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.
Under pressure from the murders in CAT Quisuni, in a very firm statement, the Ayaviri Prelature distances itself from the land seizures, affirming its rejection of any act of violence and calling for the land problem to be solved through dialogue and democracy. The Prelature also disassociates itself from responsibilities, …
The MRTA kidnapped the president of the San Martin County, Demetrio Tafur Ruiz, requesting the intervention of the Church to solve this problem. Tafur was released on July 28, through the mediation of the Church. This case shows the mediating role that the Church played in some conflicts with subversive …
The members of the vicariates of Ayaviri, Sicuani, Juli and Puno meet to evaluate the situation of violence in the region. They underline the need to know the data, the project and the path of the Shining Path in the area and to develop a code of codes for internal …
Between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. on August 1, 1984, a Navy patrol violently broke into the Callqui Evangelical Presbyterian Church where 27 people, including 10 minors, were worshiping. The troops entered shooting in the air, formed two lines with guns pointed at them and selected six adult males. They took …
Members of the Civil Guard brutally raided the premises of the Amazonian Center for Anthropology and Practical Application (CAAAP) in Iquitos, following orders from above. The raid took place late at night on July 28, ripping off the doors with the aim of finding subversive material. The bishops of Iquitos …
On Saturday, September 19, 1981, dynamite firecrackers exploded at the main gate of the Bishopric of the Prelature of Juli. This attack occurred approximately one month after about 40 masked hikers ransacked the Palermo farm, where the Institute of Rural Education (IER) was located, five kilometers from the town of …
In September 1981, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso launched a bomb against the headquarters of the Prelature of Juli. This attack occurred one month after the attack on the Palermo Rural Institute of the Maryknoll Fathers, near Juli, in August 1981. Both assaults provoked a strong wave of indignation among the local …
In 1967, the APRA, allied with the oligarchic sectors and the Huamanga clergy, decided to create the Catholic University of Ayacucho, which would later take the name of Universidad Particular de Ayacucho Victor Andres Belaunde (UPA). With the support of Luis Alberto Sanchez, rector of San Marcos, the UPA received …
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