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 1989, following the second attack on Uchiza, the Peruvian military established a political-military headquarters in the town under the command of General Alberto Arciniegas Huby. Arciniegas decided to halt police actions and coca crop eradication programs, recognizing that such repression hindered the state's ability to gain full obedience from …
General Huamán was removed from his military command in Ayacucho on 28 August 1984 after suggesting that military leaders should have political powers, such as appointing and removing local authorities, to combat the PCP-SL. His approach, which included social investments in rural areas, was seen as conflicting with the government's …
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