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.
On July 18, 1993, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out a bomb attack that completely destroyed the Yamobamba hydroelectric plant, which supplied electricity to the city of Huamachuco. As a result of the attack, the entire city was without electricity for more than 8 months. This attack took place in the …
In January 1992, in response to the military and police presence in the area, Shining Path members threw an explosive at a house that the police were going to use to distribute food to the population in Ventanilla. They also destroyed a canvas water reservoir in a young town in …
In the early morning of December 20, 1990, a large contingent of subversives of the PCP-SL entered Vinchos, where a Mineral Concentrator of the Vinchos Mining Company was located. The militants carried out several attacks against the Concentrator Plant, the mill, the high tension towers, the board, dump trucks and …
In August 1989, a Shining Path column completely dynamited Centromín Perú's mining company in Morococha. This was one of several ongoing dynamite attacks against the machinery of the state mining company. The attack was part of a series of terrorist actions that the PCP-SL had been carrying out against the …
On July 13, 1989, a Shining Path column dynamited the compressor house, ventilation pipes and the power plant of Centromín Perú in Morococha. This attack was part of a series of terrorist actions against the mining infrastructure that the PCP-SL had been carrying out in the area for months. The …
On June 29, 1989, a Shining Path column completely destroyed the installations of Centromín Perú's compressor house in Morococha. This bomb attack was part of a series of continuous attacks against Centromín Perú's machinery and facilities in the mining zone. As a result of the destruction, Centromín workers began to …
On April 15, 1989, a Shining Path column carried out a terrorist attack by dynamiting the industrial relations offices and the eight-inch air pipeline of Centromín Perú in Morococha. This attack was part of a series of PCP-SL attacks against the mining infrastructure in the region. The attack affected the …
On April 15, 1989, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso dynamited the industrial relations offices and the air pipe at the Morococha mining camp, owned by Centromín Perú. This attack was part of a series of violent actions carried out by the subversive organization against mining installations in the central region of the …
On April 7, 1989, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso dynamited a locomotive owned by Centromín in Cerro de Pasco. This attack was part of a series of violent actions against installations of the state mining company that intensified since December 1988. The attack occurred in the context of a campaign by the …
On December 31, 1988, at 10:40 pm, three diesel electric locomotives belonging to Centromín Perú were destroyed. This attack was part of a series of violent actions carried out during the 1988 Christmas season against installations of the state mining company. The attacks occurred in the context of labor conflicts …
On December 30, 1988, at 11:25 pm, three explosions blew up the 1.80 meter diameter pipe that fed water to the La Oroya hydroelectric plant. This attack was part of a series of attacks against Centromín Perú facilities during the 1988 Christmas season. The attacks occurred in the context of …
On December 27, 1988, a contingent of forty PCP-SL militants took the town of Huariaca and carried out multiple attacks against public infrastructure. The subversives dynamited the municipal council, the police post leaving one policeman wounded, the ENTEL PERU installations, the health center and the ambulance. They also looted the …
On December 26, 1988, at 00:15 am, twelve armed individuals dynamited the compressor house and a transformer at the Morococha mining camp. This attack was part of a series of actions perpetrated by Sendero Luminoso against Centromín Perú facilities during the 1988 Christmas season. The attacks occurred in the context …
In December 1988, the PCP-SL destroyed an electrical plant located in the town of Huariaca. This plant supplied electricity to the mining sites of Milpo, Atacocha and Chicrín. As a direct consequence of the attack, thousands of mining workers were paralyzed for two weeks. This attack was part of the …
On November 19, 1988, the PCP-SL tried to attack the III Stage of the Mantaro Hydroelectric Power Plant, located in Colcabamba, province of Tayacaja. The attack was repelled by the police who were guarding the facilities. Two policemen were killed in the confrontation. This attack was part of the new …
Radio Onda Azul was attacked on two previous occasions, on August 3, 1986 and July 3, 1988, before suffering a third attack on July 5, 1988. The report mentions that it is presumed that it was Shining Path PCP militants who attacked the station's facilities on these three occasions. In …
On February 10, 1988, PCP-SL militants launched a wave of simultaneous dynamite attacks against multiple targets in the city of Huancayo. Targets attacked included the Departmental Directorate of Junin, the Savings Bank, the District Council of El Tambo, the Superior Court of Justice, the Junin Development Corporation, the Bank of …
On December 31, 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso blew up 30 high-voltage towers of the Mantaro interconnected system. This attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy of sabotaging the country's electrical infrastructure, seeking to generate massive blackouts and demonstrate the subversive group's capacity for action. The attack on the Mantaro …
In June 1987, the PCP-SL declared an armed strike in Alto Huallaga. Between Tulumayo and Nuevo Progreso, it forced the rural population to participate in blocking the road, destroying the asphalt and painting the facades of houses along the Marginal Highway. These first strikes constituted a powerful measure of force …
On February 26, 1987, several high-tension towers fell in the district of Pilcomayo, province of Huancayo. This attack was perpetrated by PCP-Sendero Luminoso militants as part of their strategy of sabotaging the electrical infrastructure. The attack caused one of the innumerable blackouts suffered by the city of Huancayo during that …
From 1987 onwards, systematic attacks by the PCP-SL against the infrastructure and officials of SAIS Cahuide increased. These attacks were part of a second stage of violence, after an initial breakthrough between 1983 and 1984. The PCP-SL took advantage of internal SAIS conflicts, including contradictions between partner and non-partner communities, …
In November 1985, a column of 10 hikers entered the Centromín Perú Unit in Cerro de Pasco and dynamited the mills of the concentrator plant. This attack was part of a series of actions by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso against mining installations in the central region of Peru. The attack caused …
In October 1985, Shining Path carried out a dynamite attack against a locomotive in La Oroya. This attack was part of a series of violent actions by the PCP-SL against the mining and transportation infrastructure in the central region of Peru. The attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy …
In 1985 there was a confrontation between the PCP-SL and police forces at the Cajabamba power plant. This event was part of the first wave of violence in the region between 1980 and 1988. The confrontation occurred in the context of the expansion of the PCP-SL in the province of …
On July 16, 1984, there was an attack against high tension towers that seriously affected the interconnected electrical system of Lima, Callao, Huancayo and other cities in Peru. This attack was part of an escalation of violence that began throughout the country on June 22, 1984. Parallel to the attack …
On New Year's Eve 1984, there was a terrorist attack that left Lima and other cities in the country in darkness as they prepared to welcome the new year. This attack was part of the escalation of violence that characterized the period, in a context where the PCP-Sendero Luminoso intensified …
On July 21, 1983, the Peruvian capital suffered the most serious power outage in its history. This blackout allowed the execution of several terrorist attacks in the city. The event occurred in the context of an intense campaign of violence by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, which had declared its second wave …
The second wave of the First Military Campaign of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path took place from July to October 1983. This phase was characterized by an intensification of terrorist attacks throughout the country, including actions against party premises and strategic infrastructure. On July 11, there was …
On May 27, 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso dynamited 10 high tension towers in Lima, causing a general blackout in the city. This action was part of the subversive strategy of sabotaging the capital's electrical infrastructure. The attack took place in the context of the first stage of the internal armed …
On January 18, 1983, a group of subversives of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attempted to demolish a microwave tower of the National Telecommunications Company (ENTEL) located 20 kilometers from Huancayo. This attack was part of a series of violent actions that Shining Path militants carried out against public and private infrastructure …
On August 19, 1982, there was a generalized blackout in Lima accompanied by multiple attacks in different parts of the city. This event was part of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso's strategy of carrying out sabotage to the electrical infrastructure and simultaneous attacks against state institutions. The blackouts were provoked by blowing …
On August 2, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso blew up 5 high tension towers, causing a general blackout in Lima and Callao. This attack was part of the initial strategy of sabotage and attacks against state infrastructure that characterized the period 1980-1984. Attacks on high voltage pylons were a recurrent tactic …
On July 31, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out simultaneous sabotage against public infrastructure in the province of Vilcashuamán. On that day, the Vischongo mini-hydroelectric plant and the Vilcashuamán power plant were simultaneously destroyed. This attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy of sabotaging public infrastructure, which was considered …
On July 31, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso executed a simultaneous sabotage against the electrical infrastructure in Vilcashuamán. In this coordinated action, both the Vischongo mini-hydroelectric plant and the Vilcashuamán power plant were destroyed. This attack was part of the Shining Path strategy of sabotaging public infrastructure, which was considered an …
On April 23, members of the PCP-SL destroy the railway line between Cuzco-Sicuani and Cuzco-Quillabamba. This sabotage to the transportation infrastructure was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to affect the economy and isolate regions of the country.
On March 29, 1982, there was a total blackout in Lima for two hours. This event was part of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso's sabotage strategy against the capital's electrical infrastructure. The blackouts in the city were part of the actions characteristic of the initial period of violence (1980-1984), when the PCP-SL …
Between 1981 and 1986, a relatively small number of armed incursions by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso were recorded in Villa El Salvador. These actions were directed against government entities, the district's only police station, banks and electricity towers. The incursions were part of the initial phase of the Shining Path's presence …
A month after the Shining Path raid that frustrated the municipal elections in the community of Anchonga at the end of 1980, an attack was carried out against the high tension towers that left the province of Angaraes in darkness. This attack was part of the first actions of the …
In December 1980, there was an attack on the high voltage towers that left the entire province of Angaraes in darkness. This type of sabotage to the electrical infrastructure was one of the initial tactics used by the Shining Path in their campaign of political violence. The attack was part …
On August 17, 1980, militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso knocked down a high-voltage power pole, causing the first general blackout in the city of Huancayo. This event was part of the first subversive actions of the PCP-SL in the region, which were characterized by attacks on the electrical infrastructure. The …
On July 28, 1980, a high tension tower was knocked down in the district of Huancavelica, representing the first action carried out by militants of the PCP-SL in the department of Huancavelica. This action marked the beginning of political violence in the province of Huancavelica, occurring almost simultaneously with the …
On July 20, 1980, militants of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) blew up a section of the railroad connecting La Oroya with Cerro de Pasco. This attack was part of the first violent actions of the PCP-SL in the central region of Peru, specifically in the …
On July 8, 1980, the subversives attempted to dynamite the water reservoir of CENTROMIN Peru in La Oroya. This attack was part of the first violent actions of the PCP-SL in the central region of Peru, specifically in the Mantaro Valley. The objective was to sabotage the infrastructure of the …
In 1975, the Adra-Ofasa organization built an airstrip in the community of Amaquiria for social aid purposes. This airstrip was used for humanitarian assistance flights to the local population. Later, during the period of violence, this infrastructure was used by drug traffickers to transport drugs. The Peruvian Navy, upon learning …
The San Francisco bridge was inaugurated in 1971, becoming the main settlement in the Apurimac River Valley during the 1970s. The construction of the bridge significantly increased the occupation of the right bank of the river, territory of the department of Cuzco, where the Pichari settlement is located. This bridge …
In 1965, the Machu Picchu Hydroelectric Plant and the Cachimayo Fertilizer Factory were built as part of the urban modernization process of the city of Cuzco. These works were the result of the reconstructive action of the State after the 1950 earthquake that destroyed the city. The construction of these …
The Ayacucho-Tambo-San Francisco highway was built in 1964, modifying the traditional transit routes in the region. Before its construction, Uchuraccay was an important transit route used by the villagers on their way to the Huanta valleys and the Apurímac jungle. This infrastructure project was part of the road integration process …
The road from Tambo to the port of San Francisco was opened in 1964, accelerating the process of occupation of the valley by peasant settlers from Ayacucho. This road infrastructure allowed the important fair of Tambo, which was the end of the road, to 'drop off' towards the jungle as …
In 1963, the Caracoto cement factory was founded, an event that marked an important milestone in the industrial development of the department of Puno. This factory made Juliaca the only center producing a raw material essential for the department's development. The founding of this factory was part of a broader …
As a consequence of the May 21, 1950 earthquake that destroyed the city of Cuzco with a grade 7 on the Mercalli scale, the State poured significant resources into the city and the region for reconstruction. In 1952, the Junta de Reconstrucción y Fomento Industrial del Cuzco was created to …
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