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.
In August 1996, ninety subversives of the Shining Path PCP took the town of Aucayacu and attacked the police post. This attack was part of a series of PCP-SL actions in the region that demonstrated their ability to mobilize large contingents, despite the general decline in subversive activity following the …
On September 18, 1994, the PCP-SL carried out an attack that left the Quiruvilca police post in the province of Santiago de Chuco in rubble. The objective of the attack was to try to free five of their comrades who were being held at the post. This attack took place …
On January 11, 1992, the PCP-SL attacked the police post of Pucará in the province of Lampa. This attack was part of a continuation of violent actions by the PCP-SL in the department of Puno during the most intense period of the internal armed conflict. The event took place in …
Terrorists killed three policemen in the Ollantaytambo police post. This attack is evidence of the PCP-SL's strategy of harassing police posts in rural areas to weaken the presence of the State.
The MRTA attacked the police post of Chupaca in the province of Huancayo. This was one of the actions of the emerretista presence in the Central region in 1990.
On November 7, 1989, a group of PCP-SL militants assaulted the police post in the city of La Oroya. As a result of the attack, three policemen were wounded. This assault took place in the context of the V Shining Path Plan to 'Develop Bases in function of the Conquest …
On May 10, 1988, the PCP-SL dynamited the Civil Guard post in Araqueda, Cachachi district, Cajabamba province. This attack was part of a series of violent actions by the PCP-SL in the Araqueda area, where multiple executions of authorities and villagers were also carried out. The Araqueda area was the …
At the end of 1987, a police post was installed in Querobamba, the current provincial capital of Sucre. This installation took place in a context where the authorities and teachers had progressively abandoned the area, which had intensified the presence of the PCP-SL, who had designated 'comrade Julio' as responsible …
A guerrilla unit took Soritor, province of Moyobamba, attacking the police post. One officer was killed and those who were wounded were treated by the subversives. The MRTA summoned the population to explain the reasons for their insurgency.
On October 8, 1987, in homage to the day of Che Guevara's death, the MRTA raided the town of Tabalosos as a tribute to the peasants killed there during the 1982 strike. The town's police post was quickly taken over; of its few and surprised ten policemen, eight fled and …
An armed column of the MRTA entered the town of Soritor. There were 12 policemen in the police post, of which a captain and 6 policemen fled to Moyobamba, while the other 6 resisted for two hours of confrontation. Then they surrendered after suffering the death of 2 of them. …
The PCP-SL attacked the Pisac police post, resulting in the death of Civil Guard Jaime Quispe. This attack was part of the systematic strategy of harassment of police forces in rural areas of Cuzco.
In March 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso dynamited the Civil Guard post of Luchubamba, in the district of Sitacocha, Cajabamba province. The attack resulted in the death of a policeman and one of the Shining Path attackers. Later, in October of the same year, a group of fifteen hikers entered Luchubamba …
60 PCP-SL elements attacked the police posts of Checca and Quehue, stealing ammunition, two weapons and setting fire to the premises. The civilian guards pursued the attackers and near Checca a confrontation took place in which Sonia Lino Ojeda and Janeth Vizcarra of the PCP-SL were killed, while guard Adolfo …
In 1987, there was an attack by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso against the police post in the district of Gorgor, in the province of Cajatambo. The attack resulted in two fatalities, policemen Medina and Davila. This attack was part of the expansion of the operations of the PCP-SL's main force bases …
The PCP-SL launched its first attack on a police post in Chucapuente, Aymaraes province. This attack is evidence of the expansion of the PCP-SL's armed actions in Apurimac.
The emerretistas attacked the Playa Rímac police post in retaliation against the police who violently evicted thousands of residents who were illegally occupying the land of the former Garagay estate.
Three hooded men attacked the Zarzuela police post in the city of Cuzco, resulting in the death of Civil Guard Isauro Loayza Vargas. This selective attack against police officers was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to weaken the presence of the State.
A Shining Path detachment took the town of Lagunas, near Yurimaguas, attacking the police post and killing two policemen and an official of the Agrarian Bank. The group was led by the doctor Luis Castillo Tapia, head of the Lagunas hospital. In their retreat, the hikers clashed near the small …
On January 29, 1985, approximately 40 people attacked the Civil Guard post in Orurillo, province of Melgar, department of Puno. This attack was part of the actions of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the Puno region during the period of expanding violence. The attack on Orurillo took place in the context …
On January 25, 1985, the first assault on a police post in the region took place in San Sebastian, near the city of Cusco. This attack marked the beginning of the violent actions of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso against the forces of law and order in the department of Cusco. Two …
The Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path carried out its first assault against a Civil Guard post in San Sebastian, Cuzco province. This attack marked the beginning of the armed actions of the PCP-SL in the Cuzco region, expanding its presence from Ayacucho to other areas of the southern …
The PCP-SL attacked the new Civil Guard post in the town's main market, resulting in the death of several policemen. When a UMOPAR patrol was on its way from Tingo Maria to provide support, it was ambushed at the Pacae bridge, killing two policemen. When they arrived in Aucayacu, they …
The PCP-SL attacked the Banco de la Nacion and Civil Guard post in Aucayacu, where six to seven policemen were killed. This was the first of two attacks in 1984 against police installations in the city.
A group of emerretistas attacked the police post in the district of Villa El Salvador pointing out that this action responded to a determined military response to the permanent abuse, systematic aggression and assassinations that the police forces and their hyenas, the Sinchis, commit daily against popular demands. The media …
In 1984, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated a group of workers of the Control and Reduction of Coca Cultivation in Alto Huallaga (CORAH) project and destroyed the Aucayacu police post. This action was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to achieve political hegemony in the Alto Huallaga area. The attack followed a …
In 1984, the PCP-SL took the town of Aucayacu twice, attacking the police post with a death toll of twenty. These attacks were part of the Shining Path expansion in the Huallaga basin, where violent actions had begun in 1983.
On December 6, 1982, PCP-SL militants attacked the police post in the district of Anco in the province of Churcampa. This attack was part of a series of harassments of police posts that increased at the end of 1982 in the provinces of Tayacaja and Churcampa. The attacks were aimed …
On October 4, 1982, PCP-SL militants attacked the police post in the district of San Miguel de Mayocc. This attack was part of a series of harassments of police posts that increased at the end of 1982 in the districts of Churcampa and Tayacaja. The attacks were aimed at eliminating …
On October 1, 1982 there was an assault on the Civil Guard post located in Erapata, district of Vilcabamba, province of La Convención, Quillabamba. During this attack, one Civil Guard died. This event is part of the first armed actions of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the Apurimac river valley area. …
The Vilcashuamán police post was attacked and 7 policemen were killed after 5 hours of combat.
A group of armed hikers entered Vilcashuamán and bombarded the police post all night. Seven policemen were killed and several wounded. This was the worst attack that the police post would suffer after the attacks perpetrated on March 31 and July 25 of the same year. The municipal building and …
On July 28, 1982, the second attack on the Vilcashuamán police post by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso took place. This attack was part of a series of assaults on police posts that the PCP-SL carried out during 1982 in the area. The Vilcashuamán post had been attacked for the first time …
The PCP-SL carried out an attack against the police post of Ñaña. Despite having the surprise factor in their favor, lack of preparation meant that the objective was not achieved and two of the attackers were killed and left abandoned on the road. From the traces left behind, the police …
On May 15, 1982, the PCP-SL again assaulted the town of Tambo, finding the town unguarded by police. This was the second attack on the town, after a first attack on the police post on October 11, 1981. The October 11, 1981 attack had shown the deficiency and weakness of …
On May 15, 1982, the Shining Path PCP again attacked the Tambo police post, five months after the first attack on October 11, 1981. On this occasion, they found a town completely unguarded by the police, since the entire police force had been withdrawn to the provincial capital. This attack …
On April 1, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out an assault on the Civil Guard post of Pacucha, in the province of Andahuaylas. This attack was part of a series of initial armed actions by the PCP-SL in the area, which included assaults on police posts, takeovers of villages and …
Students from the General Córdova school attacked the police post in the district of Vilcashuamán. It was not the first time that the post was attacked. Previously, contingents from Vischongo, Pomacocha and other places had mobilized to expel the police and the director of the Educational Center who had recessed …
On March 31, 1982, subversives of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Vilcashuamán police post for the first time. This was the first of a series of three attacks that this police post would suffer during 1982. Subsequently, the post was attacked again on July 28 and August 22 of the …
On March 28, 1982, subversives of the PCP-SL attacked the police post of Huancapi in the province of Victor Fajardo. This attack was part of a series of continuous assaults on police posts that took place during 1982 in the region. The attacks included the Minas Canarias post on March …
On March 22, 1982, subversives of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso again attacked the Vischongo police post in the province of Vilcashuamán. This was the second attack on this police post, as it had been previously attacked on January 10, 1981. The attack was part of a series of sustained assaults on …
On March 18, 1982, subversives of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Minas Canarias police post in the province of Victor Fajardo. This attack was part of a series of sustained assaults against police posts during 1982, aimed at pushing back the police and generating a 'power vacuum' in the countryside. …
In March 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the police post in Luricocha, Huanta province. This attack was part of the Shining Path strategy of attacking police posts in rural areas to weaken the presence of the State. The event is framed in the initial period of political violence in Ayacucho, …
In January 1982, the Shining Path PCP carried out an assault on the San José police post. After the attack, columns of PCP-SL members fled to Uchuraccay to hide and later dispersed to various localities. The attackers arrived in Uchuraccay where they even danced in front of the town's cemetery …
On December 10, 1981, an attack was carried out against the police post of Totos in the province of Cangallo. This attack was part of a series of sustained PCP-SL offensives against the police during 1981, with the objective of pushing back the forces of law and order and generating …
On December 8, 1981, militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the police post in the district of Colcabamba in the province of Tayacaja. This attack was part of the first armed actions of the PCP-SL in the region, as part of its strategy to put an end to the "old …
50 people led by a group of armed hikers razed the Tambo police post in the province of La Mar, Ayacucho. They seized two submachine guns, three revolvers and killed three policemen. During the assault they threw acid in the face of the guards defending the post. The slogan of …
On October 11, 1981, fifty Shining Pathists assaulted the police post in the district of El Tambo, province of La Mar, Ayacucho, causing the death of members of the security forces and seizing the weapons they found in the police station. This attack was part of the II military plan …
On January 21, 1981, the Civil Guard post of Mollebamba in the province of Cangallo was assaulted by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This attack was part of a series of sustained offensives against the police during 1981, with the aim of pushing back the forces of law and order and generating …
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