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. Murder of Juvenal Martinez by the military in Julcani

    In 1993, the PCP-SL assassinated the industrial relations officer of the Julcani mine in one of its last bloody actions in the mining centers. Since then, the military and the police have been controlling the mining centers. During a workers' mobilization in the Julcani mining center, worker Juvenal Martinez was …

    Centro minero de Julcani, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 211-216, 221
  2. Murder of Juvenal Martinez in mobilization in Julcani

    In November 1993, during a workers' mobilization at the Julcani mining center, worker Juvenal Martínez was shot and killed by military personnel. The murder was perpetrated by a major identified as Rubén Rodríguez Rebanal, who shot Martínez at point-blank range. The mobilization was in protest against the mine's industrial relations …

    Julcani, Huancavelica, Perú Informe CVR, página 212
  3. Mobilization against Mayor Johny Rodriguez

    In March 1992, the executive committee of CUAVES and the "District Struggle Committee" - a Shining Path front group - mobilized hundreds of people to protest, demanding the dismissal of Mayor Johny Rodriguez "for promoting the militarization of VES". This mobilization occurred shortly after the assassination of María Elena Moyano …

    Villa El Salvador, Lima, Perú Informe CVR
  4. Mobilization in repudiation of the attacks

    On October 27, 1991 there was a mobilization to repudiate the attacks called by the Municipality of San Juan de Lurigancho. This mobilization took place after the assassinations of the general sub-secretary Fortunato Collazos Crispín and the press and propaganda secretary Alfredo Aguirre Berrocal, which occurred on September 14, 1991 …

    Juan Pablo II, San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima, Perú Informe CVR, página 432
  5. Second farmers' strike in the south

    In September 1989, the FDCP still had enough strength to call for a second peasant strike in the south as a prelude to the municipal and regional elections in November. As had happened in March, blockades, mobilizations and some isolated seizures took place. Fourteen days later, the measure was lifted …

    Puno, Perú Informe CVR, página 2352
  6. Massacre of 8 farmers during mobilization

    On February 9, 1989, 8 peasants were massacred during a mobilization in Pucallpa. This event was denounced by the Catholic Church through the Human Rights Office of the Vicariate of Pucallpa. The massacre took place in the context of generalized violence in the department of Ucayali, where both subversive groups …

    Pucallpa, Ucayali, Perú Informe CVR, página 377
  7. Huaycán mobilization with police repression

    The residents of Huaycán carried out a mobilization that was harshly repelled by the police with tear gas and counter-demonstration vehicles. One of the vehicles ran over two neighbors, killing Rafael Flores Echevarría and leaving Luis handicapped. In addition, the police arrested between 200 and 300 demonstrators. A few days …

    Lima, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 2218-2219
  8. First mass mobilization from Huaycán to Lima

    The residents of Huaycán carried out a massive mobilization to the Plaza San Martín in Lima to demand that the authorities fulfill the community's demands. The mobilization had a double message: reject the PCP-SL and the APRA veto. During the march, the PCP-SL attempted acts of violence and the leaders …

    Plaza San Martín, Lima, Perú Informe CVR, página 2218
  9. March for Life and for Peace in Lima

    More than ten thousand people mobilized through the center of Lima in the great march for Life and Peace, organized by the National Human Rights Coordinating Committee. Under the slogan 'The Fifth: Do not kill', numerous Christian groups from various parishes of Lima, lay apostolic movements, populous districts of Lima, …

    Centro de Lima, Perú Informe CVR, página 1068
  10. Coordination and Neighborhood Struggle Committee (Comité de Coordinación y Lucha Barrial)

    In May 1977, the Comité de Coordinación y Lucha Barrial (Neighborhood Coordination and Struggle Committee) was formed in Lima, an organization that articulated the workers' and neighborhood movement in the context of the mobilizations against the military government. This committee emerged after the government decreed a State of Emergency in …

    Lima, Perú Informe CVR
  11. Central Highway Struggle Committee

    In June 1976, the left promoted the formation of the Central Highway Struggle Committee, representative of the unions in the industrial zone. This committee organized mobilizations and a strong strike in solidarity with the workers of the Nylon factory. The action culminated in a violent confrontation with police forces and …

    Carretera Central, Lima, Perú Informe CVR
  12. Fight for free education in Huanta

    In June 1969, the Military Government issued decree 006, which cut the coverage of free education. This measure generated an important social mobilization of rejection in which the presence of the Association of Small Landowners and organizations linked to the Red Flag party stood out. In Ayacucho the struggle was …

    Huanta y Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 2367-2368

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