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 September 1992, the Shining Path PCP detonated a bomb that destroyed one of the food collection centers of the soup kitchens of FEPOMUVES (Popular Federation of Women of Villa El Salvador), presided over by María Elena Moyano. This attack was part of an escalation of violence by the PCP-SL …
The leader of the Popular Federation of Women of Villa el Salvador and deputy mayor of the district María Elena Moyano was brutally assassinated by the Shining Path. This event shocked public opinion, marking a milestone in what until then had been the resistance to the advance and harassment of …
On February 14, 1992, the day the Shining Path PCP called an armed strike, María Elena Moyano, president of the Women's Federation (FEPOMUVES), called a March for Peace in Villa El Salvador. This march was an act of direct resistance against Shining Path violence in the district. During that same …
February 9, 1992 marked a turning point in Villa El Salvador. Four days after the Huarcaya victory, there was an emergency meeting in the Industrial Park to discuss the situation. The PCP-SL had decreed an armed strike in Lima for the following day, February 14. At this meeting, María Elena …
During February 1992, the PCP-SL intensified its attacks against popular leaders, local authorities and ronderos in Lima. Among the targets were leaders of the Bocanegra human settlement and the mayor of Comas, Humberto Paredes. The most emblematic case was the assassination of María Elena Moyano Delgado on February 15, who …
The assassination of María Elena Moyano by the Shining Path represented an extreme situation due to the degree of cruelty of the SL and the fragility of the popular organizations that confronted it at the beginning of the 1990s. This assassination was emblematic of the violence against popular leaders.
In November 1991, the March 'Against Hunger and Terror' took place, led by the leaders María Elena Moyano and Emma Hilario, among others. This march took place in a context of intensified threats and attacks by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso against the leaders of women's grassroots organizations. The march was an …
In September 1991, a bomb exploded and destroyed one of the collection centers of FEPOMUVES (Popular Federation of Women of Villa El Salvador), where the organization stored food for distribution to soup kitchens. This attack was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to dismantle the most important social organizations and destroy …
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