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.
The Third Specialized Criminal Court of the Superior Court of Justice of Lambayeque declared the amnesty exception founded in the process against the three police officers prosecuted for abuse of authority and injuries against the defenders of the San Ignacio forests. This decision was made in application of Law 26479, …
The Third Superior Prosecutor's Office of the Judicial District of Lambayeque filed a substantial accusation against César Coquis Coz, Antonio Benavides Samalvides and Óscar Rafael Villacrés Costa for the crimes of abuse of authority and injuries. The Prosecutor's Office requested that each of them be sentenced to 2 years of …
The San Ignacio Criminal Court issued its Final Report determining that the crimes of abuse of authority and injury were proven, and that the accused César Coquis Coz, Antonio Benavides Samalvides and Óscar Rafael Villacrés Costa were criminally responsible. This report confirmed the human rights violations committed against the forest …
The Criminal Court of San Ignacio opened an investigation against Major PNP César Coquis Coz, Captain PNP Antonio Benavides Samalvides and Sub Officer 3ª Óscar Rafael Villacrés Costa for the crime of abuse of authority against eleven forest defenders who had been arbitrarily detained. The judge determined that the detainees …
The Specialized Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of Lambayeque issued a sentence acquitting the eleven defendants. The Court considered that the National Police proceeded in an unusual manner and without a correct evaluation of facts and evidence, that it was not established with certainty that the defendants were …
In Lambayeque, 17 members of the Frente de Defensa de los Bosques de San Ignacio are victims of torture by the Peruvian National Police. This case represents the repression against environmental and community defense organizations.
The plenary of the Democratic Constituent Congress unanimously approved the conclusions of the report of the Human Rights and Pacification Commission on the San Ignacio case. The conclusions determined that the facts did not involve the crime of terrorism, that the existence of torture could not be definitively ruled out, …
The plenary of the Democratic Constituent Congress charged the Human Rights and Pacification Commission with investigating the arbitrary detentions and human rights violations that occurred on June 27, 1992 in the district of San Ignacio. To investigate the case, five congressmen traveled to Chiclayo, holding interviews with judicial and police …
The Superior Prosecutor of Lambayeque indicted the defendants for the crimes of terrorism, homicide, serious injuries, minor injuries, robbery and damages. He stated that the defendants and other unidentified terrorists belonging to MRTA entered the INCAFOR camp with firearms and dynamite, proceeding to set fire to machinery and houses, and …
The head of the First Specialized Criminal Court of Chiclayo issued her Final Report contradicting the Prosecutor's Opinion. She questioned the way in which the proceedings aimed at proving the alleged commission of the crime of terrorism were carried out and concluded that the events that took place in the …
The Eighth Criminal Prosecutor's Office of Chiclayo issued an opinion stating that the defendants were criminally responsible for committing the crime of terrorism. This opinion contradicted the evidence that would later lead to the acquittal of the defendants, and was part of the irregular judicial process followed against the defenders …
The Eighth Specialized Criminal Court of Chiclayo opened an investigation against the ten residents of San Ignacio arrested on June 27, accusing them of the crime of terrorism against the State. The opening order stated that they had seized dynamite, explosives, PCP pamphlets and other items. Despite the fact that …
The day after the attack against INCAFOR, police officers arbitrarily detained ten residents of San Ignacio: Wigberto Vásquez Vásquez, Plácido Alvarado Campos, Víctor Morales Labán, Crisanto Velásquez Flores, Guillermo Granda Rodríguez, Guillermo Oyola Cornejo, Javier García Huamán, Benjamín García Huamán, Daniel Cruz Bautista and Samuel Huamán Huamán. Several of them …
At approximately 11:30 p.m., the INCAFOR S.A. camp, located in San Ignacio, was the victim of an explosive attack that killed two workers (Enrique Reyna Cruz and Narciso Agurto Guevara), injured several people and caused serious material damage. The following day, police officers arbitrarily detained ten residents of San Ignacio, …
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