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 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 …
In March 1990, there was an attack against the local Electoral Registry in Acobamba. This attack was perpetrated by the Shining Path months before the general elections. The attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy of destroying both public and private infrastructure in the area. During this period, although …
In August 1983, the courthouse in Acobamba was dynamited. This attack occurred in the context of an intensification of PCP-Sendero Luminoso actions in the province, which included assassinations of peasants and attacks against public infrastructure. In the same month, in the community of Llamacancha, the Shining Path attacked five houses …
On December 11, 1980, the Plan Meris office, located in the district of El Tambo in Huancayo, was attacked with dynamite by militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This attack was part of the first subversive actions in the city of Huancayo during the beginning of the political violence. The attack …
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