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.
A resident of Torero, Sivia, Ayacucho, tells of PCP-SL incursions into his community. During these events, he suffered the disappearance of his father and brother. The testimony was collected in October 2002 and is part of the documented cases of political violence in the Apurimac and Ene River Valley (VRAE). …
In February 1995, subversive incursions were registered in Julio C. Tello, in the context of the continuation of violent actions by the Shining Path PCP in the Huallaga region. This event was part of a series of attacks that included assaults on military convoys and selective assassinations of authorities. The …
In February 1994, a Shining Path column raided the villages of Balcón and Picota as they attempted to enter the district of Santo Domingo. This event occurred in the context of Shining Path's final actions in the province of Angaraes, Huancavelica. The incursion occurred after the area had experienced years …
In February 1994, a Shining Path column raided the villages of Balcón and Picota, located in the district of Santo Domingo. This event occurred in a context of declining subversive activity, after the capture of Abimael Guzmán in 1992 and the 1993 peace accords. Subversive activity was so low at …
On July 1, 1992, the Shining Path raided the town of Huamanquiquia, in the province of Victor Fajardo. This event occurred in the context of the end of the internal armed conflict, when the PCP-SL was already militarily defeated after the capture of Abimael Guzman. Despite this, the 'Feliciano' faction …
On January 3, 1991, the only PCP-SL incursion into the community of Cushiviani took place. This event occurred in a context of internal tensions that had arisen since late 1989 between Luzmila and AC, and between their respective families. Conflicts worsened because the CA family quickly took up the Army's …
In 1991, the MRTA reorganized a column in Pariahuanca that carried out sporadic incursions into villages in the area. This reorganization occurred in a context where both the MRTA and the PCP-SL were practically defeated by the end of 1992, although they maintained some limited operational capacity. The district of …
On November 3, 1990, the Tupacamarista Army of the Northeastern Front of the MRTA raided Pacaysapa. This action was part of a series of spectacular military operations carried out by the MRTA during 1990, when the Northeastern Front had managed to reconstitute itself and expand significantly, reaching five hundred combatants …
The MRTA made a second incursion into the Cashibo community of Mariscal Caceres shortly before the 1990 elections. This was the second time the subversive group visited the community, the first being in June 1989. During this incursion, the MRTA again attempted to organize the native population and persuade them …
On November 3, 1989, the Main Force (FP) of the PCP-SL from the Alto Huallaga raided Masisea. This incursion was part of a series of actions in which PCP-SL established Open Popular Committees and Organized Committees in the hamlets of the Tamaya River and Imiria Lake. One day later, on …
On July 3, 1989, the MRTA carried out an incursion in the town of Shapaja as part of its military actions in the department of San Martin. This incursion was part of a series of actions by the Northeastern Front (FNO) during the process of rebuilding the Tupacamarista Army after …
In July 1989, the PCP-SL carried out an incursion in Choimacota, Sivia district. This action occurred after the Peruvian Army organized the villagers into Self-Defense Committees (CAD). The raid was part of the Shining Path offensive in the late 1980s in the Apurimac River Valley, when the PCP-SL intensified its …
On May 25, 1989, the MRTA raided Pacaypasa as part of its military actions in the department of San Martin. During this operation, the guerrillas captured the president of CORDE-San Martin, Demetrio Tafúr Ruiz. This action was part of a series of incursions carried out by the Northeastern Front of …
On March 4, 1989, the MRTA raided the towns of Pilluana and Shapaja as part of its military actions in the department of San Martin. During this incursion in Pilluana, the MRTA assassinated 3 local authorities whom they accused of being involved in drug trafficking. This action was part of …
On February 10, 1989, the PCP-SL again raided Putaqasa, an annex of the Sacsamarca district. In this second attack, the subversive organization assassinated two community members. This event occurred approximately a year and a half after the first incursion on September 14, 1987, when the PCP-SL had killed nine community …
Between 1989 and 1990, subversive incursions by the Shining Path took place in Pausa, capital of the province of Paucar del Sara Sara. During these incursions, Shining Path columns set fire to state offices and committed some murders against the population. The very late arrival of violence in the province …
In December 1988, a group of MRTA militants, uniformed and armed with rifles and other military equipment, raided Racracalla. They called the people to an assembly in the plaza to explain that their struggle was 'to conquer power for the people' and that in this task everyone had 'a place …
On August 9, 1988, a group of 25 militants of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) entered the town of Chunquipata, located in the district of Huariaca. The raid was led by "comrade Johan", who commanded the subversive contingent. This event is framed in the context of …
On July 24, 1988, the MRTA armed group raided Puerto Bermudez, capital of the Oxapampa district. The subversive contingent summoned the inhabitants to the town square during this action. This incursion took place in the context of a series of MRTA actions in the area, including the attack and destruction …
Between the end of 1988 and the first months of 1989, the PCP-SL carried out approximately five to six raids in the Llamapsillon annex. During these raids, people were forced to burn documents and women were forced to weave hoods for them. The PCP-SL prohibited parties and punished people when …
On December 16, 1987, the MRTA raided the village of Yorongos as part of the 'Tupac Amaru Vive' Military Campaign. This action was part of a series of raids and takeovers of villages that the Tupac Amaru Army (ET) of the Northeastern Front carried out between October and December 1987 …
On November 9, 1987, the MRTA raided the town of Senami as part of the 'Tupac Amaru Vive' Military Campaign. This action was part of a series of raids and takeovers of villages that the MRTA carried out in San Martin during October, November and December 1987. The military campaign …
The same MRTA group that had taken Juanjui arrived in San José de Sisa, taking control of the police post quickly, without firing a single shot. They stayed overnight due to fatigue and in the evening they offered a cultural activity with the assistance of the villagers. Journalists from Panamericana …
On October 8, 1987, in homage to the day of Che Guevara's death, the MRTA raided the town of Tabalosos as a tribute to the peasants killed there during the 1982 strike. The town's police post was quickly taken over; of its few and surprised ten policemen, eight fled and …
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 12, 1987, a Shining Path column of the PCP-SL successively raided the district capitals of Cochas and Comas, in the Tulumayo basin. During these incursions, the Shining Pathists threatened the local authorities and demanded their resignation, distributing a communiqué stating that the Communist Party of Peru had been …
On September 12, 1987, a PCP-SL hiker column successively raided the districts of Cochas and Comas, in the Tulumayo basin. This event marks the beginning of the PCP-SL's violent activities in the Tulumayo region. The incursion is part of the new escalation of trekking operations that began in 1987 in …
On August 30, 1987, the MRTA carried out its second incursion in the town of Pajarillo, located in the Sisa Valley, an area considered strategic by this subversive organization. This incursion was as fleeting as the first one that had occurred in Campanilla on July 13 of the same year. …
An armed column of the MRTA entered the town of Soritor. There were 12 policemen in the police post, of which a captain and 6 policemen fled to Moyobamba, while the other 6 resisted for two hours of confrontation. Then they surrendered after suffering the death of 2 of them. …
In 1987, a group of approximately 40 PCP-SL militants entered a village and went to Hipólito Canchari's house to order him to prepare food for all of them. This type of incursion was part of the Shining Path strategy of territorial control and forced supply in rural areas. During that …
During the last months of 1987, the PCP-SL broke into small and remote ranches located in the High Zone of Canipaco, Alto Cunas and the heights of Yauyos (Lima) more than once. There were also frequent assaults on small mines in the heights of Chupaca and on the borders of …
At the end of 1987, the MRTA sporadically entered some communities and towns in Tulumayo. The inhabitants of Racracalla recall the incursion in December 1988 of a group of MRTA militants, uniformed and armed with rifles, who called the people to an assembly in the town square. The MRTA urged …
In the second half of 1987, the PCP-SL made its first incursion into Chongos Alto, a district located in the Canipaco area. Shining Path columns repeatedly visited the district, marking the arrival of the 'new power' in the area. During these incursions, the PCP-SL militants addressed the villagers, especially the …
In October 1986, a Shining Path column raided the Santa Rosa mining unit, located in Cobriza, Huancavelica. During this action, Shining Path members looted all the explosive material available in the mine, including dynamite, percussion caps and guides. This raid was part of a series of PCP-SL attacks against mining …
In the district of Huariaca, the first Shining Path incursions date back to 1985. Huariaca was an obligatory transit point for PCP-SL militants to enter neighboring districts in the province of Ambo (Huánuco). These first incursions marked the beginning of the Shining Path's presence in the area, which would later …
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 …
In November 1984, the PCP-SL carried out an armed raid in the town of Huanchi, Santa Rosa district. During this attack, 9 people were killed. This event was part of a series of Shining Path incursions in the Apurimac River Valley during 1984, a period in which the Shining Path …
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 May 21, 1983, a contingent of approximately 200 PCP-SL militants entered the district of Páucar. The towns of 8 de Diciembre, Chaupimarca and in particular Tangor and San Juan de Yacán, were consequently at the mercy of the PCP-SL groups. Among the militants present was Oscar Ramirez Duran, known …
In January 1983, the first incursions and assassinations took place in the peasant communities of the department of Cuzco, specifically in the province of Acomayo. These events marked the beginning of the violence of the internal armed conflict in this area of the department. The province of Acomayo also suffered …
On July 6, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso raided the town of Paras, in the province of Cangallo. This event took place in the context of a series of raids on villages and harassment of authorities that characterized the Shining Path's strategy during that year. The incursion to Paras occurred days …
Since 1981, the districts of Manta, Moya, Vilca, Acobambilla and Huayllahuara, located along the Vilcas River, began to be visited by the subversives of the PCP-SL. In 1982, the first incursions and "town seizures" took place, attacking especially the representatives of the "old power", i.e. mayors, lieutenant governors and justices …
In 1981, the PCP-SL (Shining Path) appeared in Alto Huallaga, taking advantage of the climate of social chaos created by drug trafficking. They presented themselves as the executioner of a corrupt and inefficient bureaucratic state and assumed the supposed defense of the interests of coca growers, who were being attacked …
A column of subversives of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso raided the community of Anchonga, province of Angaraes. The objective of this action was to frustrate the national municipal elections that were taking place at that time. This incursion was part of the first actions of the PCP-SL in the province of …
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