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 September 12, 1992, the ronderos of Asillo confronted the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in a battle that resulted in the death of seven subversives. This confrontation took place in the context of organized peasant resistance against the subversive presence in the Puno area. The event occurred shortly before the capture of …
On January 19, 1990, the few remaining inhabitants of the town of Cochas agreed to plant a white flag and organize the peasant patrols, and then went to the town of Tunzo. There, together with residents from the communities of Parco, Huancamanta, Lucmayo and Macon (annexes of the Cochas district), …
At the end of December 1989, villagers from communities in Tulumayo gathered in Talhuis, tired of Shining Path abuses, harassed by hunger and death threats. This meeting was motivated by the death of Runatullo villagers in October of that year, who had been murdered for opposing the Shining Path party. …
Valuis Maravi, a resident of Andas in Cochas, was disappeared by Shining Path militants in October 1989. His disappearance occurred after he proposed to his neighbors to denounce the Shining Path, in a context where the villagers were tired of the abuses and food shortages imposed by the new Shining …
The Llamapsillon community members formed a peasant patrol and requested recognition by the Army on June 24, 1989. This organization was formed in the context of increasing violence by the Shining Path PCP in the highlands of Cunas and Canipaco. The formation of this round was part of a broader …
On March 23, 1989, the community of Collana in Livitaca, Chumbivilcas, agreed in a general assembly to form squads to identify the cattle rustlers and hand them over to the police. This act was considered by the PCP-SL as an act of treason, since the subversive group intended to maintain …
In 1989, there were confrontations between the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and organized peasants from the communities of Chupaca and Santo Tomás de Paca. These confrontations left twenty-five community members dead in Santo Tomás de Paca. The confrontations occurred in the context of peasant resistance against the control and demands of the …
Faced with the possibility of a similar event to that of Chongos Alto, where the PCP-SL had organized a Popular Committee and later carried out a massacre on April 12, 1989, the Llamapsillón community members decided to organize a self-defense patrol. This round was officially recognized by the Armed Forces …
Around 1988, another cycle of intense violence was unleashed in the new scenarios where the Shining Path had expanded its operations. The magnitude of the crimes and violations can be explained by similar causes to the first cycle. However, in this period the resistance of the population, its authorities and …
The Hatunpampa ronderos confronted the PCP-SL in a combat that is part of the organized peasant resistance against the Shining Path in the Vilcabamba area. This confrontation occurred in the context of the expansion of the counter-subversive peasant patrols in the Apurimac River Valley and surrounding areas. In November of …
On Sunday, April 14, 1985, the day of the presidential elections, one hundred villagers from San Juan Baños de Rabí traveled to Yanahuanca to exercise their right to vote. This act represented a demonstration of direct resistance against the subversive incursions of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The villagers put to flight …
In April 1985, a subversive detachment of approximately 20 people carrying various weapons entered the community of Maraypata in Churcampa. The residents of Maraypata had formed peasant patrols, which prompted the PCP-SL to attack them in an attempt to punish them for this organization. The residents of the Paccay community …
On December 27, 1984, in the annex of Maraypata in Churcampa, the villagers confronted a group of the PCP-SL that tried to punish them for having formed peasant patrols. In the confrontation, several subversives died and were buried nearby. In April of the following year, a subversive detachment of approximately …
In March 1984, rumors began to circulate among the population of the Apurimac River Valley about the arrival of montoneros (civil defense groups) from Chungui. The villagers received information that these groups were coming "like ants" and were progressively advancing through different localities. Their presence was first reported in Lechemayo, …
In 1984, the first organized peasant resistance efforts were registered through self-defense committees in the province of Angaraes, department of Huancavelica. These organizations emerged mainly in the communities of Cuticsa, Yuraccocha, Anchahuay, Julcamarca, Secclla and Atunakihuay in response to the violence unleashed by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The formation of these …
In 1984, the inhabitants of Chopccas agreed to defend themselves from PCP-SL militants by forming self-defense patrols. These patrols successfully repelled Shining Path columns attempting to enter the area. The organization of the rondas also had the effect of limiting the presence of military patrols in the area. This self-defense …
In August 1983, the PCP-SL raided the community of Huaychao, killing 5 community members. This attack was part of a series of reprisals by the PCP-SL against the communities of the Huanta highlands that had organized against them. Huaychao had been the scene in January 1983 of the first peasant …
In the early morning of May 21, 1983, an unspecified number of hikers, men and women, from the "lower part" (Hualla, Tiquihua, Canaria, etc.), led by "comrade Omar", prepared an attack against Sacsamarca. When the hikers were in the Pallqa annex, one of the community members they had arrested managed …
In the early morning of May 21, 1983, an unspecified number of hikers, men and women, from the "lower part" (Hualla, Tiquihua, Canaria, etc.), led by "comrade Omar", prepared an attack against Sacsamarca. When the hikers were in the Pallqa annex, one of the community members they had arrested managed …
In May 1983, the PCP-SL raided the community of Huaychao, killing 4 community members. This attack was part of a series of reprisals by the PCP-SL against the communities of the Huanta highlands that had organized against them. The community of Huaychao had led the first peasant reaction against Shining …
On February 20, 1983, when "Victor" and his followers made their appearance in Huancasancos, the villagers assassinated them. This event occurred in the context of the reaction of the Huancasancos communities against the PCP-SL, a few days after the Sacsamarca uprising in mid-February of the same year. The action is …
During the carnivals between February 15 and 17, 1983, the population of Sacsamarca rebelled against the PCP-SL. Taking advantage of the fact that the Shining Pathists would be partying and getting drunk, a group of villagers assaulted the homes of two local PCP-SL leaders: Elio and Wilfredo, killing them. They …
In February 1983, the Sacsamarca uprising against the PCP-SL took place. The villagers, fed up with the abuses of the Shining Path commanders, decided to rebel against them. In an act of resistance, the villagers got the Shining Path militants drunk and later stabbed and stoned them to death. This …
The Sacsamarca uprising took place, which marked the beginning of the end of the PCP-SL's power in the province of Huancasancos. Fatigued by the abuses of the Shining Path commanders, some community members got them drunk and stabbed and stoned them to death. In the following weeks, similar reactions were …
In mid-February 1983, the first confrontation took place between the population of Sacsamarca and the leaders of the local Shining Path Popular Committee, which led to the death of the main local Shining Path leaders at the hands of the villagers. This communal reaction is linked to the increase of …
On January 21, 1983, the communities of the Huantina puna reacted against the PCP-SL by assassinating seven Shining Path members in the communities of Macabamba and Huaychao. This was the first action of this nature by peasant communities against the Shining Path. The fact transcended the local media, especially due …
The Iquichanos in the heights of Huanta killed seven hikers in the community of Huaychao, as a reaction to the assassination of communal authorities. The authorities of Huaychao, such as the Lieutenant Governor, Varayocc and Municipal Agent, began to argue with the Senderistas, telling them that they were members of …
In January 1983, community members of Huaychao, in the highlands of the province of Huanta, killed seven Shining Path members in reaction to the assassination of community authorities. This action represents one of the first violent responses of peasant communities to the authoritarian project of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The event …
On December 27, 1982, the inhabitants of the Maraypata annex in Churcampa clashed with a group of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso who wanted to punish them for having formed peasant patrols. In the confrontation, several subversives died and were buried nearby. This event represents one of the first cases of organized …
In late November or early December 1982, the Shining Path PCP assassinated Alejandro Huamán, president of the Uchuraccay community, along with community member Venancio Auccatoma. This assassination was a direct reprisal against Huamán, who had led actions of frontal rejection against the Shining Path presence, including the tearing down and …
During the celebration of the feast of the Virgin of the Rosary in Uchuraccay, the Communist Party of Peru-Sendero Luminoso placed a red flag on one of the community's hills. Alejandro Huamán, president of the community of Uchuraccay, took out the flag and publicly burned it. This act of defiance …
During the first week of October 1982, the villagers of Uchuraccay expelled "Martín" and five other members of the PCP-SL who were trying to establish a Popular School for Women in the community. On October 7, during the feast of the Virgin of the Rosary, the PCP-SL placed a red …
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