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.
In 1992, the army raided the community of Apiza, located in the department of Huánuco. During this military operation, there were serious human rights violations against the civilian population. A witness provided testimony about the events that occurred during this military incursion. The event took place in the context of …
On June 16, 1989, 1,000 Peruvian Army soldiers raided the human settlement of Huaycán. During the military operation, the armed forces detained more than 800 people, identified as undocumented and suspected of committing terrorist acts. This action took place in the context of intense police and military operations that were …
The first incursion of combined forces (Army and Police) into the UNCP took place. This intervention marked the beginning of a series of military-police operations at the university with the objective of dismantling the subversive activity.
On April 27, 1987, twenty members of the Peruvian Army raided the Pampa Puquio annex, near the peasant community of San Antonio de Cuchucancha. This military incursion took place in the context of counter-subversive operations in the area. The event is related to a previous incursion on May 1, when …
On February 24, 1983, the army made a surprise incursion into Lucanamarca, at a time when some of the local leaders of the PCP-SL were meeting. A confrontation took place in which 9 people died, among them one of the important leaders of the PCP-SL in the area, "comrade Nelson". …
In February 1983, at approximately 12:00 midnight, thirty soldiers entered the home of a family in the Ccochapata annex. The soldiers asked about Shining Path members and subjected the inhabitants to torture and sexual violence. An elderly woman was hung from a beam with her hands tied behind her back, …
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