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-depth interview with a Shining Path militant who was imprisoned in October 2002. The interviewee described aspects of the Shining Path organization and its methods of social control. In her testimony, she explained how the Shining Path took on the functions of justice in areas where there were no state …
On the morning of April 15, 1994, Carlos Lavalle, secretary of economy of the Raucana board of directors and boxer, was assassinated near one of the water wells. Two young men shot him and when he was wounded on the ground they put dynamite on him, which exploded. Lavalle was …
The peasant ronderos captured the murderers of the sub-prefect of Huancayo. After capturing them, they executed them and later 'fondearon' (threw them) in the Huacracocha lagoon. This event occurred in the context of the counter-subversive struggle in the Tulumayo region, where the peasant patrols had assumed the functions of internal …
On June 3, 1991, Galina Ivanova, a Soviet citizen and official in charge of design at Tejidos La Unión, was assassinated by the PCP-SL. According to a Shining Path leader, the motive was that a class-conscious worker leader had been degraded and mistreated, and when he complained he died of …
In 1988, in the town of Colca, Raquia district, Cajatambo province, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso executed two people accused of cattle rustling. This type of killing of people considered 'undesirable' or 'antisocial behavior' was part of the Shining Path's strategy to establish its presence in rural communities through acts of 'popular …
In 1988, the Maza brothers were murdered in the town of Nunumia by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. They were accused of cattle rustling by the subversive organization. This murder was part of a series of executions of people considered 'undesirable' or of 'anti-social behavior' that the PCP-SL carried out in the …
In August 1987, the PCP-SL executed people accused of "immoral behavior" in the Nunumia, Cochas, Paca and Colpa basins, located in the provinces of Bolognesi and Ocros. The victims were identified as abigeos, womanizers and other behaviors considered immoral by the subversive organization. This action was part of the PCP-SL's …
Shortly after PCP-SL established control in the area, a committee was formed within Nuevo Progreso. This committee functioned as an instance of local justice, where anyone with collection problems could go to the delegate and present their complaint, with the certainty that they would 'do justice' there. The formation of …
Between 1987 and 1988, in the Nunumia, Cochas, Paca and Colpa basins in the provinces of Bolognesi and Ocros, the PCP-SL carried out murders of people considered to have "antisocial behavior" as part of its territorial control strategy. In 1987, in Huayllacayán, Bolognesi province, the PCP-SL killed a peasant woman …
On August 26, 1986, members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso gathered the population of the hamlet of Paraíso and several of the surrounding sectors to publicly execute two unknown men. According to the Shining Path, these men were thieves and therefore deserved to die. This event was part of the PCP-SL's …
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