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.
During August 1991, three opposition political groups held their party congresses in Peru. The organizations that held these events were Confluencia Socialista, the Partido Aprista Peruano (PAP) and the Movimiento Libertad. These congresses took place in a political context marked by tensions between the Executive and the Congress, as well …
Tomas Evangelista Carranza, a non-teaching worker at the San Cristobal de Huamanga National University and a militant of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP), was murdered on January 28, 1990. The crime was perpetrated by the Shining Path PCP while he was giving classes at the university. This assassination occurred in …
On October 10, 1989, the deadline for the registration of candidates for the presidential elections in Peru was October 10, 1989. A total of ten presidential candidates were registered. Among the most prominent candidates were Mario Vargas Llosa for FREDEMO, Luis Alva Castro for PAP, Henry Pease García-Yrigoyen for IU …
On May 6, 1989, Pablo Li Ormeño, a member of the APRA party, was assassinated in Lima, leading to the resignation of the cabinet. This assassination was part of the Shining Path's campaign of selective annihilations against authorities and representatives of the State, 1989 being the year with the highest …
Students Héctor Pérez Morales (Zootechnics), Alcides Velásquez Castellares (Zootechnics) and Juan Vitor Rivera (Economics), militants of the PAP, were captured inside the university in the afternoon of April 27. The following day they were found dead with marks of torture. Over their corpses they placed the sign 'This is how …
On March 3, 1989, the general secretary of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) issued an official statement of his political group. In this communiqué, he called on all social and party forces in the country to sign a commitment for peace and democracy. This initiative took place in a context …
President Alan Garcia Perez and Luis Alva Castro, secretary general of the PAP, met to discuss the relations that should exist between the government and the APRA party. This meeting took place in a context of political tension, just three weeks after Alva Castro was elected as the new secretary …
The Aprista Congress was held and elected Luis Alva Castro as the new Secretary General of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP). This appointment was significant because Luis Alva Castro was publicly known as a rival of then president Alan García Pérez, who was also a member of the PAP. The …
On October 17, 1988, the day the national mining strike called by the Federation of Miners, Metallurgists and Steelworkers of Peru (FNTMMSP) began, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated Alejandro Patiño, former leader of the Morococha union. Patiño was an aprista (member of the PAP, the ruling party at the time) and …
The National Executive Committee of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) removes from its ranks the deputy for Lima Manuel Ángel del Pomar. The separation is due to his involvement in money laundering of proceeds from the sale of drugs to Europe. This disciplinary measure takes place in a context of …
On October 2, 1987, Alberto Vera La Rosa, an APRA militant, was sworn in as Minister of Industry, Tourism, Commerce and Integration in the government of President Alan Garcia Perez. This appointment followed the resignation of Manuel Romero Caro as Minister of Industry and Tourism in September of the same …
On August 29, 1987, a subversive commando assassinated Rodrigo Franco Montes, an APRA militant who was president of ENCI (Empresa Nacional de Comercialización de Insumos). Franco Montes had been appointed to assume the presidency of the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). The assassination occurred in a context of intensifying political violence …
In July 1987, during his message to the country and before Congress on the occasion of the national anniversary, President Alan Garcia Perez proposed nationalizing the banking system. In August, Garcia insisted on his project to nationalize the banks during a rally called by the PAP. After 23 hours of …
In August 1987, the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) called a rally where President Alan Garcia Perez insisted on his project to nationalize the banking system. This proposal had been previously announced in July during his message to the country before the Congress on the occasion of the national anniversary. The …
A month after Rodrigo Franco's assassination, in August 1987, another APRA leader, Nelson Pozo, national undersecretary of organization of the PAP, was killed by the Shining Path as part of the campaign of selective annihilations against APRA cadres.
In his message to the country and before Congress on the occasion of the national anniversary, President Alan García Pérez proposed nationalizing the banking system. This proposal generated great political controversy and mobilizations both for and against it. In August, the president insisted on his project to nationalize the banks …
On February 20, 1987, a car bomb exploded three or four blocks from a rally presided over by President Alan Garcia Perez in Lima. This attack was part of a series of terrorist attacks that took place during those days. On February 19 there had been a fire at the …
In February 1987, the mayor of the district of Naranjillo, Eugenio Camasca, a militant of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP), was assassinated by the Shining Path PCP. This assassination occurred in the context of the control that the PCP-SL was establishing in the area of Naranjillo, near Tingo Maria, where …
César López Silva, national leader of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP), was assassinated in front of his home on January 30, 1987. This assassination took place in the context of an escalation of political violence in Metropolitan Lima, where the PCP-Sendero Luminoso intensified its actions against political leaders and civil …
Jorge del Castillo Gálvez is sworn in as the first Aprista mayor of Lima. This was a historic milestone for the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP), which for the first time became mayor of the Peruvian capital. Del Castillo had won the municipal elections held on November 9, 1986, obtaining 37.6% …
On November 9, municipal elections were held throughout the country. President Alan Garcia Perez described the IU as the 'second majority'. The official results in Lima were: Jorge del Castillo Gálvez (PAP) obtained 37.6%, Alfonso Barrantes Lingán (IU) obtained 34.8%, and Luis Bedoya Reyes (PPC) obtained 26.9%. However, the official …
On June 27, 1986, there were simultaneous attacks against eleven bank branches and three premises of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) in Lima. These attacks occurred in a context of high political tension, a few days after the serious events in the prisons of Lima and Callao (June 18-19), where …
On May 27, 1986, an attempted kidnapping took place against Alberto Kitazono, who held the position of National Secretary of Organization of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP). This event occurred in a context of intense political violence in the country, during the first year of Alan García Pérez's government. The …
In May 1986, the PCP-SL began an offensive in the department of Puno that started on May 5 with an attack against the Secretary General of the PAP in Ayaviri. During this offensive, the subversive group burned the Cayacayani farm, belonging to SAIS San José, and also set fire to …
On January 13, 1986, Alfonso Tornero, provincial mayor of Huaytará in the department of Huancavelica, was assassinated. Tornero was a militant of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP), the party that at the time was in power under the presidency of Alan García Pérez. This assassination took place in the context …
On December 23, 1985, the Peruvian government officially recognized FETIMMAP (Federation of Workers of the Mining, Metallurgical and Allied Industries of Peru). This federation had been formed on August 17, 1985 by mining union leaders close to the Partido Aprista Peruano (PAP), who split the FNTMMSP (Federación Nacional de Trabajadores …
On August 17, 1985, APRA mining leaders split the FNTMMSP (Federación Nacional de Trabajadores Mineros, Metalúrgicos y Siderúrgicos del Perú) and formed the FETIMMAP (Federación de Trabajadores de la Industria Minera, Metalúrgica y Afines del Perú). This split occurred after the PAP candidate won the presidential elections in 1985, and …
The PAP took office under the presidency of Alan Garcia on July 28, 1985. During this period, the government tried to vary the counter-subversive strategy with emphasis on economic and social development. The CVR registered 8173 deaths and disappearances during the PAP government, 58% of which corresponded to subversive organizations …
Alan Garcia Perez assumed the Presidency of the Republic of Peru on July 28, 1985. In his message to the nation, he stated that he would only pay for foreign debt 10% of total exports. He also proposed the creation of the Peace Commission. His cabinet was previously announced in …
Luis Aguilar Cajahuamán, an aprista deputy elected for Pasco and mayor, was assassinated on May 8, 1985. The crime occurred in a context of generalized political violence during the 1985 electoral period, when various political actors and local authorities were the target of attacks. Aguilar Cajahuamán had been elected as …
The General Elections were held in Peru in the midst of the terrorist actions of the PCP-SL and the MRTA. The date of April 14 had been formally chosen in 1984, causing discrepancies on the part of the PAP. Alan Garcia Perez of the PAP obtained 45.5% of the votes, …
The government formally called for the 1985 General Elections, establishing April 14 as the date. This decision caused disagreements on the part of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP). The elections took place in the midst of the terrorist actions of the PCP-SL and the MRTA, who developed anti-electoral campaigns aimed …
In March and April 1985, there were bomb attacks against the party offices of the main political parties in Junín. The attacks were directed against the offices of Acción Popular, Partido Popular Cristiano, PAP (Partido Aprista Peruano) and Izquierda Unida. The premises of the Provincial Electoral Registry were also attacked. …
At the end of 1985, subversives of the PCP-SL dynamited the premises of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) located in the districts of Comas and San Martin de Porres. This attack was part of a broader strategy of the PCP-SL to attack APRA premises and infrastructure during the APRA government. …
The PCP-SL assassinated the mayor of Pumahuasi, an APRA militant. This assassination continued the pattern of elimination of municipal authorities in the Huallaga area during 1984.
On February 12, 1984, Alan Garcia Perez was elected candidate to the Presidency of the Republic in internal elections of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP). This election was held in the context of preparation for the 1985 presidential elections. The same month, former Minister of Economy Manuel Ulloas Elías publicly …
On October 28 and 31, 1983, debates were held between the four main candidates for mayor of Lima. The participants were Amiel of the PPC, Barnechea of the PAP, Barrantes of the IU and Grados of the AP. These debates were widely covered by the media. The event was held …
The Minister of Fisheries, Fortunato Quesada Lagarrigue, appeared in the Chamber of Deputies to answer the interpellation presented by the aprista parliamentary cell. This interpellation took place in the context of the approaching municipal elections and was part of the parliamentary activities of supervision of Fernando Belaunde Terry's government. The …
On September 20, 1983, a report on human rights violations in Ayacucho was presented to the Congress of the Republic. During the session, politicians from different political parties stood up to give their opinion on the report presented. Representatives of the United Left (IU) and the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) …
On February 18, 1983, the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) held its traditional Fraternity Rally. This annual political event was a characteristic activity of the Aprista party during the period of Fernando Belaunde Terry's government. The rally took place in a political context marked by the subversive violence of the PCP-Sendero …
In October 1982, the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) held its National Congress in which Alan Garcia Perez was elected National Secretary of the party. This event marked an important moment in Garcia's political career within the PAP. Subsequently, in February 1984, Alan Garcia Perez would be elected candidate to the …
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 July 22, the Constituent Assembly was installed. Previously, on July 18, the preparatory board had been installed, presided by Victor Raul Haya de la Torre of the PAP and completed by Ernesto Alayza Grundy of the PPC and Alan Garcia Perez of the PAP. This assembly marked an important …
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