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.
A resident of Torero, Sivia, Ayacucho, tells of PCP-SL incursions into his community. During these events, he suffered the disappearance of his father and brother. The testimony was collected in October 2002 and is part of the documented cases of political violence in the Apurimac and Ene River Valley (VRAE). …
A woman was sexually harassed by a neighboring PCP-SL member who told her that if she turned herself in to them they would not make problems for her. When she refused, the man vowed revenge. One day, some men came to her house saying they were coming to kill her …
On May 30, 1998, members of DINCOTE captured Víctor Flores Mendoza, alias "Jhony". The police determined that he participated in the assassination of PNP Colonel Manuel Tumba Ortega as a support element, in charge of transporting the weapons used by the attackers. His pseudonym appears in the tactical operational plan …
On July 7, 1997, the police captured Carlos Enrique Salinas Galarza, alias "José", at his home. When he gave his police statement, he admitted that he had belonged to the PCP-SL since the end of 1991 and that he belonged to the Southern Zonal Committee. He admitted his participation in …
On July 7, 1997, the Police captured Oscar Ricardo Pomiano Ramos, whose real identity was Jose Amalfi Vizcardo Cerruto alias 'Pedro' or 'Augusto', an important leader of the PCP-SL. In his statement he admitted having been Secretary or Political Commander of the Southern Zonal Committee between 1991 and 1993, and …
On January 24, 1996, in San Martin Pangoa, a district of Satipo province in Junin, there was a confrontation between peasant ronderos and PCP-Sendero Luminoso forces. During this confrontation, the PCP-SL killed three ronderos. This event occurred in the context of the final period of the cycle of violence in …
On January 24, 1996, in San Martin Pangoa, a district in the province of Satipo in Junin, there was a confrontation between ronderos and militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. During this confrontation, the PCP-SL killed three ronderos. This event occurred in the context of the final phase of the internal …
Seven armed subversives entered the affiant's house where they raped his daughter. They then took provisions and part of his animals. As a result of the rape, the young woman became pregnant but the baby died at birth. The case is evidence of sexual violence with serious consequences for the …
Operation Aries had to be stopped definitively on May 26, 1994 due to serious allegations of human rights violations received by the National Human Rights Coordinator (CNDDHH) and the Human Rights Commission of the Democratic Constituent Congress (CCD). After fifty days of encircling operations and captures that began on April …
The first phase of Operation Aries ended on May 26, 1994, after fifty days of operations which began on April 5. The operation had to be stopped definitively due to serious allegations of human rights violations received by the National Human Rights Coordinator (CNDDHH) and the Human Rights Commission of …
In 1994, the PCP-SL again raided the town of Andajes, killing six people. This was the second violent incursion by the PCP-SL in this locality, after a first attack in 1990 where they had selectively assassinated five local authorities. The aggressiveness of the Shining Path against Andajes exemplifies their strategy …
The first phase of Operation Aries was executed between April and May 1994 on the left bank of the Huallaga River, specifically in the areas known as Bolsón Cuchara and Bolsón Primavera. The operation began on April 5, 1994 with the objective of dismantling the Shining Path contingents that were …
Between February 27 and April 4, 1994, in little more than a month, more than two thousand repentants presented themselves before the Tingo Maria barracks. This process was part of the counter-subversive strategy implemented by the armed forces in Alto Huallaga, which included the law of repentance for PCP-SL commanders. …
Between February 27 and April 4, 1994, in little more than a month, more than two thousand repentants presented themselves at the Tingo Maria barracks. This massive phenomenon of repentance occurred in the context of the counter-subversive offensive in Alto Huallaga, after the capture of important Shining Path leaders such …
In February 1994, the Armed Forces took definitive control of the left bank of the Huallaga River, putting an end to the constant incursions by both the Army and the PCP-SL that had affected the populations settled in that area. From approximately 1990 until the first two months of 1994, …
A column of the PCP-SL raids the district of Orurillo, where they burn the municipal building and several commercial establishments. Then they assassinate four peasant leaders of the Quisuni Cooperative, in Melgar, Puno. This attack is part of Sendero's campaign against peasant leaders.
A Shining Path column entered the hacienda where the affiant worked, capturing her entire family. Later they stole their belongings and took them to an abandoned house, where they raped the affiant in the presence of her husband and children. The case is evidence of sexual violence as a form …
The third stage of the counter-subversive military battle in Alto Huallaga took place from August 1, 1992 to 1994, focused on clearing operations against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This stage followed the capture of Abimael Guzmán in September 1992 and was characterized by intensive military operations to regain territorial control. In …
A military patrol is ambushed by members of the PCP-SL on a road leading to Pucallpa. Eight military personnel and six civilians are killed in the attack.
The PCP-SL assassinates the mayor of the district of Pomacanchi, Acomayo, Cuzco, Julián Choque Mamani, and the governor of the locality of Mosoqllacta, Acomayo, Cuzco, Antonio Condori Galloso. These murders are part of Sendero's campaign against local authorities.
Numerous mass graves with the remains of hundreds of Ashaninka natives murdered by the PCP-SL were found in the Ene Valley, province of Satipo, Junin, by a commission formed by the provincial prosecutor Florencia Grandes, EP commander Antonio Venegas (political-military chief of the Central Jungle Security Subzone), among other members.
On August 21, 1993, police captured several alleged subversives of the PCP-SL: Iris Quiñonez Colchado alias 'Bertha' (Zonal Sur Military Command), Aldrin Meliton Cardenas alias 'Jacinto', Sonia Huerta Alcala alias 'Elsa', German Mosquera Auccacusi alias 'Fernando', Emilio Robles Alcedo, Pedro Armas Valdivia alias 'Spencer', and Juan Gutierrez Perez alias 'Enrique' …
Members of the PCP-SL murdered 65 inhabitants of the Tsiriari valley in Mazamari, Junín, in retaliation for the formation of Self-Defense Committees. Although it was known as an Asháninka massacre, of the total number of victims, 21 were Nomatsiguenga natives and the rest were settlers. This is one of the …
On August 10, 1993, the National Police Intelligence Directorate captured Jose Castro Campos, who acted as the driver of the getaway vehicle in the assassination of Colonel Manuel Tumba Ortega. In his statement he confessed that in November 1992 he participated in a meeting where 'Bertha' (Iris Quiñonez Colchado) informed …
In August 1993, three groups of between 100 and 300 people, composed of subversives and masa (settlers and natives of all ages), attacked seven communities in the Tsiriari valley. During these assaults they killed 36 settlers and 21 natives, totaling 57 fatalities. The attackers took food, household goods, medicines and …
In August 1993, some 200 subversives of the Shining Path PCP, among them natives, attacked the communities of Santa Isabel, Monte Rico, Jerusalén, San Isidro, Tahuantinsuyo and Irriari in the central jungle. During the assault, in addition to murdering the authorities and teachers of these communities, the subversives committed acts …
A PCP-SL column kills 12 community members of Matucana Alta - Trigolini, La Mar, Ayacucho, and leaves four others wounded. This massacre is part of the Shining Path's campaign of terror against peasant communities.
A PCP-SL annihilation commando unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Michel Azcueta Gorotiza, who was wounded. Azcueta was a well-known leftist political leader and mayor of Villa El Salvador.
On June 16, 1993, the police captured several people from the PCP-SL, among them Félix García Quispe (31) alias 'Pedro', who was seized subversive documentation including the tactical operational plan (POT) of the attack against Colonel Manuel Tumba Ortega, and Cesar Gerardo Salinas Galarza (25) alias 'Jeremias', who confessed to …
On April 28, 1993, the counter-subversive forces presented to the press a group of captured militants of subversive organizations in the department of Puno. Seventeen PCP-Sendero Luminoso militants and two MRTA militants who had been captured in operations carried out in the area were presented. This presentation was part of …
Chatin', an important logistical commander of the PCP-SL's T-4 in Tocache, was captured by an army patrol under the command of 'Cienfuegos' with 200 kilos of drugs in his possession. He was taken to the Bambamarca Base but later released thanks to the intermediation of the drug trafficker 'Cero Cero', …
Warrant officer Roberto Flores, accompanied by twelve members of the PNP and five members of the Army, was traveling in a private car when, near Los Frailones in Cajamarca, mines planted by members of the PCP-SL exploded. All were killed in the attack.
On March 16, 1993, law enforcement forces captured a PCP-Sendero Luminoso annihilation commando operating in the provinces of Lampa, Azángaro, Carabaya and Melgar in the department of Puno. Among those arrested were two active army soldiers, which demonstrated the Shining Path's infiltration into the armed forces. This capture was part …
A young woman left Previsto for Huanuco and was intercepted by PCP-SL subversives who were guarding the area. When she was detained, she explained that she was coming to visit her mother. The subversives replied that she did not participate in the meetings and accused her of snitching. After three …
At the end of 1993, the policy of repentance implemented by the Peruvian State reached Alto Huallaga. This policy took place in a context of deterioration of the internal discipline of the PCP-SL in the region, after the large-scale military operations initiated in 1989 and especially after the capture of …
Between 1993 and 1995, the defeat and disarticulation of the PCP-SL was consolidated in the central region. Its presence was reduced to some rural areas, such as the left bank of the Ene River basin in Satipo, from where it sporadically made incursions into communities in the districts of Pangoa …
Beginning in 1993, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) began to rapidly lose strength in the Upper Huallaga region, although it has not completely disappeared to date. The influence of the PCP-SL in Alto Huallaga had followed a temporal vector that began in the early 1980s. This …
On November 7, 1992, DINCOTE captured three people related to the assassination of PNP Colonel Manuel Tumba Ortega: Manuel Campos Huamán (27) alias "Claudio", Sergio Ramos Gonzáles (21) alias "Dante", and Eduardo Martín Sarazu Dávila (28). They were recognized by witnesses as participants in the attack. The Police concluded that …
PNP Colonel Manuel Alberto Tumba, head of the Administration Division of DINCOTE and part of the team that intervened in the capture of Abimael Guzmán, was treacherously murdered by a Shining Path special detachment when he was walking to his car a block away from his home. He had been …
Members of the PCP-SL assassinated Colonel Manuel Ortega Tumba, head of the Administrative Department of the DINCOTE, in Surquillo, Lima, shooting him in the back. This assassination represents a reprisal by the Shining Path against the police after the capture of Abimael Guzmán.
On November 5, 1992, at approximately 8:30 in the morning, PNP Colonel Manuel Tumba Ortega was killed by a special detachment of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso when he was leaving his home to buy a newspaper. The attackers 'Jeremías' (Gerardo Salinas Galarza) and 'Enrique' (Juan Gutiérrez Quispe) shot him in the …
Martha Huatay Ruiz, head of Socorro Popular and member of the Metropolitan Lima Committee of the PCP-SL, was captured. Her capture is part of the disarticulation of the Shining Path structure in Lima after the capture of Abimael Guzman.
The judicial process of Abimael Guzmán Reinoso culminates with a life sentence. This sentence marks a milestone in the fight against terrorism in Peru and represents the end of the era of Guzmán's leadership of the Shining Path.
Between October 9 and 10, 1992, at approximately 10:00 p.m., 100 hikers, including men and women, surrounded the community of Huayao. In the early morning of October 10, they killed 53 people who were in their homes or trying to flee. The hikers used firearms, axes and explosives. They burned …
The Special Intelligence Group (GEIN) of the DINCOTE captured Abimael Guzmán Reinoso, maximum leader of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, together with the party's top leadership, in a residence located in the district of Surquillo. This capture marked a decisive turning point in the internal armed conflict, since after it the actions …
On September 12, 1992, Abimael Guzmán Reinoso, top leader of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL), was captured along with other members of the Central Committee of the subversive organization. This operation represented a decisive blow against the leadership of the PCP-SL. The capture took place in …
On September 12, 1992, the ronderos of Asillo confronted the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in a battle that resulted in the death of seven subversives. This confrontation took place in the context of organized peasant resistance against the subversive presence in the Puno area. The event occurred shortly before the capture of …
The arrest of Abimael Guzmán, leader of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, occurred in September 1992. This event marked a turning point in the internal armed conflict, although the PCP-SL maintained military capacity to develop actions against the population and the forces of law and order in the central region even after …
The third stage of the counter-subversive military battle took place from August 1, 1992 to 1994, focused on clearing operations against the PCP-SL in Alto Huallaga. This phase followed the capture of Abimael Guzmán in September 1992 and was characterized by intensive military operations to regain territorial control. During this …
The second stage of the counter-subversive military battle in Alto Huallaga concluded on July 31, 1992. This stage, which extended from August 1990, was based on recovering the zones liberated by the PCP-SL in the region. During this period, the PCP-SL had maintained control of the area since 1986, subordinating …
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