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.
In the late afternoon of December 23, 1985, a commando of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) occupied the Scala Gigante store located in the district of Breña, Lima. The MRTA members immobilized the store's guards and employees. Using the store's loudspeakers, they urged the large public present to loot, …
2,000 of the 12,000 registered families proceeded to occupy the Huaycán land in an action supported by the Municipality of Lima. The occupation took place amidst tensions due to delays in the habilitation works and rumors circulating that the Horacio Zevallos association intended to invade the area. The residents organized …
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