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 April 4, 1995, a subversive column of the PCP-SL formed by approximately 20 people intercepted a bus of the "Sanchez Lopez" Company that covered the route Huamachuco-Trujillo, at the height of the "El Toro" lagoon. This place is significant because ten years earlier, in 1985, two officers of the …
On July 18, 1993, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out a bomb attack that completely destroyed the Yamobamba hydroelectric plant, which supplied electricity to the city of Huamachuco. As a result of the attack, the entire city was without electricity for more than 8 months. This attack took place in the …
On May 2, 1993, in the town of Huamansalla, district of Huamachuco, province of Sanchez Carrion, the Peruvian National Police killed six members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in an armed confrontation. This event occurred in the context of the counter-subversive offensive that intensified since 1992, after the capture of Abimael …
During an armed strike called by the PCP-SL in 1993, the subversives carried out one of their main military actions during the entire period of violence in the region. They ambushed a combined army and police caravan in the town of Los Frailones, in Huamachuco. The attack resulted in the …
On November 5, 1992, a group of hikers entered the town of Zarin, in the province of Sanchez Carrion (Huamachuco) at night. During this incursion, the PCP-SL selectively assassinated three local authorities: the Judge, the Governor and the Mayor of the town. This attack was part of the Shining Path's …
On October 4, 1990, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated the Deputy Mayor in the district of Sanagorán, province of Sánchez Carrión. This assassination is part of the PCP-SL's systematic strategy of eliminating local authorities in the Huamachuco region. Previously, in 1984, the PCP-SL had already assassinated Mayor Alejandro Polo Baca and …
In 1989, in the city of Huamachuco, Shining Path detachments of the PCP-SL successively assassinated two of the city's mayors. First, Mayor Ricardo Woolcott Morales, an APRA militant, was assassinated, followed by his replacement, Víctor Espinoza Luna. These assassinations were part of the PCP-SL strategy of eliminating local authorities to …
On January 5, 1988, at 6:00 a.m., Mr. Sotomayor, Sub Prefect of the Province of Sanchez Carrion, was assassinated in Huamachuco. This assassination occurred in a context of increasing violence in the region, where both the PCP-SL and the police forces committed violent acts against authorities and civilians. Many locals …
In 1987, in the town of Hualay, province of Huamachuco (Sánchez Carrión), a group of PCP-Sendero Luminoso militants executed the president of the Rondas Campesinas, his wife and the Lieutenant Governor. This attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy to harass and eliminate local authorities and leaders who opposed …
In 1986, armed confrontations took place in the former Cochabamba farm, which was part of the SAIS Tahuantinsuyo in the province of Sánchez Carrión (Huamachuco). This event is framed in the context of the violence generated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the region, where the Agricultural Societies of Social Interest …
In 1986, in Curgos, district of Huamachuco, 12 hikers were surprised while resting in the house of Carmen Sandoval Loayza. During the attack, three hikers were killed in the confrontation. Carmen Sandoval's daughter was killed in the archway at the entrance to the town and another hiker was killed nearby. …
In 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attempted to thwart the electoral process in the locality of Marcabalito, district of Huamachuco, province of Sanchez Carrion. This event was part of the Shining Path's strategy to sabotage democratic institutions and local authorities in the region. The attempt is part of the initial period …
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