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 January 1994, following intelligence operations, the armed forces captured three important Shining Path commanders known as Viajero, Rayo and Pescador in the Huallaga Front. According to the Military Chief of the Huallaga Front, the testimonies provided by these captured commanders were extremely important for the planning and execution of …
On July 18, 1992, university students from La Cantuta were assassinated, accused as terrorists by intelligence agents and the troops installed in the university. This event took place in the context of the militarized intervention of the university since 1991, when military bases were installed in La Cantuta, Huaycán and …
On November 10, 1991, the Senate Human Rights Commission summoned former Ministers of the Interior and Defense, Generals Juan Briones Davila and Victor Malca Villanueva, to report on the Barrios Altos massacre. The ministers presented three hypotheses about the perpetrators (Shining Path, MRTA or outside organizations) but categorically denied the …
On October 12, 1991, unknown persons assassinated student Antonio Huacache Chávez in the city of Huamanga. This murder occurred in the context of a series of operations by groups linked to the military intelligence services against members of the UNSCH university community. The crime took place a few days after …
Fabio Javier Urquizo Ayma was commended in August and November 1991 for his participation in the planning, execution and control of a Special Intelligence Operation. Urquizo Ayma was stationed in the Intelligence Group in charge of counter-subversive actions in Los Cabitos Barracks. These commendations demonstrate his active role in military …
On July 21, 1991, the bodies of Mariscote Santa Cruz and Leoncio Espinoza, both students of Obstetrics at the National University of San Cristobal de Huamanga (UNSCH), were found dead. Both students had been kidnapped a week before their bodies were found. This event occurred in the context of a …
On July 19, 1991, at midday and in the center of the city of Huamanga, plainclothes soldiers carried out a covert operation in the home of university professor Francisco Solier Garcia. The professor was murdered along with his wife and son using weapons with silencers. This crime was part of …
Luis Antonio Morales Noriega was assassinated in Ayacucho in a selective execution carried out by a specialized group related to the army intelligence agents of the Los Cabitos de Ayacucho barracks. This assassination shows the degree of preparation for a selective execution. Five days later, the same group apparently killed …
The military intelligence report from the Joint Command in Washington on May 24 noted that the Army commander on the Mantaro Front was determined to stop drug trafficking and reestablish government control in Satipo, where he had set up his headquarters. In the midst of great difficulties and facing serious …
In 1991, the armed forces implemented a significant change in their counter-subversive strategy that improved their image in the emergency zones of the Alto Huallaga. This change reversed the negative image that the population had of the way the armed forces acted. Military actions in the villages on the right …
In 1991, the armed forces, particularly the Peruvian Navy, implemented a significant change in their counter-subversive strategy in Ucayali. This new strategy was based on winning over the social base of the PCP-SL through civic actions that demonstrated to the civilian population that the armed forces respected the lives of …
In the early 1990s, Huancavelica's mining unions experienced a significant weakening as a result of political violence. Shining Path attacks against union leaders, combined with arbitrary detentions by the military intelligence service, ended up weakening union organization in most of the region's mining centers. This weakening process took place in …
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