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 October 17, 1995, MRTA members recruited a 16-year-old girl. They came, called her and went outside to talk, stayed until almost midnight and then did not return. Her mother did not hear from her until she found out that she participated in the seizure of the Japanese Embassy on …
On May 10, 1995, an armed confrontation took place between PCP-Sendero Luminoso militants and Peruvian army troops in the province of Daniel Alcides Carrion, department of Pasco. The confrontation resulted in the death of one soldier. This event occurred in the context of counter-subversive operations that had been taking place …
Alleged subversives attacked Bravo Quispe, mayor of the district of Yanacancha in Pasco. As a result of the attack, the mayor's driver and other people not identified in the report died. This attack took place in the context of the final period of the cycle of violence in the central …
In May 1995, in the district of Yanacancha, Pasco, there was an armed confrontation between alleged members of subversive groups and the Peruvian Army. The confrontation resulted in the death of 12 alleged subversives. This event occurred in the context of the final period of the internal armed conflict in …
On March 16, 1995, subversive forces of the MRTA attacked the Counter-subversive Base of La Florida, located in the district of Villa Rica, province of Oxapampa. The attack resulted in the death of 4 military personnel, including 1 lieutenant and 3 soldiers, in addition to leaving 7 soldiers wounded. This …
A policeman was killed by a grenade during a terrorist attack in Puerto Bermudez. The attack occurred in the context of the presence of subversive groups in the Oxapampa area, particularly the MRTA, which had been active in the Puerto Bermudez district since the late 1980s. By 1994, violence in …
On October 16, 1993, in a ceremony similar to those held in Ayacucho and Huallaga, the army gave weapons to the ronderos to fight for pacification in the communities of Pasqueña in the Chaupihuaranga ravine. The communities benefited were Paucar, Tangor, Vilcabamba, Chango, Mito, Huarautambo, Choquicancha, Chipiputa, Hualacircas, Rocco, San …
Beginning in 1993, the mining centers of Pasco, Junín and Huancavelica entered into a privatization process that resulted in massive layoffs of workers. As an example, Caudalosa Grande had 1,500 workers in 1980, but by 2000 only 100 workers remained. This privatization process was considered by many workers as arbitrary …
In the early morning of May 17, 1992, a contingent of PCP-Sendero Luminoso militants, dressed in military uniforms to look like army soldiers, took over the town of Quiparacra. The subversives murdered seven people, among them a councilwoman, in the presence of the villagers. The victims were Isabel Alcántara (councilwoman), …
On May 13, 1992, a contingent of the PCP-SL entered the town of Chupaca, in the district of Paucartambo. During this incursion, the Shining Path militants slit the throats of villagers and also murdered Alberto Miranda Córdova and Porfirio Fuero Anco. This action was part of a series of violent …
On May 1, 1992, around 100 MRTA subversives attacked and destroyed the counter-subversive base of Villa Rica in Oxapampa. This attack was carried out in the context of the anniversary of their defeat in Molinos and represented a major action by the MRTA after its reconstitution. The success of this …
On February 2, 1992, a PCP-SL contingent of approximately 50 men carried out a series of violent raids in the towns of Tambillo, Auquimarca and Huallamayo. This action was part of a caravan of terror against the system of authorities, annihilating people supposedly opposed to their cause. In total, 21 …
In the early morning of December 20, 1990, a large contingent of subversives of the PCP-SL entered Vinchos, where a Mineral Concentrator of the Vinchos Mining Company was located. The militants carried out several attacks against the Concentrator Plant, the mill, the high tension towers, the board, dump trucks and …
Laurentino Mendoza Janampa was President of the Ronda Campesina and Community Prosecutor of the community of Pucurhuay, Ticlacayán district, Pasco province. In May 1988, after a confrontation between a military patrol and a group of hikers in Pucurhuay, the villagers formed the Civil Defense Committee (CDC) and elected Laurentino Mendoza …
In June 1990, second round presidential elections were held in the central region of Peru. The Armed and Police Forces guaranteed that these elections were held in almost all the voting centers in the region, despite the context of political violence generated by the PCP-SL and the MRTA. These elections …
In February 1990, a contingent of military personnel from the counter-subversive base in the district of Goyllarisquizga was installed in the Chacayán Municipality. This military base operated until 1992 as part of the State's counter-subversive strategy in the region. The installation of this base was part of the counter-subversive struggle …
Approximately 500 Asháninka from the Asháninka Army carried out an action similar to that of Puerto Bermúdez in Ciudad Constitución. They took the city and executed reprisals against alleged MRTA members and collaborators, in the context of revenge for the kidnapping of Alejandro Calderon.
The Asháninka Army, made up of between 2,000 and 2,500 natives under the command of Alcides Calderón (son of Alejandro Calderón), marched on Puerto Bermúdez to demand the surrender of MRTA members. They took the city without resistance from the local authorities (mayor Evaristo Zumarán, judge Jorge Camacho and lieutenant …
In the first days of January 1990, an undetermined number of Ashaninka, which according to the CVR report could have reached 2,500 natives, armed mostly with bows, arrows, and some hunting shotguns, took over the town of Puerto Bermudez. The Ashaninka people removed villagers from their homes in search of …
In the first days of January 1990, between 2,000 and 2,500 native Ashaninka settled in Puerto Bermudez, armed mainly with bows, arrows and some hunting shotguns. On January 29, 1990, a large contingent of Asháninkas entered Ciudad Constitución. This uprising, known as the "Asháninka Army", was a response to the …
Godofredo Pablo Huamalí Meza was a teacher at the "General Córdova" National School in the district of Santa Ana de Tusi, province of Daniel Alcides Carrión. He was murdered in the city of Cerro de Pasco in 1990, where he was passing through. His death was part of the "annihilation" …
On December 17, 1989, near Puerto Victoria in Yanesha territory, an Army patrol located and attacked an MRTA subversive camp, causing numerous casualties while others fled the area. An Army communiqué informed that the confrontation took place exactly in the area known as 'El Chaparral', located in Iscozacin, district of …
On December 17, 1989, near Puerto Victoria, in the territory of the Yanesha ethnic group, an Army patrol located and attacked a subversive camp of the MRTA, causing numerous casualties while others fled the area. An Army communiqué informed that the confrontation took place exactly in the area known as …
On December 17, 1989, near Puerto Victoria in the district of Puerto Bermudez, in territory of the Yanesha ethnic group, an Army patrol located and attacked an MRTA camp. According to the official report, 43 subversives and one soldier were killed. This attack was part of a series of military …
Military patrols located and attacked an MRTA camp in a spot in the district of Iscozacin, located in the province of Oxapampa. The Army reported that 48 guerrillas and one soldier were killed during the confrontation. The subversive command did not reinforce the surveillance nor did they elaborate a defense …
Masked and black-clad members of the MRTA assaulted the village of Kirichari during the celebration of the community's anniversary. They seized Alejandro Calderón Espinoza, pinkátzari (chief) and president of ANAP (federation of 52 Asháninka communities of the Pichis valley), and took him against his will to Puerto Bermúdez and Palcazu. …
An emerretista detachment executed Alejandro Calderón, president of the ANAP (Apatywaka-Nampitsi-Ashaninka del Pichis) under the accusation that it was he who had handed over Máximo Velando, leader of the MIR, to the forces of law and order in 1965. For a sector of the MRTA leadership it was an act …
On November 19, 1989, an armed group of the PCP-SL attacked the facilities of the Pichis Palcazu Special Project (PEPP) in Puerto Bermudez. During the attack, the subversives looted some local stores and stole money deposited in the Agrarian Bank. This action was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to dispute …
On November 19, 1989, an armed group of the PCP-SL attacked the facilities of the Pichis Palcazu Special Project (PEPP) in Puerto Bermudez. During the attack, the subversives looted some local stores and stole money deposited in the Agrarian Bank. This attack took place in a context where the PCP-SL …
On August 9, 1989, "comrade Hernán", armed with a submachine gun, and two combatants of the Main Force of the Popular Guerrilla Army of the PCP-SL, arrived in the town of Rahui. This incursion was part of a series of PCP-SL actions in the district of Huariaca during 1989. Previously, …
On July 29, 1989, a PCP-SL column accompanied by a 'mass' of approximately 200 inhabitants from neighboring towns entered Huariaca. During this incursion, the Shining Path militants killed the community president and the municipal agent. This attack was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to destroy the existing system of authorities …
The PCP-SL called regional armed strikes in May and June 1989 which paralyzed all activities and prevented the normal supply of products to the capital. The strike with the greatest impact was carried out on May 10, 11 and 12 in the departments of Junín, Pasco and Huánuco. On May …
In the months of May and June 1989, the PCP-SL called regional "armed strikes" which paralyzed all activities and prevented the normal supply of products to the capital. The strike with the greatest impact was carried out on May 10, 11 and 12 in the departments of Junin, Pasco and …
On April 16, 1989, groups of heavily armed hooded men assassinated the secretary general of the Cerro de Pasco union. This assassination occurred in the context of a series of paramilitary attacks against leaders of the mining movement. The paramilitaries took advantage of the violence to stop the mining movement …
Seferino Requis was a union leader of CENTROMIN - Peru murdered in the city of Cerro de Pasco in 1989. His death occurred in the context of a series of selective assassinations against union leaders and political authorities in the capital of the department of Pasco. Along with Tomas Miranda …
At the end of 1989 and beginning of 1990, the Army promoted the organization of villagers in counter-subversive peasant patrols in the department of Pasco. This strategy sought to counteract the presence of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso by mobilizing the organized civilian population. The peasant patrols joined the expanded military presence …
On December 27, 1988, a contingent of forty PCP-SL militants took the town of Huariaca and carried out multiple attacks against public infrastructure. The subversives dynamited the municipal council, the police post leaving one policeman wounded, the ENTEL PERU installations, the health center and the ambulance. They also looted the …
On December 13, 1988, a contingent of approximately 150 men of the PCP-SL entered the district of Pallanchacra, which borders the Ambo district to the north (department of Huánuco). During this incursion, PCP-SL militants assassinated the district mayor. Pallanchacra was an obligatory transit point for PCP-SL militants to enter neighboring …
A contingent of approximately 150 men of the PCP-SL entered the district of Pallanchacra on December 10, 1988. Pallanchacra borders the Ambo district to the north (department of Huanuco) and was an obligatory transit point for PCP-SL militants to enter neighboring districts in the province of Ambo. During this incursion, …
On August 9, 1988, a group of 25 militants of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) entered the town of Chunquipata, located in the district of Huariaca. The raid was led by "comrade Johan", who commanded the subversive contingent. This event is framed in the context of …
On July 24, 1988, the MRTA armed group raided Puerto Bermudez, capital of the Oxapampa district. The subversive contingent summoned the inhabitants to the town square during this action. This incursion took place in the context of a series of MRTA actions in the area, including the attack and destruction …
In July 1988, the MRTA attacked the Pozuzo police post, resulting in the murder of four policemen. This attack was part of MRTA operations in the Palcazu area, where an initially small column of approximately ten well-armed and uniformed militants had set up on the left bank of the Palcazu …
In July 1988, the MRTA subversive contingent attacked and destroyed the police post in the district of Pozuzo, in the province of Oxapampa. During the confrontation, four policemen were killed. This attack was part of a series of MRTA actions in the area during the last months of 1988, when …
In May 1988, a military patrol confronted a group of hikers in the town of Pucurhuay, killing a 2-year-old boy and a 14-year-old boy in the crossfire, as well as a local collaborator of the subversives. A few days after this confrontation, the villagers formed the Pucurhuay Civil Defense Committee …
In May 1988, a military patrol confronted a group of hikers in the town of Pucurhuay. In the crossfire, a 2-year-old boy, a 14-year-old boy, and a local collaborator of the subversives were killed. After this confrontation, within a few days the villagers formed the Civil Defense Committee (CDC) of …
In 1988, an Army counter-subversive base was installed in the district of Santa Ana de Tusi, province of Daniel Alcides Carrión, department of Pasco. This military installation was part of the Peruvian State's counter-subversive strategy to combat the presence of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the region. The presence of this …
The districts of Paucartambo and Huachón, located in the department of Pasco, together with Ninacaca, Vicco, Carhuamayo and Ulcumayo were part of the same PCP-SL area of operations. Subversive activity in these districts began around 1988, approximately six years later than in other districts in the north of Junín province. …
In 1988, PCP-Sendero Luminoso militants assassinated the leaders of the Ninacaca Communal Cooperative. During this raid, in addition to the assassination of the leaders, some animals were slaughtered to supply the PCP-SL militants, while others were distributed among the villagers. The presence of PCP-SL militants in Ninacaca and the neighboring …
On October 16, 1987, a group of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso entered the village of Chinche Tingo, where three recently elected local authorities were assassinated. This attack occurred in a context in which, after the decline of subversive actions in the highlands since 1987, the villagers had once again elected their …
In 1987, a group of approximately 40 PCP-SL militants entered a village and went to Hipólito Canchari's house to order him to prepare food for all of them. This type of incursion was part of the Shining Path strategy of territorial control and forced supply in rural areas. During that …
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