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.
A military base that had been installed in Uchuraccay to provide security for families returning to the community after displacement caused by violence was removed in March 1997. This military base had remained in the village since the return of the first displaced people in October 1993, providing the security …
Beginning in 1995, land and river transit began to be regularized, which had been interrupted for several years due to the internal armed conflict. This transit normalization process took place in the context of the return of displaced families to their original communities in the central jungle, a process that …
Beginning in 1995, the majority of displaced families began to return to the sites of their original communities in the central jungle. The return process had officially begun on September 17, 1994, as part of a campaign promoted by the government and the Armed Forces. However, many of those who …
In 1995, the president of Peru inaugurated Nuevo Uchuraccay as part of the government's repopulation policy. The community was showcased as an example of this policy and was rebuilt on a new site on the hillside above the old town center. Nuevo Uchuraccay was composed of about fifty small houses …
On September 17, 1994, the process of returning displaced families in the central jungle officially began as part of a campaign promoted by the government and the Armed Forces. However, it was not until 1995 that the majority of displaced families began to return to their original communities. Many had …
On September 17, 1994, the process of returning the Asháninka communities to their places of origin in the district of Río Tambo officially began as part of a campaign promoted by the government to generate a psychosocial impact on the Peruvian population. The media called this event 'the great Asháninka …
Lucas Cachay, who had been in asylum in Brazil from approximately 1993 to 1994, returned to Peru in September 1994. Upon his return, he took advantage of the law of repentance on the recommendation of a businessman friend and lawyer named Carlos Gonzales. Cachay had been an important leader of …
In 1994, the residents of the Tahuantinsuyo community decided to return to their community under pressure from the Mazamari Army. The military threatened to put other people on their land if they did not return. This return took place in the context of the consolidation of the defeat and dismantling …
The Quempiri community had fled in 1992 due to Shining Path aggression. During their refuge in Natalio Sanchez, the villagers faced constant problems with the colonists and experienced 'boredom' due to forced coexistence. In 1994, after the reduction of the subversive activity in the region due to the military offensive …
A group of twenty-four families returned to Uchuraccay after almost a decade of absence. This return was possible after months of coordination promoted by Elías Ccente, with the support of the National Evangelical Council of Peru. The community had been totally depopulated due to repeated attacks by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, …
On October 10, 1993, twenty-four families returned to Uchuraccay after a long period of absence, uprooting and diaspora. The community had ceased to exist in mid-1984 when the surviving families fled to nearby communities and towns in the highlands and jungle of Ayacucho, as well as to the cities of …
On October 10, 1993, with the decrease of subversive action in the area, a group of twenty-four families supported by the Peruvian National Evangelical Council (CONEP) returned to Uchuraccay after years of forced displacement. Due to military reasons and to get away from the 'bad memories', the returnees decided to …
In 1992, a return program was implemented in the communities of Yerbabuena, Putucunay, Belén de Chapi, Oronqoy, Santa Carmen, Chillihua and Tastabamba. This program was developed after the Chapi Base was deactivated in 1988 and people returned to Andahuaylas. The program sought to facilitate the return of displaced people to …
In 1992, an Uchuraccaíño community member who was enrolled in the Self-Defense Committee of a neighboring community (San José de Secce) returned to see his hometown as part of a civil patrol. He arrived at a hill from where Uchuraccay could be seen and found the town in total silence. …
After the confrontation of September 25, 1990 in the area known as 'La Roca' between ronderos and PCP-SL, many displaced villagers from the Tsiriari valley interpreted this event as a defeat for the Shining Path. This perception of victory over the subversive group generated conditions that the villagers considered safer …
Between 1991 and 1992, the first settlers returned to Mollebamba after years of forced displacement caused by the internal armed conflict. This return was part of a broader repopulation process that began in 1987 with the change in government policy and the actions of Major Miguel Seminario Ayacuchano, who implemented …
On September 25, 1990, an armed confrontation took place between peasant ronderos and PCP-SL forces in the area known as the 'Rock', located in the Tsiriari valley. This confrontation was interpreted by the displaced inhabitants as a significant defeat for the PCP-SL in the region. As a consequence of this …
In 1988, the Chapi Military Base that had been established at the end of 1987 under the command of Major Miguel Seminario Ayacuchano was deactivated. This base had allowed the return of approximately 150 people who had repopulated the place, renamed Belén de Chapi during Christmas 1987. The deactivation of …
At the end of 1987, a military base was established in Chapi under the command of Major Miguel Seminario Ayacuchano, who was designated as head of the base between October and December 1987. This Major changed the attitude of the army, not allowing detainees to be beaten and gathering people …
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