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.
Dozens of MRTA members raid the city of Jaen, then attack the police posts of Chamaya, Cruce and Bellavista and make the police flee. The subversives manage to steal weapons and radio equipment. The attack left eight dead: five civilians, an Army captain and two PNP non-commissioned officers.
In a simultaneous action, the guerrillas attacked the police posts of Sapallanga and San Agustín de Cajas, both located in the province of Huancayo, resulting in two deaths among police officers.
In mid-1988, the PCP-SL destroyed the police posts that the police had established in Chongos Alto and Yanacancha to guard the Canipaco valley area. These police posts represented the presence of the State in the region, where land conflicts were developing between communities and SAIS Cahuide. The army had been …
In June 1987, in the high provinces of Cuzco, the PCP-SL began a series of attacks against various police posts. In addition, subversives and abigeos acted in the districts of Chamac and Livitaca, province of Chumbivilcas, demonstrating the convergence between subversive activity and common delinquency.
On January 30, 1987, the PCP-SL carried out multiple attacks against police posts and communities in the province of Canas, as part of a wider offensive. This action was part of a series of attacks that extended between February and June 1987, when the PCP-SL prioritized attacks on police posts …
The PCP-SL attacked several police posts and communities in the province of Canas on January 30, 1987. On February 7, it carried out similar attacks in the provinces of Acomayo and Chumbivilcas. This series of coordinated attacks is evidence of the territorial expansion of the PCP-SL in the high provinces …
At the beginning of 1986, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso managed to remove the police posts in the province of Azángaro, Puno. This event occurred after the PCP-SL declared the provinces of Melgar, Azángaro and Huancané as "red zones" in August 1985. The situation of the internal armed conflict in this area …
Seven police posts, located in different districts of Lima, were simultaneously attacked by the MRTA. This action marked the beginning of the MRTA's harassment phase, demonstrating their operational capacity and coordination.
Showing 1–8 of 8 events