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.
Interview conducted with a Dominican nun of Colombian nationality in the city of Ayacucho during May 2002. The interview is part of the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR) in compiling testimonies on the internal armed conflict in Peru. The testimony of the nun is framed in the …
In 1993, the Human Rights Office of the Vicariate of Pucallpa succeeded in forming a support network by appointing pastoral agents in the department of Ucayali. These agents had the mission of disseminating the support of the Catholic Church to the victims of political violence in the region. In addition, …
The San Andrés parish was founded in Huaycán, a name suggested by Father Tadeo Passini and accepted by Cardinal Augusto Vargas Alzamora, then Archbishop of Lima. On this basis, the parish complex was built, which included a series of services, a library and a radio station. That same year, concerned …
The I Encuentro de Rondas del Alto Mayo was organized by OPASM (Oficina Prelatural de Acción Social de Moyobamba) and the rondas campesinas in 1992 in Buenos Aires, San Martín. This meeting was part of a series of regional meetings of peasant patrols held that year to strengthen community organization. …
An Italian priest was murdered in the town of Santa, province of Santa, department of Ancash. This crime occurred in the context of a series of attacks against religious in the region during August 1991. Days earlier, on August 9, a group of subversives had assassinated the mayor of Pariacoto …
On April 20, 1991, the Commission for the Pacification of the San Martin Region was created, promoted by the Catholic Church. Its steering committee was made up of various entities representing the region: the National University of San Martin, the Coordinating Committee of Political Parties, the Association of Lawyers, FEDIP-Departmental, …
At the end of 1991, the mayor of Villa El Salvador, Johny Rodríguez, attempted to create a broad front against the PCP-SL in the district from within the municipality, promoting the formation of the Mesa por la Paz y el Desarrollo (Roundtable for Peace and Development). This initiative was intended …
The I Regional Meeting of Peasant Patrols was held in Shapaja in 1991, marking an important milestone in the organization of the peasant patrols in the department of San Martin. During this meeting, by unanimous decision of the participants, the Prelatural Office of Social Action of Moyobamba (OPASM) was elected …
Monsignor Augusto Vargas Alzamora paid a visit to the FREDEMO presidential candidate, Mario Vargas Llosa, as a gesture of support during the electoral campaign. This visit took place in the context of the presidential elections to be held on April 8, 1990. The document also mentions that the National Evangelical …
The Second Forum for Life and Peace was organized in 1990 with the support of the Episcopal Conference. This event took place in a context of worsening political violence in Lima, particularly in the Northern Zone. Unlike the first forum organized in 1987, attendance at the Second Forum was very …
In 1990, with the support of the Prelatural Office of Social Action of Moyobamba (OPASM), the Shapaja peasant patrol was legally established. This institutionalization process was part of a broader pacification strategy promoted by the Catholic Church in the San Martin region. OPASM had been created in 1988 to assist …
The parish house in Chavin was the target of an attack in November 1989. This attack added to the series of aggressions against Catholic Church installations in various regions of the country. The objective was to intimidate pastoral agents and weaken the presence of the Church in rural areas.
The cathedral tower in Huari was dynamited in an attack against the Catholic Church. This act is part of the Shining Path's systematic campaign against religious institutions in various regions of the country. The attack was intended to intimidate the population and weaken the presence of the Church.
The vicariates of Puno, Juliaca, Ayaviri and Sicuani issued a joint statement expressing their condemnation and rejection of the actions of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL). The communiqué specifically criticized the coercion, authoritarianism and destruction that characterized the actions of the subversive group in the region. …
On May 21, 1989, the PCP-SL attacked the Waqrani Rural Education Institute, an educational center run by the South Andean Catholic Church. This attack was part of the violent actions of the subversive group in the southern Andean region of the country. Days after the attack, on May 25, the …
Cardinal Juan Landázuri Ricketts publicly stated that the Catholic Church is willing to mediate if there are positive signs of a dialogue with the subversives. This statement was made in a context of intensifying political violence in the country, particularly after the PCP-SL attack on the Uchiza police post on …
Terrorists placed dynamite in the cathedral of Trujillo in an attack against the Catholic Church. This act is part of the Shining Path's escalation of violence against religious institutions. The attack was intended to intimidate the church and demonstrate the power of the subversive group in important urban areas.
On February 9, 1989, 8 peasants were massacred during a mobilization in Pucallpa. This event was denounced by the Catholic Church through the Human Rights Office of the Vicariate of Pucallpa. The massacre took place in the context of generalized violence in the department of Ucayali, where both subversive groups …
In 1989, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso destroyed the Waqrani Rural Education Institute (IER), located in the department of Puno. This institute belonged to the Catholic Church and was supported by the Unified Mariateguist Party (PUM). The destruction of IER Waqrani took place in the context of the rearticulation of a new …
In 1989, the PCP-SL declared the beginning of the second stage of its people's war, called 'strategic balance'. This phase marked a change in the group's strategy, moving from a defensive position to a more direct offensive against institutions and organizations. During this stage, the PCP-SL intensified its attacks against …
In the face of the violence that had been unleashed throughout the department of San Martin, the Catholic Church decided to open the Prelatural Office of Social Action of Moyobamba (OPASM), with headquarters in Tarapoto. The OPASM was created on August 30, 1988 after the agreement of three institutions: Episcopal …
On July 3, 1988, Juan Luis Cipriani was named auxiliary bishop of Ayacucho, who little by little acquired a certain influence in the political life of the department. Cipriani will maintain a position justifying the violation of human rights, endorsing with his words and omissions the numerous murders committed by …
In May 1988, Pope John Paul II made his second visit to Lima. On the occasion of this papal visit, there was a significant increase in violence in the Peruvian capital. Shortly before the arrival of the pontiff, security forces defused a car bomb that had been placed near Air …
Faced with the violence that broke out in the department of Ucayali, the Catholic Church, through the Vicariate of Pucallpa, established in 1988 the Vicariate's Human Rights Office based in Pucallpa. This Office had two priority areas of attention: the area of complaints of human rights violations, with legal advice …
On December 9, 1987, members of the PCP-SL (Shining Path) committed assassinations in Peru. The text specifically mentions that the assassins are identified as members of the PCP-SL on this date. Days earlier, on December 3, Víctor Acuña Cárdenas, parish priest of the Magdalena Parish in Huamanga (Ayacucho) and director …
Víctor Acuña Cárdenas, pastor of Magdalena Parish in Huamanga, Ayacucho, and director of Caritas of Ayacucho, was murdered by elements of the PCP-SL on December 3, 1987. The assassins were identified as members of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path. This assassination was part of the selective annihilation …
On December 3, 1987, members of the PCP-SL assassinated priest Victor Acuña Cardenas while he was celebrating mass in the Magdalena church in Huamanga. The priest was accused by Shining Path of negotiating food donations for Caritas. This murder occurred in a context of relative calm in the region between …
With the presence of dignitaries of the Catholic Church from Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia, the First International Theological Congress was held in Chimbote. The event brought together Catholic representatives from different continents during the month of September 1986. This congress took place in a context of political violence …
Radio Onda Azul, created in 1958 and owned by the Diocese of Puno, suffered an attack on August 3, 1986 when its antenna was blown up with two dynamite charges. The radio station was actively contributing to the generation of citizen awareness in the face of violence. For many, the …
The Franciscan Mission of Cutivireni suffered a violent attack by a group of hikers that completely destroyed it. The attackers allegedly arrived asking for the exploiting priest with the intention of slitting his throat. This attack is part of the Shining Path's strategy of attacking the Catholic Church and its …
In August 1982, the PCP-SL carried out an attack against the Superior Court of Justice of Puno and the antenna of Onda Azul radio station, which belonged to the Catholic Church. Radio Onda Azul, created in 1958 and owned by the Diocese of Puno, actively contributed to generate a civic …
In August 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out attacks against institutions linked to the Catholic Church in the city of Puno. The targets were the Superior Court of Justice of Puno and the antenna of Onda Azul radio station, both belonging to the Catholic Church. This attack was part of …
In August 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out an attack against the antenna of Onda Azul radio station, belonging to the Bishopric of Puno. This attack was part of a series of violent actions directed against Catholic Church institutions in the department of Puno. In the same month there was …
The PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Palermo Rural Institute, administered by the Maryknoll Fathers, near Juli in August 1981. A month after the attack on the institute, they threw a bomb against the headquarters of the Juli Prelature. Both assaults provoked a strong reaction of rejection from the local population, with …
Capture of Edmundo Cox Beuzeville, member of the Shining Path PCP, who allegedly suffered torture at the hands of the police after his capture. The case generated protests from high-level representatives of the Catholic Church. Cox was the nephew of a respected bishop who denounced the facts and was strongly …
In 1981, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out dynamite attacks against the Bishopric of Juli in the province of Chucuito, Aymara zone of the department of Puno. The attacks were specifically directed against the IER Palermo and the Bishopric itself. These attacks were part of the initial actions of the PCP-SL …
In 1981, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso caused an explosion in the cloistered Carmelite Convent in Ayacucho. This attack was part of the first attacks by the subversive group against religious institutions in the region. The population strongly rejected this violent act against the cloistered nuns. Due to the strong negative reaction …
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