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 December 26, 1980, several dogs dawned hanging from electric lighting poles in downtown Lima. The dogs carried signs with the inscription 'Teng Siao Ping', in reference to the Chinese leader. This symbolic act was part of the first propaganda actions of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the Peruvian capital. The …
On December 6, 1980, there was an assault on the warehouse of the Ministry of Transportation in the city of Puno. This event was one of the first violent actions registered in the department of Puno during the beginning of the internal armed conflict. The assault occurred in the context …
In August 1980, there was an attack on the San Francisco police post, located in the Ayna district. This event represents one of the first armed actions of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the Apurimac River Valley (VRA). The attack on the police post is part of the initial phase of …
The Shining Path began its so-called "people's war" on May 18, 1980, the same day as the return to democracy with the presidential elections. The violence took place in a scenario of democratic transition after the military dictatorship, in the midst of a serious economic and social crisis. The Shining …
In 1980, President Fernando Belaunde Terry restored freedom of the press in his first act of government. That same year, Sendero Luminoso made its first official appearance, initiating terrorist acts. The violence broke out in a period of democracy and free press, causing initial bewilderment in the media, which had …
The Shining Path carried out its first public action by burning ballot boxes in Chuschi, Ayacucho, on the day of the general elections. This act marked the official beginning of the internal armed conflict. The media initially played down the importance of these events, moving them from the front pages …
On May 17, 1980, a group of PCP-SL militants burned the ballot boxes and electoral material in Chuschi, initiating their 'people's war'. This symbolic act marked the beginning of the internal armed conflict in Peru. On the same day, another group of Shining Pathists threw dynamite firecrackers at the Provincial …
The Shining Path PCP started the internal armed conflict in Peru on May 17, 1980, when electoral amphorae were burned in Chuschi, Ayacucho. This act marked the beginning of two decades of violence that devastated the country. The subversive group sought to destroy the Peruvian state in order to build …
The 1980 elections resulted in a clear victory for Acción Popular, which amply surpassed the required 36%. These elections were the setting, in a remote Ayacucho town called Chuschi, for the first violent action of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL). This event marked the beginning of …
In May 1980, presidential elections were held in Peru, marking the return to democracy after the military regime (1968-1980). On the eve of these elections, the PCP-SL broke into Chuschi, Cangallo, Ayacucho, assaulting the electoral registry office, an event that was barely mentioned by the Ayacucho and national press. The …
In May 1980, while the presidential elections that would allow the transfer of power to civilians were being organized, an armed group of the PCP-SL burned the ballot boxes and electoral rolls in the town of Chuschi. This act represents the beginning of the internal war that would soon put …
The attack in Chuschi in 1980 marked the beginning of the actions of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. According to the CVR report, almost parallel to the attack in Chuschi, in Lima there was a fire in the municipality of San Martin de Porres, while a series of symbolic and intimidating acts …
In 1980, 11 Quechua-speaking deaths and disappearances were reported. Of these, 6 were attributed to the Shining Path PCP, 2 to State agents, and 3 to undetermined perpetrators or others. This year marked the beginning of the internal armed conflict in Peru.
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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