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.
A woman testified before the CVR about the murder of her husband in Tingo Maria, Leoncio Prado province, department of Huanuco. The testimony was collected in September 2002. This case is part of the numerous testimonies of widows who reported the loss of their spouses during the internal armed conflict. …
Group interview conducted with women from Caserío 7 de Octubre in the province of Leoncio Prado, Huánuco, as part of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's work to collect testimonies. This interview is part of the research on the impact of the internal armed conflict on rural communities in the region. …
Interview conducted with a former authority of the Venenillo hamlet in the province of Leoncio Prado, Huánuco, as part of the collection of testimonies of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The interview addresses the impact of the internal armed conflict on local authority structures and the destructuring of the community. …
Interview conducted with an authority of the Primavera hamlet in the province of Leoncio Prado, Huánuco, in May 2002. The authority interviewed provided testimony about the impact of the internal armed conflict on her community. The testimony is part of the documentation compiled by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to …
Group interview conducted with teachers from the village of Venenillo in the province of Leoncio Prado, department of Huánuco, as part of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's work to collect testimonies. The teachers provided information on the impact of the internal armed conflict on the educational community and the local …
Interview with a villager who worked as a health worker at the Venenillo Medical Post. This interview is part of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's work of compiling testimonies on the effects of the internal armed conflict in the communities of Leoncio Prado province. The testimony documents the experiences and …
Interview with a former authority of the Venenillo hamlet in the province of Leoncio Prado, department of Huánuco. This interview is part of the documentation compiled by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on the effects of the internal armed conflict on rural communities. The testimony collected addresses issues related to …
On Saturday, February 22, 1997, at 10:00 p.m., a patrol of the Peruvian Army arrived at Julián's house. They pushed his door until they broke it, violently entered the house, then beat Julián and kicked and punched him out of the house. When Julián fled, the soldiers shot him, hitting …
Operation Aries had to be stopped definitively on May 26, 1994 due to serious allegations of human rights violations received by the National Human Rights Coordinator (CNDDHH) and the Human Rights Commission of the Democratic Constituent Congress (CCD). After fifty days of encircling operations and captures that began on April …
The first phase of Operation Aries ended on May 26, 1994, after fifty days of operations which began on April 5. The operation had to be stopped definitively due to serious allegations of human rights violations received by the National Human Rights Coordinator (CNDDHH) and the Human Rights Commission of …
The first phase of Operation Aries was executed between April and May 1994 on the left bank of the Huallaga River, specifically in the areas known as Bolsón Cuchara and Bolsón Primavera. The operation began on April 5, 1994 with the objective of dismantling the Shining Path contingents that were …
Operation Aries was a counter-subversive military operation carried out by the Peruvian armed forces that began on April 5, 1994 on the left bank of the Huallaga River. The operation was carried out in two phases (April-May and June-July 1994) with the objective of dismantling the last Shining Path strongholds …
Between April and May 1994, the Armed Forces carried out Operation Aries with the objective of eliminating the presence of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the area. The operation involved intense military patrol activity and even aerial bombardment of villages and homes with rocket grenades from helicopters. The areas of greatest …
The third stage of the counter-subversive military battle in Alto Huallaga took place from August 1, 1992 to 1994, focused on clearing operations against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This stage followed the capture of Abimael Guzmán in September 1992 and was characterized by intensive military operations to regain territorial control. In …
Beginning in 1994, the department of Huánuco, and especially the province of Leoncio Prado in the Huallaga valley, became one of the main scenarios of the internal armed conflict during its final period. This province accounted for more than a quarter of the fatalities during the final period of violence. …
In June 1991, there was an armed confrontation between Peruvian Army troops and members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in Aucayacu, Leoncio Prado province, Huanuco department. The confrontation resulted in the death of sixty-five members of the PCP-SL who were killed by the military forces. This event occurred during the so-called …
In 1991, the Army established new military bases in different villages and towns in Huánuco. Some were located along the Marginal Highway, mainly on the right bank of the Huallaga River. The bases were located in Aucayacu, Pucayacu, 7 de Octubre and Pueblo Nuevo, all in the José Crespo y …
Fifteen hikers broke in and detained the villagers. The declarant's sister-in-law refused to go with them because she was pregnant. One of the subversives told her 'Let's see, take out your chest'. She did so and the subversive pressed her breasts. When they verified that she was pregnant, they let …
Manuel Espinoza Monroe, aprista provincial mayor of Leoncio Prado in the department of Huanuco, was assassinated on June 15, 1989. This crime took place in a context of intensifying political violence in Peru, where local authorities, especially mayors, were frequent targets of subversive groups. The assassination was part of a …
Between 1989 and 1992, 313 cases of irregular detentions were registered in the province of Leoncio Prado, of which 183 people are missing. According to the CVR database, in this province between 1989 and 1994 around 232 people lost their lives and 198 are missing. Most of the cases took …
The affiant's daughter-in-law was forced to move with her husband by a group of hikers. The woman said she did not want to leave and threatened to denounce them. Then they grabbed her and raped her. Then they cut off her breasts, shot her and she fell dead. The victim's …
On April 17, 1984, Tito Jaime, who was a coca growers' leader and provincial mayor of Leoncio Prado in the department of Huanuco, was assassinated. The event occurred in a context of intense political violence in the country, during the first government of Fernando Belaunde Terry. This assassination took place …
One witness narrates that in the meetings that PCP-SL convened in her community, some of them raped, including one who raped a little girl. The case is evidence of sexual violence against minors in the context of forced meetings organized by PCP-SL.
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