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.
GRP Colonel Rolando Cabezas Alarcón, convicted for his responsibility in the extrajudicial executions in the Lurigancho prison in June 1986, was released on June 16, 1995 by application of Amnesty Law No. 26479, after serving his sentence since 1986.
Simeón Auccatoma Quispe, a member of the Uchuraccay community and one of the three defendants arrested for the massacre of journalists on January 26, 1983, died in prison of tuberculosis contracted in the Lurigancho prison. During the oral trial, Auccatoma Quispe was extremely affected and submissive, bursting into tears several …
In February 1987, a commission from Amnesty International investigated events at Peruvian prisons, leading to a report that revealed extrajudicial executions by security forces. Over 90 prisoners were executed in Lurigancho, and the Pabellón Azul in El Frontón was destroyed with inmates still inside. The report attributed responsibility to high-ranking …
On June 27, 1986, President Alan Garcia Perez admitted that there was evidence of the commission of crimes in the Lurigancho prison by the Republican Guard and announced the beginning of an investigation aimed at punishing all those responsible for the massacre, with the famous phrase 'either all those responsible …
President Alan Garcia Perez addressed a message to the country on June 24, 1986, four days after the riot of terrorist detainees in three prisons in Lima and Callao (Lurigancho, El Fronton and Santa Barbara) occurred on June 18. In his message, the president condemned terrorism and reiterated his support …
On June 21, 1986, the Government officially admitted the possibility that excessive use of force had been committed in the Lurigancho prison and informed that it had ordered the Military Court to investigate these events, following complaints by Senator Javier Diez Canseco and the media about extrajudicial executions.
On June 18 and 19, 1986 there were simultaneous riots organized by the PCP-SL in three prisons in Lima and Callao. Law enforcement forces intervened with extreme violence resulting in the death of 244 inmates executed: 118 in El Frontón, 124 in Lurigancho and 2 in Santa Bárbara. The riots …
Between June 18 and 19, 1986, there were simultaneous riots in three penitentiaries in Lima. In CRAS Lurigancho, 124 inmates died after repression by members of the Navy and the Republican Guard. In CRAS El Frontón, located in Callao, approximately 150 inmates died. In CRAS Santa Barbara 3 female inmates …
Between June 18 and 19, 1986 there were simultaneous riots in three prisons: CRAS Lurigancho, CRAS El Frontón in Callao, and CRAS Santa Bárbara. The riot in Lurigancho was broken up by members of the Navy and the Republican Guard, resulting in 124 inmates dead. In the Frontón prison approximately …
On June 18 and 19, 1986, there was a riot of subversive prisoners in three prisons in Lima: CRAS Lurigancho (124 dead), CRAS El Frontón (more than 100 dead), and CRAS Santa Bárbara (3 inmates dead). This event was the largest collective massacre in the history of Peru up to …
On June 18, 1986, detainees held for terrorism in three prisons in Lima and Callao (Lurigancho, El Frontón and Santa Bárbara) rioted. In Santa Barbara two subversives died on June 19. The government ordered the Joint Command to have the military justice system carry out the necessary investigations to determine …
On June 18, 1986, there was a Shining Path riot in the Lurigancho, El Frontón and Santa Bárbara prisons with hostage taking. The Council of Ministers decided to reestablish order with maximum energy, entrusting the task to the Joint Command of the Armed Forces. The repression resulted in the death …
PCP-SL militants rioted in three prisons: El Frontón, Lurigancho and Santa Mónica, taking advantage of the media coverage of the Socialist International congress taking place in Lima. Garcia's government commissioned the Armed Forces to put an end to the riot with a death toll of 244 people. Almost immediately, pro-guerrilla …
In June 1986, inmates accused of terrorism of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso rioted and took control of wards in Lurigancho and El Frontón prisons. Between June 18 and 19, operations were carried out to retake control. The official toll was 124 inmates dead in Lurigancho and 119 in El Frontón. There …
In June 1986, allegations emerged of extrajudicial executions at Lurigancho prison in Peru, following a rebellion that had been subdued by the military. The government, led by President Alan García, admitted the possibility of excessive force and initiated investigations. The investigations found responsibility among members of the Guardia Republicana, leading …
On October 10, 1985, a violent crackdown occurred at Lurigancho Prison in Peru, where approximately thirty inmates linked to the PCP-SL were killed during a weapons search by the Republican Guard. The incident highlighted the excessive use of force by the authorities and raised concerns about human rights violations. This …
PCP-SL inmates of the Lurigancho prison rioted to prevent a search. The Peruvian Republican Guard broke up the riot, resulting in the death of 30 inmates. This was one of the first episodes of mass violence in prisons during the internal armed conflict.
On October 4, 1985, inmates at the Lurigancho prison in Peru staged a riot to prevent a search by authorities. The Republican Guard intervened to quell the uprising, resulting in the deaths of 30 inmates. The incident was controversial, with the Minister of Justice, Luis González Posada, claiming that the …
Riot in the Lurigancho prison that resulted in the death of inmates. The APRA government did not assume any responsibility for these events. This event marked a point in which the denunciations of human rights violations did not find the same echo as in previous cases.
During the early 1980s, members of the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) in Peruvian prisons like El Frontón and Lurigancho organized themselves with strict discipline, viewing imprisonment as a continuation of their struggle against the state. This led to internal conflicts and hostilities, particularly against inmates from other leftist parties, creating …
In 1967, the administrative division of the district of Lurigancho took place to create the new district of San Juan de Lurigancho. This division was the result of the pressure of urban growth in the eastern part of Metropolitan Lima. The process of district subdivision was part of the sociodemographic …
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The Penales Genocide is remembered, which took place between June 18th and 19th, 1986. Those responsible for this horrendous act, which left around 300 dead in its wake, always argued …
On June 19, 1986, the most sinister extermination operation took place in the prisons of El Frontón, Lurigancho, and Santa Bárbara. 254 inmates were extrajudicially executed. The rioters denounced an …
Between June 18th and 20th, 1986, the Lima prisons of Lurigancho and the island-prison El Frontón were stormed by Peruvian troops to suppress a riot by prisoners of the terrorist …
The Academic Department of Public Law and Legal and Political Sciences of the Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa (Peru) commissioned professors Enrique Soto, Rómulo González, and Alfonso Banda …
The Sendero Luminoso militants killed during the military assault on the El Frontón and Lurigancho prisons, which left 300 dead, refused any type of negotiation, both with the authorities and …
The Department of Public Law and Legal and Political Sciences of the Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa (Peru) commissioned professors Enrique Soto, Rómulo González, and Alfonso Banda to …
Embassy Political Counsel Felder and President Garcia meet and discuss the current domestic political situation, including the two prison riots at El Fronton and Lurigancho. In the conversation Garcia clears …
Political counselor Felder made his farewell visit to President García late on the night of June 30. During the meeting, García only wanted to talk about the internal political crisis …
The Sendero Luminoso militants who were killed during the military assault on the prisons of El Frontón and Lurigancho, which left 300 dead, refused any kind of negotiation, both with …
The Peruvian Army has exterminated the inmate population of three Lima prisons in the bloodiest event recorded in the country since the emergence of terrorism in 1980. After 35 hours …
