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.
On August 1, 1989, the National Police violently repressed a march of doctors who were on strike over labor demands. The repression was particularly brutal, using pellets to break up the demonstrations. The Medical Federation denounced more than fifty cases of workers who were blinded by the use of pellets …
On July 8, 1989, the National Police violently intervened with firearms and tear gas at an assembly being held at the premises of the Federation of Civil Construction Workers. The police intervention left one worker dead, identified as Manuel Maman Romeno, and four wounded by gunshot. This event was part …
On February 9, 1989, a peaceful march of approximately 8,000 peasants in the city of Pucallpa was violently repressed by the National Police. The march was the culmination of a strike over peasant demands. This event was part of a series of violations of freedom of association and repression of …
In Pucallpa, Ucayali, peasants lifted a 16-day strike and celebrated with a demonstration the agreements reached with the government. The prefect denied permission for the demonstration, which provoked a confrontation. The police intervened in the mobilization carried out by the Federation of Peasants of Ucayali when they tried to deactivate …
On February 9, 1989, one of the largest peasant and native mobilizations was held in Pucallpa to demand improvements in agriculture from the government. This march was organized by the Confederation of Peruvian Peasants (CCP) to celebrate an agreement after a three-week strike by peasants grouped in the FECADU and …
The Confederation of Peruvian Peasants (CCP) organized a large march of peasants and natives in the city of Pucallpa on February 9, 1989. This mobilization was held to celebrate an agreement reached after a three-week strike by the peasants grouped in the Federation of Peasants of the Department of Ucayali …
On February 8, 1989, seven people were shot and wounded during street demonstrations as part of a strike by state workers over salary demands. The workers were also protesting against the disappearance of customs leader Óscar Delgado Vera, who had been detained and allegedly disappeared by the National Police two …
On January 4, 1989, there was an attack by police forces against the Union of Workers of the Peruvian Telephone Company (CPT). The attack occurred while a union meeting was taking place at the union's premises. The workers had previously held a peaceful march in support of their wage demands. …
On October 21, 1988, the police entered the premises of the National Federation of Mine Workers and arrested 14 leaders. This police action took place in the context of a national strike called by the CGTP on October 13 in protest against the government's economic measures. In addition to the …
On September 22, 1988, a march of empty pots was held in Lima as a popular protest against the economic measures announced by the government. This demonstration was part of a series of protests that arose after Minister Abel Salinas Eyzaguirre announced new economic measures on September 8. The march …
On July 21, 1988, during a national strike in which the great majority of the mineworkers who blocked the central highway participated, there was a confrontation between members of the National Police and a small group of mothers who had joined the strike. The confrontation escalated when an excited police …
On July 21, 1988, a national mining strike was held with the participation of the great majority of the mining workers, who blocked the central highway. During this demonstration there was a confrontation between members of the National Police and a small group of mothers who had joined the strike. …
Javier Arrasco's death occurred on May 31, 1988, when the Comité de Lucha de Comensales de Cangallo was demonstrating against the massacre of peasants in Cayara. The police irresponsibly fired their firearms during the student demonstration. After the murder, the board of comensales issued a statement protesting the police repression, …
The year 1988 was characterized by the disproportionate police repression of student demonstrations, which caused the death of three students between May and October 1988: Javier Arrasco Catpo, Carlos Barnet and Hernán Pozo Barrientos. In all three cases, the deaths occurred in situations where the police fired their firearms irresponsibly, …
The residents of Huaycán carried out a mobilization that was harshly repelled by the police with tear gas and counter-demonstration vehicles. One of the vehicles ran over two neighbors, killing Rafael Flores Echevarría and leaving Luis handicapped. In addition, the police arrested between 200 and 300 demonstrators. A few days …
In November 1987, the National Police arrested several students from the National University of Cajamarca (UNC) along with other alleged Shining Path supporters. This arrest took place in the context of the presence of the PCP-SL in the university since the late 1970s, when the university student movement was dominated …
Beginning in early December, a series of marches and spontaneous land seizures began to take place in the provinces of Azángaro and Melgar. The police responded harshly to these mobilizations. Everyone in the countryside became suspicious and communities were forced to ask for guarantees and prove that their members were …
Thirty-two inmates of the Social Readaptation Center (CRAS) of Lurigancho died in a fire that occurred after a police repression. The event occurred in the context of the internal armed conflict and the growing presence of prisoners accused of terrorism in Lima's prisons. This incident is part of a series …
On January 11, 1984, there was a massive university demonstration that ended in violent confrontations between university students and the police. The mobilization was caused by the cuts in student rights brought about by the new Law of Bases of the Peruvian University. As a result of the clashes, one …
In March 1982, the Republican Guards arrived in Cocayro commanded by Commander Salas. The commander began to read a list and called some community members to arrest them. This operation was part of the police repression actions that intensified in the area after the first armed actions of the PCP-SL. …
In February 1982, in the town of Andarapa, three community authorities were detained by members of the Civil Guard. Later, these authorities were assassinated by the same police. This occurred in the context of an intensification of police repression in the province of Andahuaylas, which resulted in the detention of …
Social mobilizations against the increase in fuel and fares continue. In the Constituent Assembly, both the PAP and the PPC blame political agitators for promoting such disturbances. Police repression causes the death of three high school students in Lima and Ayacucho during protests against price increases.
On January 28, a hunger strike of sixty workers began on behalf of those dismissed during the national strike of July 1977. The strike continued until February, even after the police evicted the workers from the temples where they had been gathering. The workers were protesting their dismissals during the …
In June 1976, the left promoted the formation of the Central Highway Struggle Committee, representative of the unions in the industrial zone. This committee organized mobilizations and a strong strike in solidarity with the workers of the Nylon factory. The action culminated in a violent confrontation with police forces and …
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