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.
Testimony collected in November 2002 in Ayacucho about the death of the declarant's brothers during an armed confrontation in Callqui, province of Huanta. The testimony is part of the documentation on the psychological effects of political violence on the victims. The affiant narrates the events that resulted in the death …
The testimony narrates the death of the mother in September, followed by the death of the father on December 23 of the same year. The father, after the death of his wife, expressed his desire not to live alone, stating: 'if your mommy is dead why am I going to …
María Pupetela Villegas Regalado, one of the first inmates wounded in the May 6 operation, died of septicemia on May 11, 1992 at the Central Police Health Hospital. The Necropsy Protocol No. 2077-92 indicates that her body had 8 bullet wounds, all in the upper part, as a result of …
Four MRTA subversives were killed in Cedroccasa, district of Vilcabamba. This fact shows the presence of MRTA in the Cuzco region and the confrontations with the forces of law and order.
Commander Roberto (whose real name was Rodrigo Galvez) died on February 9, 1990. That same day, the MRTA took the town of Picota. After his death, the Northeastern Front (FNO) of the MRTA took his name as a tribute. In April 1990, after Roberto's death, Commander Evaristo entrusted the command …
In the early morning of January 20, 1990, Olivares (known as El Gringo) leads a column of some 30 PCP-SL insurgents to attack the SAIS Sollocota. The National Police detachment manages to repel the assault. The forces of the order undertake the pursuit and towards noon they reach the group …
On April 28, 1986, peasants were murdered in Usnuyoc, province of Acomayo, department of Cuzco. This occurred during the period of expanding violence in the southern Andes (1984-1988), when the internal armed conflict was beginning to intensify in the provinces of Cuzco. The province of Acomayo was one of the …
On April 30, 1985, on the fifth post-operative day, Segundo Navarro Silva, Domingo Garcia Rada's driver, died in the intensive care ward of the Italian Clinic. He had been transferred to this clinic on April 24 after the terrorist attack, presenting a bullet hole in the left forearm, perforation of …
Five MRTA subversives, including Víctor Polay Campos and Jorge Talledo Feria, robbed a bank in the district of La Victoria. When two of the subversives tried to immobilize the policeman guarding the bank, he fired his submachine gun. One of the bullets ricocheted on the floor and mortally wounded Talledo …
On August 3, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, historical leader of the Peruvian Aprista Party, died. His death generates a succession crisis in the PAP, making explicit two currents within the party: a parliamentary conservative liberalism and a reformist corporativism. His death marks a crucial moment in Peruvian political …
On March 1, Abel Callirgos Granero, secretary general of SUTEP of Callao, died in strange circumstances when two officers were about to arrest him. The circumstances of his death were considered suspicious and occurred during the context of the mining strike and the state of emergency.
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