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.
Giulio Rocca, a young seminarian and volunteer with the Matogrosso operation, was assassinated by members of Sendero Luminoso (SL) on October 1, 1999, in Jangas, near Huaraz, Peru. Rocca attempted to engage in a dialogue with SL members about their revolutionary ideas, which led to his murder. This event was …
On August 9, 1991, two Polish Franciscan priests, Michel Tomaszek and Zbigniew Strzalkowski, were assassinated by a group of Shining Path militants in Pariacoto, Ancash, Peru. This attack was part of a broader campaign by the Shining Path to intimidate and undermine the influence of the Catholic Church in Peru …
On 21 May 1991, Sister Irene Mc Cormack, an Australian religious worker, was murdered by members of the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) in Huasa-Huasi, Peru. She had been working in the country for four years, distributing food to the poor, and had previously received threats to abandon her work. The …
During the political violence in Huánuco, Peru, religious figures faced significant threats and violence. In 1989, in the district of Huarín, members of the Sendero Luminoso (SL) killed a seminarian and two catechists while targeting Father Víctor Fabián for his anti-Marxist sermons. The violence in the region resulted in the …
On October 1, 1984, Párroco Rolando Ramos, a Salesian priest, along with several members of his pastoral team, was detained in the province of Calca, Cuzco. The detention was part of a broader context of accusations against religious figures being linked to terrorism. A week later, following interventions by ecclesiastical …
On the evening of August 1, 1984, a group of uniformed military personnel from the Infantería de Marina de Huanta violently entered the Iglesia Evangélica Presbiteriana in Callqui, Peru. They disrupted a religious gathering of approximately twenty-seven people, including ten minors. The military personnel selected six adult males from the …
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