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 conducted in Huancayo documenting the disappearances of MRTA militants in the urban area during 1991, 1992 and 1993. The testimony indicates that the MRTA was hit hard in the urban zone, with many simultaneous disappearances, especially student members of the MRTA. The interviewee mentions that many good cadres …
Ronderos from Naranjillo killed eight repentant people in Shamiro in November 1995. This occurred in the context of the application of the law of repentance, which had been increasingly successful between 1993 and 1994 in the region. Some repentants were subsequently killed by the peasant patrols themselves, as also happened …
Lucas Cachay, who had been in asylum in Brazil from approximately 1993 to 1994, returned to Peru in September 1994. Upon his return, he took advantage of the law of repentance on the recommendation of a businessman friend and lawyer named Carlos Gonzales. Cachay had been an important leader of …
Law No. 26345 was enacted on August 30, 1994 during the government of Alberto Fujimori. This law established the term of the law of repentance, which was part of the anti-terrorist legal framework implemented after the 1992 coup d'état. The Law of Repentance was a rule of penal law that …
Between February 27 and April 4, 1994, in little more than a month, more than two thousand repentants presented themselves at the Tingo Maria barracks. This massive phenomenon of repentance occurred in the context of the counter-subversive offensive in Alto Huallaga, after the capture of important Shining Path leaders such …
In December 1993, the so-called 'Peace Agreement' divided the PCP-Sendero Luminoso between the followers of Abimael Guzmán and the members of Sendero Rojo, headed by comrade 'Feliciano'. This agreement marks a breaking point in the subversive organization after the capture of its leader Abimael Guzman in September 1992. In Apurímac, …
Fifteen UNCP students were captured accused of belonging to subversive groups. These arrests occurred after several students captured 15 days earlier took advantage of the law of repentance and gave names of university students, professors or workers, possibly innocently implicating them.
In May 1993, the OPASM (Oficina Prelatural de Acción Social de Moyobamba) in coordination with the family of (c) Antonio, initiated a sensitization campaign that consisted of the mother's call to her emerretista son to accept the law of repentance. The following cliché was used: 'If Antonio surrenders, it will …
The National Human Rights Coordinator (CNDDHH) initiated in 1993 the campaign 'In the Name of the Innocents' as a response to the dramatic situation generated for hundreds of innocent people who were unjustly detained and their families. This campaign arose in the context of the new anti-terrorist legislation established as …
Alberto Fujimori's government enacted Law 25499 on May 12, 1992, known as the law of repentance. This law allowed members of subversive groups to receive legal benefits if they voluntarily turned themselves in and collaborated with the authorities. In the department of San Martin, the OPASM (Oficina Prelatural de Acción …
The 'Repentance Law' was enacted in May 1992, immediately after the self-coup, although it was regulated a year later. Through pressure, many detained students named names, many of them perhaps innocent. This law had a great impact on the mass arrests and wreaked havoc in the MRTA ranks.
Beginning in May 1992, new anti-terrorist legislation was established that established severe penalties and special procedures for the investigation and trial of cases typified as crimes of terrorism and treason. This legislation was accompanied by the Repentance Law, a procedure that offered benefits in exchange for informing on those allegedly …
At the end of 1992, MRTA subversives began to take advantage of the law of repentance, either with the armed forces or with the OPASM (Oficina Prelatural de Acción Social de Moyobamba). The OPASM carried out a comprehensive work with the people who were taking advantage of the law, coordinating …
During 1991, 1992 and 1993, the MRTA suffered heavy repression in the urban areas of the department of Junín, particularly in Huancayo. Many student members of the MRTA disappeared in simultaneous disappearances. The situation worsened with the enactment of the Repentance Law, at which time many good cadres from the …
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