his execution. On the way back, in …
Jesús Oropeza, peasant leader, was arrested by agents of the Civil Guard in the province of Puquio, department of Ayacucho. His detention was later denied by the authorities. This case is part of the human rights violations committed during the internal armed conflict, where social leaders were victims of arbitrary …
On July 27, 1984, members of the Civil Guard arrested Jesús Oropesa Chonta in Puquio, Ayacucho, on an alleged terrorism charge. Oropesa Chonta was a peasant leader in the area. His detention was followed by his forced disappearance, which caused a commotion in the country's political circles. The case was …
On July 27, 1984, members of the Civil Guard detained and assassinated in Puquio the peasant leader Jesús Oropesa, burning his corpse, which was not found until August 10. Oropesa was a leader of the national CNA and of the Uteq community, and proposed the maintenance of the Viseca hacienda …
On July 27, 1984, at approximately four o'clock in the afternoon, Jesús Manuel Oropeza Chonta, a 33-year-old peasant leader, Secretary of Peasant Communities of the National Agrarian Confederation and Vice-President of the Agrarian League 'María Parado de Bellido' of Lucanas, was in the main square of Puquio when two members …
On July 4, 1984, the second attack by the PCP-SL against the Civil Guard post in Aucayacu took place. This attack occurred five months after the first attack on January 31, 1984. A UMOPAR unit arrived several hours after the attack, when the hikers had already withdrawn, and retaliated against …
On April 30, 1984, the Civil Guard clashed with a column of hikers in Erapata, Vilcabamba district, in the department of Cuzco. In the confrontation, a police sergeant and 22 subversives were killed. In addition, the police arrested 10 women and 15 men. This confrontation occurred in the same district …
On April 30, 1984, there was an armed confrontation between the Civil Guard and subversive elements of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the town of Erapata, Lucmahuayco. The clash resulted in the death of 22 subversives and a police sergeant. This event was part of the escalation of violence that characterized …
A woman was a victim of mass rape in the Cangallo barracks. According to her testimony, she was raped by more than 15 to 17 men of the Civil Guard. The victim was pregnant at the time of the events and told the perpetrators, but they did not care. During …
On January 31, 1984, the first large-scale attack by the PCP-SL against the town of Aucayacu took place. The hikers simultaneously attacked the Banco de la Nacion and the first post of the Civil Guard, both located on Jiron Tupac Amaru. During the attack, they released people who were detained …
On January 22, 1984, in Villa El Salvador, Lima, elements of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Civil Guard post. This attack took place in the context of the intensification of subversive actions in Metropolitan Lima during the first stage of the internal armed conflict (1980-1984). The attack was part of …
Two days after the massacre, in retaliation for the denunciations, police officers executed teacher Victoria Cueto Janampa in her home, shooting her in the head. They also kidnapped and executed Vicente Quispe Flores, abandoning his body on the Huaytará bridge. They also murdered Javier Gutiérrez Gamboa, a young man who …
On November 13, 1983, a group of members of the Civil Guard in charge of the police post of Soccos, province of Huamanga, Ayacucho, killed 32 peasants who were participating in a communal party. This massacre occurred on the same day as the municipal elections that were being held throughout …
On November 13, 1983, 32 people were killed in Socos, a district in the province of Huamanga. This event was perpetrated by members of the Civil Guard (GC) of Socos. The Socos massacre occurred in the context of the entry of the Armed Forces into the region in 1983 and …
On the night of November 13, 1983, during a traditional marriage proposal party (Yaycupacu), members of the former Civil Guard from the Socos detachment violently detained the attendees. They took them to the Quebrada de Balcón where, at approximately 2:30 a.m., they executed 29 peasants at point blank range, including …
The PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Civil Guard police post in Tinta, province of Canchis, department of Cuzco. This attack was part of the first incursions of the PCP-SL in the high provinces of the department of Cuzco. The attack on Tinta occurred in the context of an escalation of subversive …
On October 30, 1983 in Acobamba, alleged subversives clashed with members of the Civil Guard, leaving more than 20 dead and 15 wounded. Most of the victims were innocent peasants who were caught in the crossfire. This confrontation occurred in a context where Sendero Luminoso had intensified its actions in …
By order of the Political Military Command of the Ayacucho Emergency Zone, a counter-subversive detachment of the then Civil Guard was established in Socos. Among the personnel there were several 'Sinchis', police officers specialized in anti-subversive activities. According to testimonies, these officers committed abuses against the population, appropriating property and …
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