Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru

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.

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  1. Disappearance of two community members in Usibamba

    In the early morning of December 5, 1989, an armed group that identified itself as belonging to the MRTA entered the Usibamba annex. Two community members were violently taken from their homes and disappeared. This operation followed the same pattern used in other localities in the area, where armed groups …

    Usibamba, San José de Quero, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, pág. 166
  2. Murder of Municipal Agent Antonio Bruno Quinto

    In November 1989, Municipal Agent Antonio Bruno Quinto was murdered in the public square of the annex of Chaquicocha, district of San José de Quero. This murder occurred in the context of a wave of violence perpetrated by the PCP-SL against local authorities in the Alto Cunas area. In the …

    Chaquicocha, San José de Quero, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, pág. 165
  3. Alleged plainclothes policemen enter San Pedro de Sulcán

    On October 30, 1989, people dressed in civilian clothes, apparently police officers, entered the annex of San Pedro de Sulcan and painted graffiti in favor of the armed struggle, claiming to be members of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA). Most of the villagers were at a communal farm located …

    San Pedro de Sulcán, San José de Quero, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, pág. 165
  4. PCP-SL kills Municipal Agent and security guard in Chaquicocha

    On April 5, 1989, the Shining Path guerrillas murdered a Municipal Agent and a watchman of the Production Unit in the town square of Chaquicocha. This attack was part of a systematic campaign by the PCP-SL against local authorities and SAIS workers in the Alto Cunas area. The event occurred …

    Chaquicocha, San José de Quero, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, pág. 164
  5. PCP-SL assassinates Mayor Ciro Clemente Cairo in San José de Quero

    In the early morning of February 13, 1989, an undetermined number of hikers entered San José de Quero and violently extracted Ciro Clemente Cairo, Mayor of the district, from his home. The PCP-SL militants killed him with two bullets on the access road to the community. Subsequently, they proceeded to …

    San José de Quero, Concepción, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, pág. 164
  6. PCP-SL kills in Chaquicocha

    On August 21, 1988, the PCP-SL assassinated the brother and son of a former leader of the Peruvian Aprista Party in Chaquicocha, district of San José de Quero. This murder occurred in the context of a campaign of violence by the PCP-SL in Alto Cunas, where the subversive group had …

    Chaquicocha, San José de Quero, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, pág. 163
  7. PCP-SL murders employee of auditing company in Chala

    On June 9, 1988, in Chala, district of San José de Quero, the PCP-SL assassinated an engineer employed by an auditing company with two bullets in the head. This murder occurred in the context of the expansion of PCP-SL threats in the district of San José de Quero, in Alto …

    Chala, San José de Quero, Junín, Perú Informe CVR, pág. 163
  8. PCP-SL settles in Canipaco valley

    Since the second semester of 1987, the PCP-SL organizes popular committees in the territory of many communities of Junín, settling in the Canipaco valley since mid 1988. The communities of Alto and Bajo Tulumayo are convulsed by the action of the PCP-SL columns, as well as the communities of San …

    Valle del Canipaco, Junín, Perú Informe CVR
  9. Public appearance of the PCP-SL in Cunas area

    In 1987, the PCP-SL made its public appearance in the Cunas area, after 7 years of political and military experience in Ayacucho and Huancavelica. The communities of San Juan de Jarpa and San José de Quero (Alto Cunas) were convulsed by the action of the PCP-SL columns. This appearance marked …

    Cunas, Junín, Perú Informe CVR

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