Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru

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.

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  1. MIR-EM initiates formation of workers' cells

    After consolidating the work of political recruitment with students in the Young Towns of Pucallpa, the MIR-EM (Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria - El Militante) began in 1984 its work of forming workers' cells. This work was developed specifically in the unions of drivers, municipal and bank workers in the city …

    Pucallpa, Ucayali, Perú Informe CVR, página 347
  2. MIR-EM prepares for war

    In 1984, the MIR-EM in Ucayali began to prepare for war, having previously consolidated its political recruitment work with the formation of student cells in the Young Towns of the city of Pucallpa and created the Committees of Coordination and Neighborhood Struggle (CCOLUB). However, these plans were discouraged by the …

    Ucayali, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 346-347
  3. Emergence of the MRTA (Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement).

    The Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) emerged in 1982 from the union between the Marxist-Leninist Revolutionary Socialist Party (PSR) and the Revolutionary Left Movement-El Militante (MIR-EM). This subversive group was constituted as an armed organization that would operate mainly in the cities, especially in Metropolitan Lima. Like the PCP-SL, its …

    Perú Informe CVR
  4. MIR-EM retakes leadership of the Defense Front of Coronel Portillo

    In 1981, the MIR-EM (Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria - El Militante) managed to regain the leadership of the Defense Front of the province of Coronel Portillo, after having lost it in 1980 to engineer Castro Vera of the College of Engineers. This recovery of control of the Defense Front was …

    Provincia de Coronel Portillo, Ucayali, Perú Informe CVR, página 346
  5. MIR-EM loses leadership of the Defense Front of Coronel Portillo

    In 1980, the MIR-EM (Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria - El Militante) lost the leadership of the Defense Front of the province of Coronel Portillo. The engineer Castro Vera, from the College of Engineers, won the leadership of this organization. This loss represented a significant setback for the MIR-EM, which had …

    Provincia de Coronel Portillo, Ucayali, Perú Informe CVR, página 346
  6. Creation of CODEL-COP (Committee for the Defense and Struggle of Coronel Portillo).

    On July 19, 1977, the Committee for the Defense and Struggle of Coronel Portillo (CODEL-COP) was created, an organization that brought together all the union, peasant and even native forces of the province. At that time, the Committee of Revolutionary Workers of Peru (CTRP) was also included. This organization was …

    Coronel Portillo, Ucayali, Perú Informe CVR, página 347
  7. Formation of the Defense Front of Coronel Portillo

    On July 19, 1977, the Committee for the Defense and Struggle of Coronel Portillo (CODEL-COP) was created, bringing together all the union, peasant and even native forces, including the Committee of Revolutionary Workers of Peru (CTRP). Between 1977 and 1978, with an important presence of the MIR-EM in the political …

    Provincia de Coronel Portillo, Ucayali, Perú Informe CVR, página 346
  8. MIR-EM controls SUTECOP

    The Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria - El Militante (MIR-EM) managed to capture the largest number of followers and control the unions in Ucayali, where most people were sympathizers of Patria Roja. In 1975, the MIR-EM took over the Unitary Union of Education Workers of Coronel Portillo (SUTECOP), consolidating its presence …

    Ucayali, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 346-347

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