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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On War. Chasing Shining Path
Terrorist ambush. Shining Path (Part 1 of 2)
Terrorist ambush. Shining Path (Part 2 of 2)
Shining Path is reborn: The FARC of Peru
Statement by Comrade Artemio. December 2008.
'Shining Path' kills 12 in Peru
Shining Path plants mines
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For the Recognition of Victims of Shining Path Internment Camps
On July 23, 2015, the Ministerio de Defensa announced that the Ejército Peruano had rescued 26 children and 13 adults who had been living under the control of the remnants …
Police Team Discovered the True Identity of 'Alipio' in August 2009
Quechua-speaking agents traveled to the remote village of Ccanobamba, in San José de Secce (Huanta, Ayacucho), where they found Julia Casafranca Cartolín, who confirmed that she was the mother of …
Special Brigade 'Wolf' Bit Shining Path Members in the Vraem Where It Knew It Would Hurt Them Most
The slain "Gabriel" and "Alipio" were not only the most important military commanders of the narco-terrorists, but also those most trusted by the supreme leader, Víctor Quispe Palomino, "camarada José." …
National Plan to Combat Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism
Organized crime relies on an ever-increasing level of sophistication to conceal illicitly obtained assets and give them the appearance of legality, making it increasingly dangerous to the security of our …
Human Rights Groups Condemn the Use of Children by Shining Path in Peru
Human rights groups condemned on Saturday the use of minors by the armed group Sendero Luminoso in its terrorist activities, as occurred the previous Sunday in its most recent attack, …
Narcoterrorists from the VRAE Break with Shining Path and Call for Abimael's Death
The group of Senderista remnants operating in the valley of the Apurímac and Ene rivers (VRAE) is not very different from its sinister historical parent. Like the terrorist band created …
Attack on the Dinoes Base in Ayacucho Was 'Foreseeable'
Jaime Antezana, an expert researcher on drug trafficking and violence, stated on RPP that the narco-terrorist attack carried out at the base of the National Directorate of Special Police Operations, …
The Government Condemned Shining Path's Recruitment of Children
The head of the Peruvian Council of Ministers, Yehude Simon, condemned today the recruitment of children by Sendero Luminoso, after a television channel broadcast footage on Sunday showing minors in …
President of the Ayacucho Region Asks for the VRAE Zone to Be Bombed
The head of the Ayacucho region requested greater severity in confronting subversion and called for "letting go of fear of human rights" in order to fight the narco-terrorists, of whom …
The Taking of Vizcatán
A real war has been waged in Vizcatán, the impregnable Shining Path stronghold in the Valle de los Ríos Apurímac-Ene (VRAE). The battle has two sides facing each other: the …
Emergency Zones: Who Is in Charge? - Opinion Column
Both in the VRAE and in the Alto Huallaga there are provinces and districts declared as emergency zones. In them, an explosive combination of five factors comes together: the presence …
Departmental Report of the Collective Reparations Program (PRC) Ayacucho YEAR 2007
Ayacucho was the region most affected by the outbreak of the internal armed conflict in the country, whose consequences to date remain a pending agenda for the Peruvian state. At …
Shining Path in La Cantuta: Are They Playing with Fire Again?
Sendero Luminoso is buzzing with activity. While the imprisoned leadership cooks up a reunion between the Political Solution sponsored by Abimael Guzmán and the supposedly rebel Proseguir faction, the freed …
Voices from the Global Margin: Confronting Poverty and Inventing New Lives in the Andes
"Your passport, Sir!" It was 1965 and I had just landed in Lima, the capital of Peru, the first stop on my way to the Andes, where I was to …
Shining Path: A Case of Narco-Terrorism?
This work has two objectives: the first is to show how the Peruvian State was able to defeat an insurgent movement with the characteristics of Sendero Luminoso, and the second …
Shining Path: Another Script
New Shining Path directives: intensify work in universities, higher institutes, and night schools. "Overcoming the bend in the road" alludes to Guzmán's speech made from the cage. In one week …
Reflections for a Peace Strategy for Peru. International Seminar "Political Violence in Peru. Analysis and Perspectives".
The study of terrorist groups and insurgent movements has been limited, in recent years, to those organizations based in Western Europe or in some of the four strategically important centers …
Drug Trafficking, S.A.
The book is divided into five parts: the first is titled "Great Britain and the First Opium War." It discusses the war of the East India Company against China and …
Belaúnde Terry Calls Elections in Peru for 1985 and Gives the Army a Greater Role in the Fight Against Guerrillas
Peruvian President Fernando Belaúnde Terry called general elections for April 14, 1985, and turned to the armed forces in response to the bloody offensive by the Maoist terrorist organization Sendero …