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.
There was a massacre of prisoners in the jails of Lima and Callao, where hundreds of human beings died. The bishops of Peru pronounced themselves against violence 'wherever it came from'. They pointed out that they could not accept the method of terror as a means to achieve change, but …
On June 18 and 19, 1986, there was a massacre of prisoners in Lima's prisons. This event had great media impact and was widely covered by Caretas magazine and other media. The magnitude of the violence and the circumstances of the events marked a breaking point in the relationship between …
Thirty-two inmates of the Social Readaptation Center (CRAS) of Lurigancho died in a fire that occurred after a police repression. The event occurred in the context of the internal armed conflict and the growing presence of prisoners accused of terrorism in Lima's prisons. This incident is part of a series …
On March 28, 1984, there was a riot of common prisoners in the El Sexto prison that was broadcast live by several television channels. Viewers suddenly witnessed images of an inmate dousing one hostage with gasoline and stabbing another. This event set a precedent on the impact of live transmission …
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At 85 years of age and after decades alongside the victims of the war, the Asturian nun known as "Madre Covadonga" is an undisputed reference point for peace in the …
On May 6, 1992, one month after the April 5 coup, Alberto Fujimori Fujimori, then President of the Republic, learned of and authorized the plan for the extrajudicial elimination of …
Peru is mired in a general crisis whose only way out is revolution, and a military coup would only "aggravate the contradictions within the camp of reaction," declared members of …