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 April 20, 1993, in a tense session, General EP Hermoza Ríos exposed the institutional disclaimers of the Armed Forces before the members of the Human Rights Commission of the CCD. The following day, in an attitude of defiance and intimidation, he led an unusual and unprecedented parade of tanks …
On March 26, 1991, the Mixed Provincial Prosecutor of Cangallo, Guillermo García Zamora, accompanied by his Secretary, four agents of the Technical Police, the Provincial Mayor and relatives of the victims, went to the Pampa Cangallo Military Base to check on the situation of the detainees. The military denied entry …
During the 1990 elections, Shining Path supporters stationed themselves on an esplanade near Puerto Alegre to prevent, under threat of death, the inhabitants of Tamaya and Imiria from going to Masisea to vote. This action was part of the PCP-SL's territorial control strategy in the area, which had established Open …
During the night of June 21, 1989, 21 days after the disappearance of Haro Cruz and Mautino Camones, three key witnesses to the events disappeared: siblings Ramón, Catalina and Fernando Robles Figueroa. According to the testimony of Juana Mercedes Guerrero León, several hooded men armed with shotguns arrived and took …
In 1986, a group of 5 hikers summoned all the inhabitants of Rahui to a meeting in the local school. During the meeting, comrade Hernán introduced himself as the person in charge and threatened the population, demanding that they all resign from the positions they held in service to the …
In 1985, the hikers returned for the second time to the Pilchaca district. During this incursion, they left letters addressed to local authorities demanding that they resign from their posts. The letters contained explicit threats indicating that if the authorities did not heed the resignation demand, they would be executed …
In early 1984, a letter signed by the leftist group Pucallacta demanded the resignation of all municipal authorities in Aucayacu. This event was part of a series of intimidating actions by the PCP-SL against local authorities in the area. The letter was followed by an attack (arson) against the house …
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