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 affiant recounts his experience of detention and imprisonment in San Pedro, Chulucanas, Piura. The testimony was collected in Lima in September 2002. This case is part of the testimonies about detentions that became a way of terrorizing the population, where people not only suffered restriction of their personal freedom, …
Military intercepted and shot at a truck carrying passengers and merchandise in the district of Sondor, Huancabamba, Piura. Apparently, the soldiers mistook them for subversives who hours earlier had raided and robbed a truck in the district of Tabacones, Cajamarca.
The declarant was detained by special forces of the Army. The military asked him about a person and took out a list of teachers who were union leaders. They told him that if he was a leader, then he was a terrorist. Since they found his degree from La Cantuta …
The affiant was detained on November 22, 1992 in the district of Chulucanas, province of Morropon, department of Piura. This case is mentioned in the context of testimonies on sexual violence and detentions during the internal armed conflict. The detention was carried out by law enforcement forces in the context …
Military intercepted and shot at a truck carrying passengers and merchandise in the district of Sondor, Huancabamba, Piura. Apparently, the soldiers mistook them for subversives who hours earlier had raided and robbed a truck in the district of Tabacones, Cajamarca. This case exemplifies the fatal mistakes made by the armed …
An attack was made in Chulucanas against the Centro Betania, a sewing workshop in Villa Nazareth, belonging to the diocese. This attack against a social work of the Church is part of the Shining Path's strategy of destroying development and social assistance projects promoted by religious institutions.
They attacked the bishopric of Chulucanas in Piura, where Bishop McNabb and six priests, who were unharmed, were staying. This attack is part of the Shining Path's escalation of violence against the Catholic Church hierarchy. The objective was to intimidate religious leaders.
Ricardo Ramos Plata, the president of the Aprista Committee of Piura, was assassinated by terrorist elements on 14 December 1988. This event prompted the archbishop and clergy of Piura to express their sorrow and condemn the rising violence in the region. Tensions arose between the clergy and members of the …
President Alan Garcia Perez inaugurated the first Rimanacuy 86 Meeting in the city of Piura. During this event, the president ratified that the government would use all available means to fight terrorism, but always within the framework of the Constitution and the laws in force. This meeting was part of …
The Confederación Campesina del Perú (CCP) led an important peasant mobilization in the department of Piura between 1973 and 1975, headed by Andrés Luna Vargas. This mobilization was one of the two most important of the 1973-1975 period, aimed at the adjudication of land to peasant communities. The strategy used …
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The results of the work carried out over a year here in Piura have not simply been a matter of collecting and transcribing what we came across. It has been …
Narrating how the Rondas Campesinas in Peru originated, spread, and grew stronger, as well as their valuable contribution to the defeat of Sendero Luminoso, are the objectives of this work. …