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.
On April 13, 1987, the MRTA-MIR (Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru - Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria) made its public appearance with an attack against the premises of the Banco de Crédito de Puno. This attack marked the first known action of this organization that resulted from the union between the MIR …
On December 9, 1986, the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) and the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) formally united. This event marked the holding of the First Central Committee of Unity between both subversive organizations. The merger represents an attempt to consolidate armed revolutionary forces in Peru during the 1980s.
On March 1, the PSR (ML)-MIR-EM alliance adopted the name Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru (MRTA). This organization arose from the alliance between the Marxist-Leninist Revolutionary Socialist Party and the Revolutionary Left Movement El Militante, which had united in June 1980 with the aim of reinitiating the guerrilla struggle initiated by …
At the beginning of 1966, the Peruvian Army arrested the last guerrillas of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) with the collaboration of some Asháninka from the area. The MIR was one of several political parties that, inspired by the Cuban revolution, opted for the 'foquista' armed struggle in the middle …
The Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) was one of several political parties that, inspired by the Cuban revolution, opted for the 'foquista' armed struggle. At the beginning of 1966, the Army arrested the last guerrillas with the collaboration of some Asháninka. Most of the fighters and the Asháninka who accompanied them …
In October 1965, the Pachacutec Front of Cuzco, part of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) led by Luis de la Puente Uceda, was practically disbanded. This guerrilla front had initiated actions in 1965, its main action being the ambush against a police detachment in the Yahuarina ravine at the beginning …
In 1965, the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) led by Luis de la Puente Uceda carried out an ambush against a police detachment in the Yahuarina ravine. This action was part of the second guerrilla moment in the southern Andes, which took place at the beginning of 1965. However, in October …
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