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.
Testimony of a teacher who was detained in Aquia, Bolognesi, Ancash. The declarant narrates his experience of torture and mistreatment during his detention. The testimony describes situations of extreme humiliation and dehumanization, where he relates that he begged his captors not to kill him and that they treated him brutally. …
A teacher was arrested in Aquia, Bolognesi, Ancash, and subjected to torture. During his detention, he experienced severe physical mistreatment that led him to lose consciousness. The perpetrators attempted to bury him believing him dead, referring to him as "this dog" and ordering him to be thrown away. The testimony …
Interview with a teacher who was a member of the peasant federation in Tarapoto, department of San Martin. The testimony is part of the in-depth interviews conducted by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to document the effects of the internal armed conflict on social organizations and local leadership. The interview …
Group interview conducted with teachers from the village of Venenillo in the province of Leoncio Prado, department of Huánuco, as part of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's work to collect testimonies. The teachers provided information on the impact of the internal armed conflict on the educational community and the local …
Interview with a 50-year-old teacher in the town of Carapo, Ayacucho province, as part of the collection of testimonies of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. This interview is part of the documentation work on the impacts of the internal armed conflict in Ayacucho's rural communities. The testimony was recorded as …
Hugo Zapata Gutiérrez, a teacher, was kidnapped and murdered by ronderos in Ulcumayo, a district in the province of Junín. This event occurred in a context of violence where the peasant patrols, which had been organized to combat the Shining Path, committed abuses against villagers. The murder took place in …
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 Shining Path took the older students, between 10 and 12 years old, to the bush. The teacher was told that after 3 months they would return them. The teacher objected and that is why they killed him. This testimony shows how the subversives entered schools to recruit children and …
Two days after the Tarata attack, the kidnapping and disappearance of the professor and 9 students of La Cantuta took place. Monsignor Jose Dammert, in his homily for national holidays, referred to the terrible wave of violence and proposed the implementation of sensible military measures that would not lead to …
On August 4, 1991, professor Ladislao Huamaní Loayza and his wife Gregoria Paquiyauri Farfán were murdered in Vilcashuamán. The event occurred in the early hours of the morning in a desolate area. The villagers said that the unknown men had their faces covered with balaclavas and used a different modality …
The husband of a declarant, who was a professor at the Universidad Nacional del Centro, was detained in the district of Huancayo on June 8, 1990. The testimony appears in the context of cases of sexual violence against women during the internal armed conflict. The detention of the professor is …
In 1990, in the town of Llaclla, province of Bolognesi, peasant Esau Moreno Cotrina, Nilton Loli Mauricio (Director of the Educational Center) and teacher Saturnino Cerrate were arrested by members of the National Police Special Operations Directorate. All three were accused of being Shining Path members. This arrest took place …
During 1990, 76 teachers serving in the Satipo jungle disappeared. The teachers worked in different annexes in the Ene River Valley and could only leave the area twice a year, in July and December. In July 1990, when the teachers from all over the Ene River Valley were about to …
The PCP-SL murdered five people in the district of Huancapon, Cajatambo province. The victims were Mayor Juan Lizzeti Torres, Justice of the Peace Willy Lizzetti Salazar, Lieutenant Governor Inocente Cabanillas Rosales, and two teachers: Ángeles Concepción Chávez y Solís. These murders were part of the Shining Path strategy of eliminating …
In September 1989, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso murdered five people in the district of Huacapon, Cajatambo province. The victims were three local authorities: Mayor Juan Lizzeti Torres, Justice of the Peace Willy Lizzetti Salazar and Lieutenant Governor Inocente Cabanillas Rosales. Along with them, two teachers were murdered: Ángeles Concepción Chávez and …
In May 1989, the military detained 33 teachers from different places and took them to the Vilcashuamán base under the command of Lieutenant Oso. They remained there for approximately one week. Ten were transferred to Pampa-Cangallo and four of them to the Huamanga base. In all these places they were …
On April 12, 1989, in front of the population gathered in the square of Congos Alto, the Shining Path PCP assassinated 12 people, including authorities, teachers, the president of the community and community members. The victims had participated in a meeting to organize opposition to the Shining Path PCP. After …
In 1989, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out a 'popular trial' in the community of Nunumia, Cajatambo province, which resulted in the murder of four people. The victims were Marcelino Mendoza Davila, President of the Cochas community; Agustin Chavarria Rojas, secretary of the same community; professor Raul Chavarria Rosales; and Antonio …
In 1989, the PCP-SL carried out a 'popular trial' in the community of Nunumia, Cajatambo province, which resulted in the assassination of four people. The victims were Marcelino Mendoza Davila, President of the Cochas community; Agustin Chavarria Rojas, secretary of the same community; Professor Raul Chavarria Rosales; and Antonio Vega …
Professor Julio Sánchez was assassinated in Shapaja by MRTA elements in 1988. This assassination led to the creation of the first peasant patrol in the department of San Martin. In 1990, the MRTA, under Ricardo's command, entered a village with an armed column and made demands that the people refused …
In the province of Chumbivilcas, department of Cuzco, the Civil Guard committed the murder of teachers and students in the towns of Quiñota and Santo Tomás during 1987. This occurred in the context of a first massacre of peasants perpetrated by the same Civil Guard on January 27, 1987 in …
In June 1985, members of the military forces of the PCP-SL executed four people in Pacllón, Bolognesi province, accused of having denounced the PCP-SL. The victims were Máximo Ibarra Paucar, Director of the Educational Center; Abelardo Duran Padilla, Judge; Sósimo Mendoza Huaranga, teacher; and Joel Mendoza Huaranga, farmer. This is …
Between 1985 and 1986, an armed Shining Path column executed four people in Pacllón, Bolognesi province. The victims were Máximo Ibarra Paucar (director of the Educational Center), Judge Abelardo Duran Carrera, teacher Zósimo Mendoza Huaranga and farmer Joel Mendoza Huaranga. All of them were accused by the PCP-SL of having …
On September 8, 1984, at 11:00 a.m., a group of subversives of the PCP-SL took the town of Chinche Tingo. The Shining Path militants murdered four people: Flavio Guzmán, professor Pablo Bustillos Loyola, Florencio Loyola Esteban and Víctor Rojas. The victims had been active promoters of vigilance measures and denunciations …
On July 19, 1984, Santiago Felipe Loayza Cahuana, teacher and Director of Girls' Educational Center No. 38271 in the Huamanguilla district, was detained by members of the Peruvian Investigative Police (former PIP) and the Marine Infantry when he was on his way to the city of Huamanga with his son …
The Shining Path perpetrated a massacre of almost all the inhabitants of the village of Chaupihuasi. Peasants were killed without distinction of age, including 14 adult peasants, 10 children and older pupils of 7 and 8 years old who died together with their teacher at the school. Only very young …
In January 1983, the first popular trial was held in Sacsamarca organized by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso against Professor Emilio. The professor was accused of being a traitor by the Shining Path and publicly executed in the town square. This popular trial was one of the first events of its kind …
On September 23, 1982, a teacher was murdered in Pomacocha by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The teacher was executed after refusing to read a subversive proclamation demanded by the Shining Path militants. This murder was part of a series of executions of authorities and people accused of "snitching" or opposing the …
Sinchis arrived in Chalcos in two helicopters and presented themselves to the population as protectors. They organized sports championships. After two weeks they began to get drunk and captured a group of teachers, whom they accused of being terrorists without any evidence. After detaining and beating them for several hours …
In December 1981, in the town of Sacsamarca, Professor Alejandro Avilés García was murdered by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. He was accused of being a 'snitch', that is, of collaborating with the authorities or providing information on subversive activities. This assassination occurred in the context of sustained PCP-SL attacks against the …
The TRC repudiates the crimes committed against students, professors and workers of the Universidad Nacional del Centro (UNCP). More than one hundred students, professors and workers were killed by different actors of the war, including death squads, confronted in a confusing crossfire. The university was severely affected during the internal …
The Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria - El Militante (MIR-EM) managed to capture the largest number of followers and control the unions in Ucayali, where most people were sympathizers of Patria Roja. In 1975, the MIR-EM took over the Unitary Union of Education Workers of Coronel Portillo (SUTECOP), consolidating its presence …
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