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 July 19, 1984, Santiago Felipe Loayza Cahuana, teacher and Director of Girls' Educational Center No. 38271 in the Huamanguilla district, was detained by members of the Peruvian Investigative Police (former PIP) and the Marine Infantry when he was on his way to the city of Huamanga with his son …
In July 1984, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso perpetrated a massacre in Pacucro, Huamanguilla district, Huanta province, killing more than 40 people. This event occurred in the context of the intensification of the armed conflict in the area, during one of the most violent years recorded in the provinces of Huanta, Huamanga …
In June 1984, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Huamanguilla police post. This attack took place in a context of intensifying violence in the province of Huanta, where subversive forces, law enforcement and peasant patrols were engaged in constant confrontations. The attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy to weaken …
On April 22, 1984, the mayor of the district of Huamanguilla, Juan Contreras Marmolejo, was hanged by the Shining Path in the town's main square. Along with him, the local justice of the peace was murdered. This murder was part of the PCP-SL's strategy of attacking local authorities during 1984, …
During 1984, in the context of increasing violence and terror in Ayacucho, the first mass graves were discovered in Huamanguilla and Pucayacu. These findings showed the magnitude of the human rights violations committed during the period when the Navy was operating in the area and the Self-Defense Committees had been …
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