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. Burial of the dead with the help of community members

    On Friday, August 20, 1993, two days after the massacre perpetrated by Shining Path columns in the Tsiriari valley, the villagers who had survived by hiding in the bush finished burying the dead. Four villagers who arrived from Mazamari helped them in this task. On Thursday, August 19, the villagers …

    Tahuantinsuyo, Mazamari, Perú Informe CVR, página 265
  2. Notice to the Army from Mazamari base on the massacre in the Tsiriari valley.

    On Thursday, August 19, 1993, one day after the massacre perpetrated by Shining Path columns in eight communities of the Tsiriari valley, the villagers who had managed to hide in the bush came down to warn the Army from the Mazamari base about the events that had occurred. The massacre …

    Mazamari, Perú Informe CVR
  3. Massacre in Tsiriari valley

    On August 18, 1993, three groups of alleged hikers, between one hundred and three hundred men, women and children, settlers and natives, entered seven communities in the Tsiriari valley. The communities attacked were Monterrico, San Isidro, Sol de Oro, Union Cubaro, San Francisco de Cubaro and Santa Isabel (colonists) and …

    Valle de Tsiriari, Mazamari, Satipo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 240-241
  4. Slaughter in eight communities in the Tsiriari valley

    On August 18, 1993, three Shining Path columns, each composed of approximately 70 settlers and natives, entered eight communities in the Tsiriari valley (six colonists and two Asháninka). The massacre began around 4:00 p.m. in the Nomatsiguenga Tahuantinsuyo community, where twenty-one people were killed, including children, men and women. The …

    Valle de Tsiriari, distrito de Mazamari, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 264-270
  5. CART Congress and kidnapping of leaders

    Between July 18 and 20, 1990, the ordinary congress of the Central Asháninka del Río Tambo (CART) was held in Mayapo. At the end of the congress, an armed column of the Shining Path, made up of more than sixty people, including settlers and natives, kidnapped the main indigenous leaders …

    Mayapo, Río Tambo, Satipo, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, página 236

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