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.
Interview conducted by the CVR with retired Police Health personnel in the city of Lima. This interview is part of the documentation on the psychological and mental health effects on members of the police forces during the internal armed conflict. The testimony is mentioned in the context of an analysis …
Testimony of a person who was accused of treason and subsequently imprisoned in Lima. The testimony was collected in January 2003 as part of the statements documented by the CVR. The interviewee recounts his experience of arrest, unjust accusation and imprisonment, forming part of a group of testimonies about people …
In January 2003, on the 20th anniversary of the Uchuraccay massacre, it was expected that a ruling would be issued on the statute of limitations. However, the judicial authorities considered that the legal period for the process to remain in reserve is 30 years, which means that the statute of …
A declarant gives testimony before the TRC narrating the disappearance of her son in the city of Lima. The testimony reflects the deep pain and emotional suffering caused by the disappearance. The affiant mentions that out of grief and rage she took to drinking and from that moment on she …
A woman testified before the CVR about the torture she suffered at the time of her detention in Huacho, Lima. The testimony was collected in December 2002 as part of the process of compiling testimonies on human rights violations during the internal armed conflict. This case is part of the …
A woman testifies about the disappearance of her son in the city of Lima. The testimony was collected in Ayacucho in December 2002. The mother recounts how, out of grief and anger over the disappearance, she took to drinking and learned to chew too much coca. The case illustrates the …
Testimony collected in Lima in December 2002 documenting experiences of humiliation and devaluation suffered by victims during the internal armed conflict. The testimony is part of the section of the report that analyzes the attacks on individuals, their families, communities, institutions, values and forms of organization, which in addition to …
Thematic public hearing organized by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR) focused on political violence and its impact on the educational community. This event was part of the process of compiling testimonies and documentation of human rights violations that occurred during the internal armed conflict in Peru. The hearing made …
The Maternal Perinatal Institute of the Ministry of Health (Maternidad de Lima) issued Medical Report No. 081 on October 11, 2002. This medical report was used as evidence to determine the gestation time of María Magdalena Monteza Benavides. The document, together with Medical Record No. 3343 of the INPE Prison …
Public hearing organized by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission focused on documenting and making visible the political violence and crimes committed specifically against women during the internal armed conflict. During this hearing, testimonies of women victims of sexual violence, arbitrary detentions, torture and other abuses were presented. The testimonies collected …
Testimony of a person who was detained and imprisoned, where he recounts the conditions of mistreatment and humiliation experienced in prison. The declarant describes how at 12 o'clock at night they were taken out one by one, stripped naked and doused with water, and interrogated about alleged activities and people …
Testimony documenting experiences of detention and torture during the internal armed conflict. The testimony is part of the CVR's compilation of human rights violations. It is mentioned in the context of cases where the victims could not count on a system that would guarantee the possibility of a fair trial …
Testimony of a person who suffered detention and torture, narrating the humiliations received during his captivity. The declarant describes how he was taken to Lima and subjected to mistreatment at DINCOTE at around 12:00 midnight, where an officer kicked him in the back and humiliated him with insults. The testimony …
National Workshop organized by the Mental Health Unit of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in coordination with CAPS. The event was held during two consecutive days in the city of Lima. During the workshop, participants talked about their lives and the suffering experienced in the search for their missing …
Julia Castillo Ccopa gave her testimony at the first session of the CVR's public hearings on June 21, 2002. Her testimony corresponds to case N° 2 of that session. She narrated her experience of detention and torture in Lima. This testimony is part of the public hearings organized by the …
María Magdalena Monteza Benavides testified before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission about her detention, torture and rape by Army personnel in 1992. During her testimony, she reiterated the allegations she had made since the judicial stage about the physical and psychological mistreatment and rape suffered during her clandestine detention. The …
As a consequence of the mandate of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Prosecutor Miguel Angel Vega Vaccaro of the 37th Provincial Criminal Prosecutor's Office of Lima filed a criminal complaint against Commander Juan Mejía León and 15 other officers for the crime of kidnapping of Ernesto Castillo Páez. The …
Valentín Paniagua is sworn in as President of the Republic. This event took place in the context of the political crisis generated by the resignation of Alberto Fujimori, who had traveled to Asia from where he announced his resignation after allegations of electoral fraud in his 2000 reelection. Paniagua's inauguration …
Incendiary bombs at the premises of the Banco de la Nación, located on block 11 of Nicolás de Piérola Avenue, cause the immediate spread of fire and traps 15 security employees barricaded in the building. Six of them die as a result of asphyxiation and severe burns. This event takes …
Former presidential candidate Alejandro Toledo Manrique calls for a three-day mobilization called the March of the Four of His Own, in protest against the fraudulent re-election of Alberto Fujimori Fujimori. The first day passes peacefully with thousands of people mobilizing from different parts of the capital. On July 28, acts …
A national civic strike called by opposition forces takes place. It is characterized by protest actions and demonstrations at various points in the capital. In cities such as Iquitos, Cuzco and Arequipa, the strike is effective. Foreign press correspondents qualify the strike as the first effective national protest action against …
Vladimiro Montesinos Torres and Alberto Fujimori Fujimori are interviewed on the television program La Revista Dominical. After the interview, the host of the program, Nicolás Lúcar de la Portilla, announces his resignation in a press conference saying 'I am not a good example'. This event evidences the influence of the …
On December 17, 1996, a commando of 14 MRTA members stormed the Japanese ambassador's residence, holding 74 hostages for several months. The crisis ended on April 22, 1997 with a military intervention that resulted in 17 fatalities: Supreme Court member Carlos Giusti, two army officers and the 14 emerretistas who …
The hostage crisis that began on December 17, 1996, when a commando of 14 MRTA members stormed the residence of Japanese Ambassador Morihisa Aoki, ended with a military intervention. The operation resulted in 17 fatalities: Supreme Court vowel Carlos Giusti, two Army officers and the 14 emerretistas who had stormed …
On April 22, 1997, the Chavin de Huantar operation allowed the release of the hostages that the MRTA held captive for 4 months in the residence of the Japanese ambassador. There are indications being investigated by the Public Prosecutor's Office of arbitrary executions of some MRTA subversives who surrendered or …
The National Directorate of the MRTA made the decision to execute a commando-type military action in the city of Lima with the objective of freeing its militants. A little more than a dozen members of the MRTA special forces, operating in the central jungle, were intensively trained for several months …
The national leadership of the MRTA decided that a group of members of its forces in the central jungle, weakened by confrontations with the Army, would carry out a major national operation aimed at freeing its prisoners. After several months of intense preparation, on December 17, 1996, 14 MRTA militants …
Between December 17, 1996 and April 22, 1997, the MRTA took over the residence of the Japanese Ambassador, holding 72 hostages. The independent press, although critical of the Fujimori government, was visibly self-regulating in its coverage due to the magnitude of the blackmail. Coverage was intense and attracted international press. …
The MRTA took over the Japanese Ambassador's Residence located on block two of Prescott Avenue, San Isidro, on December 17, 1996 at approximately 8:10 p.m. during a reception for the Japanese Emperor's birthday. There were about 600 people. The main objective was to obtain the release of MRTA detainees. They …
A commando of 14 MRTA members stormed the residence of Japanese Ambassador Morihisa Aoki on December 17, 1996. The hostage crisis lasted for more than four months. On April 22, 1997, the crisis ended with a military intervention that left 17 victims: Supreme Court member Carlos Giusti, two Army officers, …
Assault on the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima by an MRTA commando led by its top leader Néstor Cerpa, who held 72 hostages captive. The assault ended with the rescue operation Chavín de Huántar. The government used the celebrations for the successful release of the hostages to legitimize itself after …
In December 1996, the MRTA took over the Japanese ambassador's residence, holding 490 people hostage. Juan Julio Wicht, S.J. Monsignor Juan Luis Cipriani intervened in the negotiations as president of the Commission of Guarantors. On April 23, 1997, the bloody seizure of the residence by government forces took place. Cipriani …
María Magdalena Monteza Benavides submitted a written statement to the Ad Hoc Commission created by Law 26655, in which she recounted the facts of her arbitrary detention, torture and rape that occurred in October-November 1992. In this statement, Monteza detailed how she was detained on October 30, 1992 by members …
EP Lieutenant Colonel Julio Alberto Rodríguez Córdova testified before the Second Permanent Court of the Army's Second Judicial Zone about the detention operation of María Magdalena Monteza Benavides on October 30, 1992. In his statement, Rodriguez Cordova affirmed that he had authorization from the Command to carry out the operation …
Three members of the PCP-SL assassinated Pascuala Rosado Olivera, popular leader and leader of Huaycán. The assassination of this community leader is part of the PCP-SL's strategy to eliminate social leaders who do not align themselves with their political project.
Pascuala Rosado was a leader of the urban community of Huaycán who established the first police station in the area in July 1992. In 1991, when the PCP-SL increased its presence on the central highway, Pascuala was threatened. Faced with threats, she was forced to leave the country. Upon her …
A woman was detained at DINCOTE (Dirección Nacional contra el Terrorismo) in Lima during 1996. During her detention, the affiant suffered violations of her dignity and status as a woman, terms frequently used by victims to refer to rape without explicitly mentioning it. This case is part of a documented …
Miguel Rincón Rincón, an important member of the MRTA (Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru) leadership, was arrested on November 30, 1995. This capture represented another resounding blow to the MRTA, which had already suffered the arrest of other important leaders such as Víctor Polay Campos in 1992. Rincón Rincón's arrest took …
In the municipal elections, Alberto Andrade Carmona wins the mayoralty of Lima with 52% of the votes. His victory represents a triumph of independent movements over the ruling party.
Alberto Andrade was elected Mayor of Lima in November 1995, in a context following the capture of Abimael Guzmán in 1992 and during the period of declining subversive violence in the capital. His election followed Alberto Fujimori's presidential reelection in April 1995. Andrade would later be reelected as Mayor of …
The 1st Criminal Chamber of the Superior Court of Lima declared the exception of res judicata filed by Víctor Vargas Giraldés and José Emilio Campos Chira to be founded, alleging that the War Chamber of the Supreme Council of Military Justice had already tried and sentenced them for the same …
One informant was detained in the district of Villa María del Triunfo on June 21, 1995. The testimony appears in the context of documentation on sexual violence and arbitrary detentions during the internal armed conflict. The detention is part of the cases registered by the CVR where human rights violations …
The 44th Provincial Criminal Prosecutor's Office of Lima issued a resolution on May 2, 1995 regarding the complaint of rape filed by María Magdalena Monteza Benavides against military personnel. The resolution closed the investigation, considering that the military jurisdiction was not competent to hear the crime of rape since it …
Alberto Fujimori won his presidential re-election on April 9, 1995. This reelection occurs in a context of declining subversive violence after the capture of Abimael Guzmán in 1992 and the weakening of the PCP-SL and MRTA. Fujimori's electoral triumph comes after the implementation of counter-subversive policies and anti-terrorist legislation that …
Margie Clavo, an important Shining Path leader and member of the Central Emergency Committee of the PCP-SL, was captured on March 23, 1995. This capture took place in the context of the progressive weakening of the PCP-SL after the arrest of Abimael Guzmán in September 1992. Clavo was part of …
Miguel Rincón Rincón, Lori Berenson and other MRTA members arrested. The arrest of U.S. citizen Lori Berenson sparks international controversy over her involvement with MRTA.
A female declarant testified that after being interrogated at DINCOTE in 1994, she was taken to a cell where three other women were being held, one of whom had been raped. The events occurred in May 1994 at the DINCOTE facilities. The rapes took place in addition to the DINCOTE …
On April 12, 1994, the PCP-SL again raided the town of Andajes, located in the province of Huaura. During this raid, the Shining Pathists executed six people. This attack represents the second violent incursion by the PCP-SL in Andajes, as four years earlier, in 1990, they had attacked the town, …
In 1994, the PCP-SL again raided the town of Andajes, killing six people. This was the second violent incursion by the PCP-SL in this locality, after a first attack in 1990 where they had selectively assassinated five local authorities. The aggressiveness of the Shining Path against Andajes exemplifies their strategy …
A woman detained at DINCOTE in April 1994 was the victim of rape during her detention. The victim used indirect terms such as 'my condition as a woman' or 'my dignity' to refer to the rape she suffered. This case is part of a systematic pattern of sexual violence against …
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