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.
Members of the PCP-SL enter a farm in Vilcashuamán, take the owner hostage and assassinate him on March 26. This type of action was part of the PCP-SL strategy of attacking representatives of economic power in rural areas.
On December 24, 1980, between 200 to 300 peasants were gathered by the PCP-SL commando in the neighboring community of Pujas to assault the Ayzarca hacienda during the night. During the assault, they assassinated Benigno Medina, the hacienda owner, and his butler. This attack was part of the PCP-SL's initial …
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