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.
After the ordinary congress of the Central Asháninka del Río Tambo from July 18 to 20, 1990, an armed column of the Shining Path PCP, made up of more than sixty people, including settlers and natives, kidnapped three indigenous leaders. Those kidnapped were Pablo Santoma Santos, president of CART (Central …
The ordinary congress of the Central Asháninka del Río Tambo (CART) was held from July 18 to 20, 1990. At the end of the congress, an armed column of the Shining Path PCP, made up of more than sixty people including settlers and natives, kidnapped three indigenous leaders: Pablo Santoma …
In December 1989, the MRTA assassinated Alejandro Calderón, president of ANAP (Apatyawaka Nampitsi Asháninka), an organization representing 52 native communities along the Pichis River and its tributaries. This assassination was a third major setback for the MRTA, occurring eight months after the Molinos confrontation in Jauja. After the assassination, the …
On February 13, 1989, the PCP-SL assassinated Isaías Charete, who was president of OCARE (Organización Central Asháninka del Río Ene), in the native community of Tzomaveni, located on the Ene River. This selective assassination was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to eliminate indigenous leaders who opposed or represented obstacles to …
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