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 MRTA took over the Japanese Ambassador's Residence located on block two of Prescott Avenue, San Isidro, on December 17, 1996 at approximately 8:10 p.m. during a reception for the Japanese Emperor's birthday. There were about 600 people. The main objective was to obtain the release of MRTA detainees. They …
Raúl Hiraoka Torres, son of the owner of the Hiraoka chain of stores, was kidnapped around 8:30 p.m. when he was driving a pickup truck in the Córpac neighborhood, San Isidro. His vehicle was hit by a pickup truck, and people got out and shot him with short-range weapons. The …
A woman testifies that during her detention in 1993 she was subjected to sexual violence in the San Isidro district of Lima. The testimony is part of the numerous cases of rape documented by the CVR that occurred during the period of political violence in Peru. This case is mentioned …
On January 9, 1990, retired Army General and former Minister of Defense Enrique López Albújar was assassinated by a commando of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) in the district of San Isidro, Lima. This selective assassination was part of the MRTA's strategy of carrying out military actions against specific …
In January 1990, the MRTA assassinated General Enrique López Albújar in San Isidro. López Albújar was a former Peruvian Minister of Defense. This assassination occurred on the eve of the 1990 presidential elections, in a context of escalating political violence in the capital. The attack was part of a series …
On April 24, 1985, at approximately 8:30 a.m., the President of the National Jury of Elections, Domingo Garcia Rada, was the victim of a terrorist attack perpetrated by members of the Shining Path. The vehicle in which he was traveling with his driver Segundo Narro Silva and his custodian Major …
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