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 12, 1994, the PCP-SL again raided the town of Andajes, located in the province of Huaura. During this raid, the Shining Pathists executed six people. This attack represents the second violent incursion by the PCP-SL in Andajes, as four years earlier, in 1990, they had attacked the town, …
In 1994, the PCP-SL again raided the town of Andajes, killing six people. This was the second violent incursion by the PCP-SL in this locality, after a first attack in 1990 where they had selectively assassinated five local authorities. The aggressiveness of the Shining Path against Andajes exemplifies their strategy …
Disappearance of journalist Pedro Yauri in Huaura, Lima. The case is attributed to the Colina Group, although the perpetrator has not yet been clearly identified.
On June 24, 1992, in the countryside of the Huaura valley, five members of the Ventocilla Castillo family were murdered. The crime was apparently committed by the paramilitary group Colina. The victims were accused of providing support to itinerant Shining Path groups. This murder is part of the context of …
On June 24, 1992, the paramilitary group "Colina" murdered five members of the Ventocilla Castillo family in the countryside of the Huaura valley. The victims were accused of providing support to itinerant Shining Path groups. This murder was one of the most notorious crimes committed in the coastal area during …
Agents of the Peruvian Army detain and disappear journalist Pedro Yauri Bustamante in Huaura. This case represents one of the many forced disappearances of journalists during the internal armed conflict.
Irene Gonzales Camones, General Secretary of Cambio 90 in the province of Huaura, was assassinated by Shining Path militants in 1992. This assassination was part of a series of selective assassinations by the PCP-SL against political authorities in the coastal provinces. In the same context, the Mayor of the District …
In 1992, Shining Path militants assassinated the Mayor of the District of Huaura, Jesús Morales Bermúdez, along with employee Róger Huerta. This murder was part of a series of selective assassinations perpetrated by the PCP-SL in the coastal provinces since 1992, the year of Abimael Guzmán's capture. The Shining Path's …
In 1992, Shining Path militants carried out a series of bomb attacks against state and financial institutions in the district of Huaura. The attacks were directed against the premises of the Banco de Materiales, Banco de la Nación and the Garita de Control of the Huaura District. Police officer Osvaldo …
In November 1990, the PCP-SL raided the town of Andajes to carry out selective assassinations against local authorities. The victims were Alejandro Torres, Heracleo Segundo, Juan Segundo, Cornejo and Tito, most of them local authorities. This attack exemplifies the aggressiveness of the Shining Path against villages that rejected their political-military …
In November 1990, the PCP-SL raided the town of Andajes with the aim of carrying out selective assassinations against local authorities. The victims were Alejandro Torres, Heracleo Segundo, Juan Segundo, Cornejo and Tito, most of them local authorities. This attack exemplifies the aggressiveness of the Shining Path against villages that …
In 1990, there was a confrontation between police forces and subversive elements of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the district of Ambar, province of Huaura. The confrontation resulted in the death of two subversives. This event occurred in the context of a Shining Path offensive that had spread between 1989 and …
In 1990, a third confrontation took place in Aynaca, Ambar district, Huaura province, between police forces and subversive elements of the PCP-SL. The confrontation resulted in a total of 5 deaths. According to the report, some of the dead appeared to be important military cadres of the PCP-SL. This confrontation …
Priests Jorge Alvarez Calderon and Luis Hernot, from Lima, were arrested by members of the national police at the retreat house in Huaura. The bishopric of Huacho, by means of a communiqué, rejected any attempt to link the priests with possible terrorist actions.
In 1989, police forces arrested Jorge Napoleón, Goñe León López and Vibiana López Collazos in Aynaca-Ámbar, accused of terrorism. Subsequently, the three detainees were killed by the police. This event occurred in the context of the police response to the extension of the actions of the main PCP-SL forces to …
By law in 1988, the former province of Chancay changed its name to Huaura. The province has 12 districts and after Lima, it is the most populated province in the department, with a sustained population growth that went from 112,694 inhabitants in 1972 to 164,704 inhabitants in 1993. The two …
Robinsón Silva Mori was a university student who was killed by police forces in Huaura province in 1987. He was accused of terrorism in the context of the internal armed conflict. This murder occurred during the period when the security forces were conducting intelligence operations in the area north of …
An emerretista commando took over the Historical Museum of Huaura and recovered a silver replica of San Martin's sword, the original flag with which he proclaimed the independence of Peru, the Order of the Sun Decoration and the original of San Martin's Proclamation. With this symbolic gesture, the MRTA sought …
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