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.
MRTA broadcast a proclamation on Channel 5 television on April 18, 1990, in which it declared "total war on the democratic system" and called on the population to vote in the second round of elections. This broadcast was part of the MRTA's demands to free Héctor Delgado Parker, president of …
A group of MRTA militants, uniformed and armed with rifles and other military equipment, called the people to an assembly in the plaza. During this public meeting, the MRTA militants introduced themselves to the population and told them that their struggle was 'to conquer power for the people'. This was …
On November 3, 1987, militants of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) raided the National University of Central Peru. During this action, the subversives appeared before students, professors and university workers to talk about the people's war. The militants invited those present to join the armed struggle …
On October 8, 1984, a group of the MRTA took over the facilities of Radio Comas and spread a commemorative message for the 17th anniversary of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara's death. This action was part of the first MRTA incursions in the Northern Zone of Metropolitan Lima. The event demonstrated the …
In October 1984, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) made its public appearance in the department of Junin through a symbolic act: the raising of its flag at different points in the city of Huancayo. This action marks the beginning of the MRTA's activities in the central region of the …
The MRTA (Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement) announced the beginning of its subversive work in October 1984 in the Mantaro valley. Its first actions consisted of agitation and armed propaganda activities carried out in the cities of Jauja, Concepción and Huancayo. This was the first public appearance of the MRTA in …
On January 20, 1983, four armed militants of the PCP-SL burst into the dining room of the National University of Central Peru. After a brief speech, they distributed a document referring to the development of the guerrilla war throughout the country. During the action, they asked for economic collaboration from …
On January 20, 1983, the first public appearance of armed militants of the PCP-SL took place in Lima. Four militants burst into the university dining hall where they harangued the diners present. During the action, they distributed a document on the advance of the war in the country. In addition, …
A PCP-SL commando, led by an armed woman wearing a black hood, entered the Carlos Wiese school in Comas during the school's anniversary celebration. At the time, 1,500 students were gathered in the school's courtyard. The members of the commando launched subversive slogans and made a call to armed struggle …
Edmundo Cox Beuzeville, a mathematics teacher who had come from the district of San Anton in Azángaro, Puno, was denounced and later captured by the police in 1981. He was accused of 27 attacks in the city of Sicuani and the province of Canchis, including an attack on the Communal …
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