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.
Incendiary bombs at the premises of the Banco de la Nación, located on block 11 of Nicolás de Piérola Avenue, cause the immediate spread of fire and traps 15 security employees barricaded in the building. Six of them die as a result of asphyxiation and severe burns. This event takes …
There was an attack on the village of Canchara, in the province of Abancay. They killed the cattle, burned the houses and raped several women. This attack shows the brutality of violence against civilian populations.
On September 6, 1991, a Shining Path column attacked the town of Pucará in the province of Lampa. During the attack, the PCP-SL killed 5 policemen and caused significant material damage in the town. The subversives burned the town hall, the Entel Peru office and approximately 20 houses. This attack …
On September 6, 1991, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the town of Pucará in the province of Lampa, department of Puno. During the attack, the subversives killed 5 policemen and proceeded to burn several public and private buildings. Among the structures destroyed were the municipality, the Entel Peru office and approximately …
A subversive column of the Shining Path PCP attacked the town of Pucará, in the province of Lampa, department of Puno. During the attack, the subversive group killed five policemen. In addition, they burned the town hall, the premises of ENTEL Peru and several houses in the town. This attack …
On August 14, 1991, Raul Vicente Jaico Medina, owner of a restaurant in Niñobamba, was murdered by alleged terrorists who raided his establishment located at kilometer 86 of the Los Libertadores-Huamanga Highway. The attackers ransacked the establishment, set it on fire and placed explosives in it. Agent Carrión's diary mentions …
An Army patrol under the command of Lieutenant Javier Bendezú Vargas arrived at the Rodeo Pampa annex and arrested the members of the Hilario family, accusing them of belonging to the subversion. They set fire to their homes to force them to leave, keeping them detained for the rest of …
Fr. Franz Windischoffer, parish priest of Huantar in Huari, was attacked and tortured, and his house was set on fire. This violent attack against the priest is part of the escalation of violence against pastoral agents of the Catholic Church. The objective was to intimidate and expel religious from the …
In May 1989, the PCP-SL set fire to the SAIS 'La Pauca', one of the last associative enterprises in the San Marcos region. This attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy of systematic liquidation of the associative enterprises created during the Agrarian Reform. The destruction of La Pauca was …
In 1989, Sendero Luminoso entered the native community of Aguaytia, destroying the village, burning houses and looting the school, tools and pots. The villagers stated that their homes and property were destroyed, leaving them in a situation of extreme vulnerability. This pattern of destruction was repeated in multiple communities during …
On September 14, 1987, the PCP-SL raided Putaqasa, in the Sacsamarca district. During this incursion, the hikers assassinated 9 community members and set fire to houses in the area. This event is part of a series of attacks that the PCP-SL carried out in the Huancasancos area during the period …
On September 14, 1987, the PCP-SL raided Putaqasa, part of the Sacsamarca district, killing nine community members and burning houses. This attack was part of the PCP-SL's retaliatory actions against communities that had formed or supported Self-Defense Committees. Putaqasa was attacked again on February 10, 1989, when the PCP-SL raided …
On February 19, 1987 a fire broke out at the Las Palmas Air Base. The CVR report mentions this event very briefly, noting that the origin of the fire has not been explained. This incident occurred in a context of intense political violence, just one day before a car bomb …
A subversive commando set fire to one of the rooms of the Police Casino in downtown Lima. When they were leaving, they clashed with police officers, killing one of them.
On June 3, 1986, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso burned the SAIS Union headquarters in Azángaro and distributed the cattle among the population. This attack was part of a systematic campaign by the PCP-SL against the associative companies created by the agrarian reform, which they considered an expression of a semi-feudal society …
On December 22, 1985, militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the facilities of the SAIS (Sociedad Agraria de Interés Social) Túpac Amaru. During the subversive incursion, they burned seven vehicles and set fire to the SAIS facilities. This attack was part of a systematic campaign by the PCP-SL against the …
On November 21, 1985, hikers set fire to 26 houses in Incahuasi. Among the dead were peasants Melquiades Ccoyao, Ladislao Mendoza and two unidentified people. The operation was carried out by the ronderos with the support of Army soldiers in the Accobamba area. During the operation they captured another 20 …
On September 26, 1985, at 9:00 p.m., approximately 100 hikers raided Huayao. The villagers, members of the Civil Defense decided to confront them. The hikers looted and burned the villagers' houses. At 4:00 a.m. when they withdrew, Mariano Marquina Miguel was found seriously wounded with a spear in his stomach …
On March 20, 1985, members of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) set fire to a Kentucky Fried Chicken store in Lima. This attack was part of a campaign of anti-electoral actions that the MRTA was developing during that period. Most of the attacks during this period were directed against …
In 1985, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out multiple raids on the Vinchos mining company located in Pallanchacra, Pasco province. These actions included assassinations, looting and burning of the mining facilities. The raids took place on more than one occasion during that year, as part of the PCP-SL's expansion strategy in …
Thirty-two inmates of the Social Readaptation Center (CRAS) of Lurigancho died in a fire that occurred after a police repression. The event occurred in the context of the internal armed conflict and the growing presence of prisoners accused of terrorism in Lima's prisons. This incident is part of a series …
The PCP-SL set fire to the Franciscan Mission of Cutivireni in the Tambo River, along with a farm and nearby houses. This attack marked the beginning of systematic violent actions by the PCP-SL in the central jungle, after a work of penetration and recruitment of native community leaders that began …
In October 1984, the Shining Path PCP carried out an attack by setting fire to the Franciscan mission of Cutivireni, located on the Tambo River. The attack also included the destruction of a farm and houses near the mission. This event was part of the systematic work of penetration and …
On August 10, 1984, 42 community members from Culluchaca were detained by members of the 'Montoneros' (Self-Defense Committees) from Patasucro, Cachas, Janes and members of the Marine Infantry. The Montoneros showed up heavily armed with sticks, knives, and rapiers, looted belongings, grain, clothing, kitchen utensils and animals, and took the …
On July 28, 1984, a column of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso raided the town of Morcolla, in the province of Lucanas, Ayacucho. This was the bloodiest of the three Shining Path incursions recorded in Morcolla during 1983-1984. The Shining Path column killed 36 people during this raid. In addition to the …
On July 14, 1984, members of the PCP-SL raided the town of Coracora, capital of Parinacochas province. During the attack, the Shining Pathists looted commercial stores in the town and set fire to the provincial municipality and some state offices. In this violent action they killed the Zonal Director of …
On May 21, 1983, a group of more than 100 militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso raided Canchacancha shouting allusive to the "armed struggle", shooting with firearms, throwing explosives and threatening to destroy the community. The attack left 5 people dead (Mariano Conde Cancho, 52 years old, Jesús Labio Conde, 52 …
On March 3, 1983, in the district of Chupuro (province of Huancayo), militants of the PCP-SL set fire to a transport vehicle belonging to the SAIS Cahuide. During the attack, two SAIS employees were injured. This attack was part of a systematic campaign by the PCP-SL against the installations of …
On July 22, 1982, militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso set fire to the warehouse of the Sociedad Agraria de Interés Social (SAIS) of Huancavelica. This attack was part of a series of subversive actions in the Vilca basin that intensified during that year. The objective of these actions was to …
Alleged subversives set fire to the pastures of the SAIS "Ramón Castilla" in the province of Tarma. This event is part of a series of initial attacks by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso against the Agrarian Societies of Social Interest (SAIS) in the central region of Peru. The attack is framed in …
On October 23, 1980, a mob of people set fire to the municipality of Comas under a hail of Molotov cocktails. This attack was one of the first acts of sabotage and intimidation by subversive groups in the Northern Zone of Metropolitan Lima. The fire occurred just four months after …
On August 17, 1980, PCP-SL (Shining Path) militants set fire to the Santa Rosa de Sacco District Council in the province of Yauli. This attack was part of the first violent actions of the PCP-SL in the central region of Peru, specifically in the department of Junin. The burning of …
On June 13, a mob of demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails at the premises of the municipality of San Martin de Porres. Flyers of the so-called Movimiento de Obreros y Trabajadores Clasistas were found. This attack was one of the first acts of political violence in Lima during the beginning of …
The burning of the municipality of San Martin de Porres was one of the first acts of violence of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in Lima, occurring almost parallel to the founding attack in Chuschi, Ayacucho, which marked the beginning of the armed struggle. This act was part of the initial conception …
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