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 Sunday, April 30, 1989, some relatives were allowed to enter the Olavegoya Hospital in Jauja to examine the bodies of the victims of the Molinos confrontation that took place on April 28. The relatives found that their countrymen were totally disfigured, while the bodies identified as terrorists showed no …
On April 29, 1989, the six soldiers of the Peruvian Army killed in the Molinos confrontation the day before were buried. The remains of infantry lieutenant Jhonny Morales Rodriguez, sergeant Yuri Portocarrero and corporal Ulises Rivera Flores were buried in the "El Angel" cemetery. The cortege was presided over by …
On April 28, 1989, two MRTA columns encountered Peruvian Army forces in the district of Molinos (Jauja) and were practically annihilated in combat. A column of thirty heavily armed subversives operating in the area of Satipo and Chanchamayo had begun a movement towards the highlands to unite with another column …
A column of thirty heavily armed MRTA subversives attacked the Pichanaki police post. After the attack, the column began to move towards the highlands to join up with another column coming down from Tulumayo, in the highlands of Junin, with the objective of jointly taking the city of Tarma. However, …
On Friday, April 28, 1989, more than 100 Army soldiers clashed with a contingent of 67 MRTA members in the Puyhuan Pampa. The MRTA was heading towards Jauja with the objective of taking the city of Tarma aboard two trucks. When the trucks were passing through the Puyhuan pampa, they …
On April 28, 1989, an MRTA detachment traveling in two trucks toward Tarma to take the city was discovered by a Peruvian Army patrol in the Molinos district, eight kilometers east of Jauja. An armed confrontation ensued resulting in the death of 58 MRTA members, six members of the Peruvian …
On April 28, 1989, an armed confrontation took place between an Army patrol and a detachment of MRTA militants in the district of Molinos, province of Jauja. The subversive group was on its way to take the city of Tarma when it was intercepted by military forces. This event was …
An MRTA guerrilla column was annihilated in Molinos, Jauja, in a confrontation with the Peruvian Army. This was a devastating blow for the MRTA that disarticulated its organizational work and created political confusion among its militants. The repercussions for the MRTA's work at the university were serious, forcing them to …
In April 1989, approximately 80 members of the MRTA detachment were moving towards the Junin highlands with the intention of taking Tarma, when they encountered Army forces in the district of Molinos, Jauja province, and engaged in combat. The confrontation resulted in the death of 62 people identified as MRTA …
The MRTA tried to take the city of Tarma in an operation that ended in the Molinos massacre. The Army's review of surrendered guerrillas showed the MRTA that for the forces of order there were no good and bad subversives. The operation had been planned to respond to the strong …
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