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 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 …
Republican Guard Eduardo Bonilla Ramos was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso as part of a series of selective annihilations against members of the forces of law and order in Lima during 1986.
On June 27, 1986, President Alan Garcia Perez admitted that there was evidence of the commission of crimes in the Lurigancho prison by the Republican Guard and announced the beginning of an investigation aimed at punishing all those responsible for the massacre, with the famous phrase 'either all those responsible …
Between June 18 and 19, 1986 there were simultaneous riots in three prisons: CRAS Lurigancho, CRAS El Frontón in Callao, and CRAS Santa Bárbara. The riot in Lurigancho was broken up by members of the Navy and the Republican Guard, resulting in 124 inmates dead. In the Frontón prison approximately …
Avelino Zamora, a member of the Republican Guard, was killed as part of the selective annihilations that the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out against members of the forces of law and order in Lima during 1986.
A subversive commando attacked with explosive charges the Officers' Casino of the Republican Guard as a reprisal against its members who had broken up a riot of PCP-SL inmates in the Lurigancho prison on October 4, resulting in the death of more than 30 people.
PCP-SL inmates of the Lurigancho prison rioted to prevent a search. The Peruvian Republican Guard broke up the riot, resulting in the death of 30 inmates. This was one of the first episodes of mass violence in prisons during the internal armed conflict.
In February 1985, a sergeant of the Republican Guard was murdered in Chiaraje, located in the highlands of Canas, department of Cusco. This assassination occurred in the context of the expansion of PCP-Sendero Luminoso violence into the southern Andes. The event occurred shortly after the first assault on a police …
In June 1983, there was a change in police forces in the district of Andarapa, province of Andahuaylas. The Republican Guard that had been operating in the area was replaced by members of the Civil Guard. This change in law enforcement occurred in the context of the intensification of the …
During the national strike of March 10, 1983, four workers were murdered in Lima (Comas) by the Republican Guard. The victims were Sixto Pérez Sánchez, José Antonio Monayco, Liborio Alfonso Aguilar and Hermenegildo Julián Huatuco. This event was documented in complaints filed with the International Labor Organization (ILO) as part …
On March 3, 1983, nine people from the community of Cocairo were detained by combined forces of the Civil Guard, Republican Guard and soldiers from the Los Chancas barracks in Andahuaylas. At the Los Chancas barracks, the detainees were beaten and mistreated in various ways. They remained in the barracks …
On January 10, 1983, a Republican Guard was robbed of his weapon by two alleged PCP-SL militants in the city of Huancayo. This event was part of a series of actions by the PCP-SL aimed at stealing weapons from the forces of law and order. In those same days, the …
In January 1983, a mixed base composed of Sinchis, police and Republican Guard was installed in the community of Pallqas. This installation occurred after the massacre of 40 community members in the temple of the same town at the hands of subversives of the PCP-SL. In mid-January, the police and …
In a confrontation with the Republican Guard, the Shining Path leader Edith Lagos, who had escaped from Ayacucho prison, dies. Her funeral in Huamanga was a massive demonstration.
GR soldiers kill three wounded detainees (Rousell Wensjoe, Amílcar Urbay and Carlos Alcántara), who were hospitalized in the Huamanga Hospital. This constituted a serious violation of human rights and generated protests. The burial of Carlos Alcántara was significant, his coffin was covered with the flag of the PCP-SL.
In the early morning of March 3, hours after the escape from CRAS, a group of Republican guards and other police officers extracted three patients from the central hospital of Huamanga, who were also presumed Shining Path detainees, and cruelly murdered them.
In March 1982, the Republican Guards arrived in Cocayro commanded by Commander Salas. The commander began to read a list and called some community members to arrest them. This operation was part of the police repression actions that intensified in the area after the first armed actions of the PCP-SL. …
Shining Path command assaulted the Huamanga CRAS and rescued its prisoners, managing to escape without an adequate response from the police forces. The assault on the Huamanga prison forced different observers to consider the PCP-SL as a major threat. Hours after the attack, a group of members of the Republican …
In November 1981, militants of the PCP-SL tried to attack the Campo Armiño Hydroelectric Power Plant, located in the district of Colcabamba, province of Tayacaja. The attack was repulsed by the Republican Guard that was guarding the hydroelectric plant. This sabotage attempt was part of the initial strategy of the …
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