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.
The III Central Unity Committee was a crucial event in the history of the MRTA held in September 1990. In this committee, the MRTA cadres headed by Victor Polay assumed the leadership of the movement at the national level. This event marked a significant change in MRTA's strategy, since a …
Comandante Evaristo assumed command of the Northeastern Front (FNO) of the MRTA in the department of San Martin during the period 1990-1992. As military chief of the FNO, Evaristo was in charge of coordinating political actions together with the political chief, the press chief and the logistics chief. His leadership …
The PCP-SL Main Force of the Alto Huallaga Regional Committee made its first incursion into the Cashibo native community of Mariscal Caceres in June 1989. The Shining Path members gathered the villagers in the school and demanded that the community organize and follow their laws. The Cashibo refused to form …
Between the end of 1989 and the beginning of 1990, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso managed to form Organized Committees and Open Popular Committees in the villages located along the Tamaya River and on the banks of the Suaya, Butsaya and Noaya rivers. After an unsuccessful incursion in the hamlet of Iparia …
The first session of the First Congress of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) was held between February and March 1988. This event represented an important organizational milestone for the subversive organization. Subsequently, in July-August 1988 the second session of the same congress was held, and in …
In January 1988, the PCP-SL organized a meeting of residents of Chongos Alto with the objective of establishing a Popular Committee. During this meeting, some community members were designated as responsible for it. This event was part of the rapid expansion of the Shining Path's influence in the Cunas area, …
In mid-1987, the PCP-SL expanded the organization of the committees on the left bank of the Huallaga River, diversifying the chain and responsibilities of the Party representatives. The committee no longer depended on one delegate but on five representatives, of which three were principal: political command, military command and logistical …
From the second half of 1987, the PCP-SL organized popular committees in the territory of many communities in Junín, settling in the Canipaco valley in mid 1988. By the end of 1987, the PCP-SL had armed columns that moved relatively freely from one zone to another in the highlands and …
Commander Raul was the military commander of the Northeastern Front (FNO) of the MRTA in the department of San Martin between 1987 and 1988. As military chief, together with the political chief, the press chief and the logistics chief, he was in charge of coordinating the FNO's political actions. The …
In mid-1985, an organization was formed and developed in the city as part of the Revolutionary Movement for the Defense of the People (MRDP). This organization was created by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso as part of its operational structure in Lima. The MRDP was part of the central apparatus of the …
In 1984, there was already a nucleus of MRTA (Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru) militants in Huancayo. This group began to participate in debates and acts of protest carried out at the National University of Central Peru (UNCP) by students. The presence of the MRTA in the central region marked the …
Between 1982 and 1984, MIR-VR area managers had the mission to travel throughout their area in order to prepare maps for population and housing censuses. This task included locating villages, roads, paths, trails, trails, native ethnic groups, bridges, streams, among other geographic and demographic elements. The people leaving the political-military …
The MIR-VR organized a convention in the locality of Shapaja during 1982, shortly after having carried out a political-military doctrinal school in the zone of Alto Shanusi in January of that year. In this convention, a group of Miristas who had fulfilled the function of recruiting new militants were chosen …
During the IV Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the PCP-SL held in 1981, the creation of the popular committees as 'embryos of the new power' was planned. In this session it was decided to empower the Metropolitan Committee to act in the capital as a 'sounding board' for …
In 1981, the PCP-SL (Shining Path) appeared in Alto Huallaga, taking advantage of the climate of social chaos created by drug trafficking. They presented themselves as the executioner of a corrupt and inefficient bureaucratic state and assumed the supposed defense of the interests of coca growers, who were being attacked …
In June 1975 the PCP-SL began the process of reconstitution of the party, incorporating new militants and rethinking the development of the people's war in the city. This process took place after the IV Plenum of the Central Committee held in 1974, where it was proposed to 'retake the path …
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