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.
On March 28, 1990, a column of the PCP-SL (Shining Path) assassinated the former APRA mayor of the district of Colcabamba, province of Tayacaja, in the district of Chilca, Huancayo. This assassination occurred on the same day that the armed strike called by the PCP-SL for Lima failed. The former …
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 9, 1989, two PCP-SL militants assassinated Armida Gutiérrez de Rivas, mayor of the province of Churcampa, and her husband Ernesto Rivas Berrocal, both members of the Peruvian Aprista Party. The assassination occurred weeks before the municipal elections, as part of the PCP-SL's strategy of selective assassinations. As an …
Manuel Espinoza Monroe, aprista provincial mayor of Leoncio Prado in the department of Huanuco, was assassinated on June 15, 1989. This crime took place in a context of intensifying political violence in Peru, where local authorities, especially mayors, were frequent targets of subversive groups. The assassination was part of a …
On May 29, 1989, lawyer Marcial Capeletti was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso while giving his course at the San Cristobal de Huamanga National University. Capeletti was one of the leaders of the then ruling Peruvian Aprista Party (APRA). This assassination took place in the context of an intensification of …
On January 23, 1989, the Aprista provincial mayor of Satipo, Fidel Juarez Torres, was assassinated. This crime took place in a context of intensifying political violence in the department of Junín during 1989. The assassination was part of a systematic campaign against elected authorities, with 1989 being the year with …
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 …
On November 11, 1988, César Valentín Palomino, provincial mayor of Huancayo, was assassinated. This crime took place in a context of intensifying political violence in the department of Junin, where both the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and the MRTA were active. The assassination of democratically elected authorities was a recurrent tactic of …
On August 21, 1988, the PCP-SL assassinated the brother and son of a former leader of the Peruvian Aprista Party in Chaquicocha, district of San José de Quero. This murder occurred in the context of a campaign of violence by the PCP-SL in Alto Cunas, where the subversive group had …
Luis Dueñas Peralta, provincial mayor of Puno, was assassinated by members of the PCP-SL on June 29, 1987. This assassination was part of a systematic campaign of selective annihilation against local political authorities, especially those linked to the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP). The attack took place in a context of …
On June 16, 1987, members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated the APRA provincial mayor of Picota, Rafael Saavedra Saavedra. This assassination was part of the selective annihilation strategy of the PCP-SL against local political authorities, especially those linked to the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP). The crime occurred in the context …
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 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 …
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