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.
Interview conducted with a Dominican nun of Colombian nationality in the city of Ayacucho during May 2002. The interview is part of the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR) in compiling testimonies on the internal armed conflict in Peru. The testimony of the nun is framed in the …
Sister Irene McCormack was murdered along with four other people in Huasahuasi, Tarma, Junín. This multiple murder was perpetrated by the Shining Path as part of their campaign against pastoral agents and people linked to the Catholic Church. The nun worked in development projects with peasant communities.
In the Florida-Chanchamayo Mission, a gang of young people between 15 and 18 years old, incited by hikers, carried out a popular trial that ended with the summary execution of eight people. One of the victims was Sister Maria Agustina Rivas, 70 years old, from the Good Shepherd congregation, who …
Sister Maria Agustina Rivas, of the Good Shepherd congregation, was murdered in La Florida, Junin. This murder of a religious sister is part of the systematic attacks by the Shining Path against pastoral agents of the Catholic Church. The sister worked with poor communities in the area.
In 1989, the PCP-SL made incursions into several native communities and peasant annexes in the province of Chanchamayo, carrying out "popular trials" and assassinating authorities and inhabitants. One of the best known cases was that of La Florida, where they murdered an entire family along with a nun from the …
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