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 May 13, 1992, the main PCP-SL force in Canchis carried out a series of selective assassinations in the district of San Pedro. The Shining Pathists assassinated the mayor, the governor, the president of the potable water system and a local leader. During the raid, they also burned the municipal …
In May 1992, the Shining Path PCP carried out an incursion in San Pedro, a district in the province of Canchis in Cusco. During this action, the subversive organization assassinated four local authorities. In addition to the murder of the authorities, the subversives set fire to the municipal building and …
The municipality of Carabayllo was attacked in 1991 as part of a series of sabotage and intimidation actions carried out by subversive groups in the Northern Zone of Metropolitan Lima. This attack was part of a broader strategy to weaken the presence of the state and local authorities in the …
In the early morning of December 20, 1990, a large contingent of subversives of the PCP-SL entered Vinchos, where a Mineral Concentrator of the Vinchos Mining Company was located. The militants carried out several attacks against the Concentrator Plant, the mill, the high tension towers, the board, dump trucks and …
As of October 1989, in the framework of the announcement of the arrival of the 'strategic balance', the PCP-SL significantly increased its actions in Lima with acts of sabotage and propaganda. Subversive actions increased by more than 100%, with a view to the actions to be carried out as of …
In the framework of the announcement of the arrival of the "strategic balance" in 1989, the PCP-SL significantly increased its actions in Lima with acts of sabotage and propaganda, including the burning of buses, attacks against electricity and water infrastructure, police stations and government party offices. This upsurge began in …
On July 26, 1989, there was an armed strike called by the Shining Path PCP in the city of Huancayo that was particularly violent. This strike was observed throughout the city and was part of a staggered strategy that included consumer strikes (July 1 and 2), a transport strike (July …
On July 22, 1989, a Shining Path column destroyed three electrical towers in La Oroya. This attack was part of a series of terrorist actions by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso against the infrastructure of mining companies in central Peru. Attacks against electrical towers and other mining facilities intensified during 1989, causing …
In the framework of the announcement of the arrival of the "strategic balance" in 1989, the PCP-SL changed its strategy in Villa El Salvador seeking to dispute the hegemony of the left in the district. Throughout 1989 and 1990, the PCP-SL increased its actions with acts of sabotage and propaganda, …
The municipality of Carmen de la Legua was attacked in 1989 as part of a series of sabotage and intimidation actions carried out by subversive groups in the Northern Zone of Metropolitan Lima. This attack was part of a broader strategy to weaken the presence of the state through attacks …
On December 31, 1988, at 10:40 pm, three diesel electric locomotives belonging to Centromín Perú were destroyed. This attack was part of a series of violent actions carried out during the 1988 Christmas season against installations of the state mining company. The attacks occurred in the context of labor conflicts …
On December 31, 1988, Shining Path dynamited a power plant located in Huariaca, Cerro de Pasco province. This plant was crucial to the energy supply of several important mining sites in the region, including Milpo, Atacocha and Chicrín. The attack was part of a series of terrorist actions against mining …
On December 31, 1988, Shining Path destroyed three diesel electric locomotives belonging to Centromín Perú that were transporting ore from the Cerro de Pasco unit to the La Oroya smelter. This attack was part of a series of terrorist actions against mining infrastructure in the central region of Peru. The …
On December 27, 1988, a contingent of forty PCP-SL militants took the town of Huariaca and carried out multiple attacks against public infrastructure. The subversives dynamited the municipal council, the police post leaving one policeman wounded, the ENTEL PERU installations, the health center and the ambulance. They also looted the …
In December 1988, the PCP-SL destroyed an electrical plant located in the town of Huariaca. This plant supplied electricity to the mining sites of Milpo, Atacocha and Chicrín. As a direct consequence of the attack, thousands of mining workers were paralyzed for two weeks. This attack was part of the …
In August 1988, Shining Path raided the San Genaro mining center in Huancavelica. During the attack, the Shining Path gunned down the head of industrial relations and a mining contractor named Ponce. Before leaving the place, the attackers dynamited electric power towers and a large part of the mining center's …
On February 10, 1988, PCP-SL militants launched a wave of simultaneous dynamite attacks against multiple targets in the city of Huancayo. Targets attacked included the Departmental Directorate of Junin, the Savings Bank, the District Council of El Tambo, the Superior Court of Justice, the Junin Development Corporation, the Bank of …
On December 31, 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso blew up 30 high-voltage towers of the Mantaro interconnected system. This attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy of sabotaging the country's electrical infrastructure, seeking to generate massive blackouts and demonstrate the subversive group's capacity for action. The attack on the Mantaro …
On August 8, 1987, PCP-SL militants carried out a wave of dynamite attacks against multiple targets in the city of Huancayo. The targets attacked included the premises of the Hipotecario and Interbanc banks, the Central de Crédito Cooperativo, the Social Security, Carsa, the premises of the Civil Court and the …
On June 14, 1987, in the city of Jauja, militants of the PCP-SL (Shining Path) threw dynamite cartridges at a Carlessi company. This attack was part of a wave of dynamite attacks that the subversives carried out against various public and private premises in the Mantaro valley during 1987. The …
The Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) made its appearance in the department of Puno in April 1987, with propaganda and sabotage actions in the cities of Puno and Juliaca. The first recorded attack was on April 13, 1987 against the premises of the Puno Credit Bank, marking the beginning of …
On February 26, 1987, several high-tension towers fell in the district of Pilcomayo, province of Huancayo. This attack was perpetrated by PCP-Sendero Luminoso militants as part of their strategy of sabotaging the electrical infrastructure. The attack caused one of the innumerable blackouts suffered by the city of Huancayo during that …
In 1987, subversives of the PCP-SL attacked the PAIT (Temporary Income Support Program) in San Martin de Porres. This attack was part of a broader PCP-SL strategy against the programs of Alan Garcia's APRA government. During the APRA government, subversive actions were directed against APRA offices, PAIT workers and APRA …
Between January and April 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso began a campaign of sabotage against factories in Lima, marking the beginning of a new phase in its urban strategy. These first sabotages were claimed by El Diario, a press organ linked to the PCP-SL, pointing them out as the beginning of …
In July 1986, a Shining Path column commanded by comrades "Nelly" and "Hernan" entered the Vinchos mining center in Cerro de Pasco. The Shining Path members shot and killed the mine manager, assistant manager and superintendent. Subsequently, they dynamited the mining center's concentrator plant. This attack was part of the …
In 1986, the PCP-SL carried out an attack against the Vinchos mining company in Cerro de Pasco. The hikers managed to enter the company's offices and shot and killed the manager, assistant manager and mine superintendent. Subsequently, they dynamited the concentrator plant causing irreparable material damage. This event caused the …
On December 22, 1985, militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the facilities of the SAIS (Sociedad Agraria de Interés Social) Túpac Amaru. During the subversive incursion, they burned seven vehicles and set fire to the SAIS facilities. This attack was part of a systematic campaign by the PCP-SL against the …
In October 1985, Shining Path carried out a dynamite attack against a locomotive in La Oroya. This attack was part of a series of violent actions by the PCP-SL against the mining and transportation infrastructure in the central region of Peru. The attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy …
During the visit of Pope John Paul II to Peru in February 1985, the PCP-SL (Shining Path) caused a power outage in Lima as an act of sabotage. This attack was part of the subversive group's strategy of carrying out actions of high symbolic impact against events of national and …
In September 1984, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) began operations with an armed column in the department of Puno. The actions of the PCP-SL in the provinces of Puno, Lampa, San Román and Azángaro were aimed at preparing the conditions for this armed column to begin …
On August 1, 1984, militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso knocked down an electrical system tower in the district of Pazos, province of Tayacaja. This attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy of sabotaging the region's electrical infrastructure. The attack took place in a context where military pressure was increasing, …
On July 21, 1983, the Peruvian capital suffered the most serious power outage in its history. This blackout allowed the execution of several terrorist attacks in the city. The event occurred in the context of an intense campaign of violence by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, which had declared its second wave …
The second wave of the First Military Campaign of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path took place from July to October 1983. This phase was characterized by an intensification of terrorist attacks throughout the country, including actions against party premises and strategic infrastructure. On July 11, there was …
On May 30, 1983, the Peruvian government decreed a state of emergency throughout the country for sixty days, suspending several individual guarantees. This measure was taken in view of repeated acts of sabotage at different points of the interconnected electrical system. Days before, on May 27, there had been a …
On May 30, 1983, the Peruvian government decreed a state of emergency throughout the country for sixty days. This measure was taken in view of repeated acts of sabotage at different points of the interconnected electrical system and the growing wave of terrorist violence. Several of the individual guarantees were …
On May 27, 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso dynamited 10 high tension towers in Lima, causing a general blackout in the city. This action was part of the subversive strategy of sabotaging the capital's electrical infrastructure. The attack took place in the context of the first stage of the internal armed …
On May 27, 1983, there was a power cut in Lima that allowed the execution of several terrorist attacks. This event occurred in a context of intensified political violence, during the first wave of the First Campaign of the PCP-SL that was taking place between May and June 1983. As …
On February 7, 1983, a group of approximately 15 armed people attacked the warehouses of the Monterrey store in Lima. This attack was part of the first stage of the internal armed conflict in the capital, characterized by sabotage and attacks on state institutions and private companies. The event occurred …
On January 18, 1983, a group of subversives of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attempted to demolish a microwave tower of the National Telecommunications Company (ENTEL) located 20 kilometers from Huancayo. This attack was part of a series of violent actions that Shining Path militants carried out against public and private infrastructure …
In 1983, subversive groups attacked the municipal buildings of Comas and Rimac as part of their strategy of sabotage and intimidation against local authorities and state representatives. These attacks were part of a series of actions against municipalities that began in 1980 with the burning of the municipality of San …
On December 23, 1982, a contingent of PCP-SL militants assaulted the Colqui mine, located in the district of Huancavelica. During this assault, the subversives seized 1500 sticks of dynamite. This action was part of a broader PCP-SL strategy that included sabotage to the Mantaro electric transmission network, the destruction of …
On August 19, 1982, there was a generalized blackout in Lima accompanied by multiple attacks in different parts of the city. This event was part of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso's strategy of carrying out sabotage to the electrical infrastructure and simultaneous attacks against state institutions. The blackouts were provoked by blowing …
On August 2, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso blew up 5 high tension towers, causing a general blackout in Lima and Callao. This attack was part of the initial strategy of sabotage and attacks against state infrastructure that characterized the period 1980-1984. Attacks on high voltage pylons were a recurrent tactic …
In August 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out attacks against institutions linked to the Catholic Church in the city of Puno. The targets were the Superior Court of Justice of Puno and the antenna of Onda Azul radio station, both belonging to the Catholic Church. This attack was part of …
On July 31, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso executed a simultaneous sabotage against the electrical infrastructure in Vilcashuamán. In this coordinated action, both the Vischongo mini-hydroelectric plant and the Vilcashuamán power plant were destroyed. This attack was part of the Shining Path strategy of sabotaging public infrastructure, which was considered an …
On July 31, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out simultaneous sabotage against public infrastructure in the province of Vilcashuamán. On that day, the Vischongo mini-hydroelectric plant and the Vilcashuamán power plant were simultaneously destroyed. This attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy of sabotaging public infrastructure, which was considered …
On July 22, 1982, militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso set fire to the warehouse of the Sociedad Agraria de Interés Social (SAIS) of Huancavelica. This attack was part of a series of subversive actions in the Vilca basin that intensified during that year. The objective of these actions was to …
On April 23, members of the PCP-SL destroy the railway line between Cuzco-Sicuani and Cuzco-Quillabamba. This sabotage to the transportation infrastructure was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to affect the economy and isolate regions of the country.
There was the first general blackout in Lima that lasted more than two hours, caused by PCP-SL attacks on high tension towers. It was followed by a synchronized series of dynamite attacks. This event began to modify the hypothesis about the real magnitude of the PCP-SL, until then considered practically …
On March 29, 1982, there was a total blackout in Lima for two hours. This event was part of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso's sabotage strategy against the capital's electrical infrastructure. The blackouts in the city were part of the actions characteristic of the initial period of violence (1980-1984), when the PCP-SL …
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