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 15, 1992, the Ronda Campesina de Chongos Alto was officially formed and Zenón Lapa Campuzano was appointed president. This self-defense organization arose in the context of the counter-subversive struggle against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the Canipaco area. By 1992, the Army had registered 1586 ronderos in the region. …
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 …
Faced with the possibility of an event similar to the April 12, 1989 massacre in Chongos Alto, the Llamapsillón community members decided to organize a self-defense patrol. This patrol was officially recognized by the Armed Forces in the town of Chaquicocha on June 24, 1989. This recognition is framed in …
A peasant patrol captured a pseudo-terrorist gang of cattle rustlers in Colquemarca, in the province of Chumbivilcas. This is evidence of the complexity of the violence in the region, where subversive activities were mixed with common crime such as cattle rustling.
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 …
On August 29, 1985, around 9 p.m., between 30 and 35 members of the Shining Path tried to enter the town of Marcas trying to take advantage of the movement of a flock of sheep to go unnoticed. They were discovered by villagers who were guarding a watchtower in the …
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