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. Shining Path attack on shopkeeper in Morococha

    In August 1989, a Shining Path column completely dynamited Centromín Perú's mining company in Morococha. This was one of several ongoing dynamite attacks against the machinery of the state mining company. The attack was part of a series of terrorist actions that the PCP-SL had been carrying out against the …

    Morococha, La Oroya, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 211
  2. Shining Path attack against Centromín Perú's facilities in Morococha

    On July 13, 1989, a Shining Path column dynamited the compressor house, ventilation pipes and the power plant of Centromín Perú in Morococha. This attack was part of a series of terrorist actions against the mining infrastructure that the PCP-SL had been carrying out in the area for months. The …

    Morococha, provincia de Yauli, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, pp. 211-220
  3. Destruction of Centromín's compressor house in Morococha

    On June 29, 1989, a Shining Path column completely destroyed the installations of Centromín Perú's compressor house in Morococha. This bomb attack was part of a series of continuous attacks against Centromín Perú's machinery and facilities in the mining zone. As a result of the destruction, Centromín workers began to …

    Morococha, provincia de Yauli, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 211
  4. Murder of Antonio Cajachagua Leiva

    On May 7, 1989, as he was leaving an assembly, Antonio Cajachagua Leiva, general secretary of the Morococha mine workers' union, was shot in the head and killed. His former colleagues state that he was also against the strikes and attributed the assassination to the Shining Path. This murder took …

    Morococha, Yauli, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 211
  5. Murder of Antonio Cajachagua, General Secretary of the Morococha Mine Workers Union.

    On May 7, 1989, in Morococha, Yauli province, Antonio Cajachagua, General Secretary of the Morococha Mine Workers Union (STMM), was assassinated by a group of hooded men. This assassination took place in the context of a series of selective executions against mining union leaders who had publicly opposed the actions …

    Morococha, Yauli, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 186
  6. Dynamite attack on Centromín's offices in Morococha

    On April 15, 1989, a Shining Path column carried out a terrorist attack by dynamiting the industrial relations offices and the eight-inch air pipeline of Centromín Perú in Morococha. This attack was part of a series of PCP-SL attacks against the mining infrastructure in the region. The attack affected the …

    Morococha, Yauli, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 211
  7. Dynamiting of offices and piping in Morococha

    On April 15, 1989, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso dynamited the industrial relations offices and the air pipe at the Morococha mining camp, owned by Centromín Perú. This attack was part of a series of violent actions carried out by the subversive organization against mining installations in the central region of the …

    Morococha, Perú Informe CVR, página 347
  8. Murder of the secretary general of the Morococha union

    On April 5, 1989, groups of heavily armed hooded men assassinated the secretary general of the Morococha union. This assassination occurred in the context of a series of paramilitary actions against mining leaders during 1989. The crime took place shortly before a second strike called for the beginning of March, …

    Morococha, Junín, Perú Informe CVR
  9. Installation of military base in Morococha

    In the last months of 1989, after a series of dynamite attacks by the PCP-SL against Centromín Perú's facilities in Morococha, a military base was installed in the mining camp. The installation of this base occurred shortly after the formation of a defensive brigade by the workers, whose purpose was …

    Campamento minero de Morococha, Yauli, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 211
  10. XIV Ordinary Congress of the Federation of Workers of Centromín Peru

    In the last months of 1989, the XIV Ordinary Congress of the Federation of Workers of Centromín Perú was held with the objective of discussing the labor situation of the workers. This congress was held in a context of intense political violence in the mining region, marked by PCP-SL attacks …

    Centromín Perú, Región Central, Perú Informe CVR, página 211
  11. Attack in Morococha mining camp

    On December 26, 1988, at 00:15 am, twelve armed individuals dynamited the compressor house and a transformer at the Morococha mining camp. This attack was part of a series of actions perpetrated by Sendero Luminoso against Centromín Perú facilities during the 1988 Christmas season. The attacks occurred in the context …

    Campamento minero de Morococha, Perú Informe CVR, página 345
  12. PCP-SL dynamiting attack against Centromín Perú's compressor house in Morococha

    On December 26, 1988, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out one of the biggest attacks in Morococha, dynamiting the compressor house of Centromín Perú. This attack had serious consequences for the mine workers, who were paralyzed for 15 days due to the lack of compressed air necessary for the operation of …

    Morococha, provincia de Yauli, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 211
  13. Murder of Alejandro Patiño

    Alejandro Patiño, former leader of the Morococha Mine Workers Union (STMM) and an APRA militant, was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso on October 17, 1988. This assassination took place in the context of important mobilizations and strikes of mining workers demanding the recognition of the single national miners' list proposed …

    Morococha, Yauli, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 185
  14. Murder of former union leader Alejandro Patiño in Morococha

    On October 17, 1988, the day the national mining strike called by the Federation of Miners, Metallurgists and Steelworkers of Peru (FNTMMSP) began, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated Alejandro Patiño, former leader of the Morococha union. Patiño was an aprista (member of the PAP, the ruling party at the time) and …

    Morococha, Junín, Perú Informe CVR
  15. National mining strike

    On July 21, 1988, a national mining strike was held with the participation of the great majority of the mining workers, who blocked the central highway. During this demonstration there was a confrontation between members of the National Police and a small group of mothers who had joined the strike. …

    Morococha, provincia de Yauli, Región Central, Perú Informe CVR, p. 211
  16. Murder of Francisca Quispe by police officers in Morococha

    On July 21, 1988, during a national strike in which the great majority of the mineworkers who blocked the central highway participated, there was a confrontation between members of the National Police and a small group of mothers who had joined the strike. The confrontation escalated when an excited police …

    Morococha, Yauli, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 211
  17. Hiking approach in Morococha

    In the first months of 1988, members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso approached the inhabitants of Morococha in a friendly and non-violent manner, seeking to recruit them as supporters of their organization. The Shining Path members visited stores and homes, such as that of one family where they tried to convince …

    Morococha, Yauli, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 211
  18. Appearance of Shining Path in Morococha

    In 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso made its appearance in the mining settlement of Morococha. The Morococha unions were dominated by the 'Pukallacta' group, a radical faction of Patria Roja, with which the Shining Path would appear that year. It is considered possible that some Shining Path militants who had been …

    Morococha, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 210

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