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.
Juan Crisóstomo Casasola Zavala, former leader of the "Canto Grande" housing association and deputy director of the Ricardo Palma National Mixed School, was murdered on April 30, 1992. His death occurred in the context of a wave of selective murders against neighborhood leaders in San Juan de Lurigancho during April …
On April 29, 1992, a leader of the housing association 'Proyectos Especiales' was assassinated in the intermediate zone of the district of San Juan de Lurigancho. This assassination occurred in the context of a wave of violence against neighborhood leaders in the district during April 1992. The attack took place …
In April 1992, the brother of the neighborhood leader of the human settlement 'Esmeralda de los Andes' (Huanta), located in San Juan de Lurigancho, was murdered. This murder took place in the context of a wave of violence against neighborhood leaders in the district during that month. The attack was …
1st PNP sub officer Ana Lira Chupingahua was attacked by members of Sendero Luminoso when she was on her way to the Comptroller General of the Republic. At 7:40 a.m., while trying to board public transportation, she was shot five times in the back, chest, stomach and head. A woman …
On February 25, 1992, a military base was established in the communal premises of the Juan Pablo II human settlement, located in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima. This occurred in a context of intensifying political violence in the Peruvian capital. Days earlier, on February 15, María Elena …
On December 5, 1991, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated Doraliza Espejo Márquez, a leader of the José Carlos Mariátegui Human Settlement in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho. She was murdered for having collaborated in a food distribution organized by the Army. This crime was part of the PCP-SL's strategy …
On October 27, 1991 there was a mobilization to repudiate the attacks called by the Municipality of San Juan de Lurigancho. This mobilization took place after the assassinations of the general sub-secretary Fortunato Collazos Crispín and the press and propaganda secretary Alfredo Aguirre Berrocal, which occurred on September 14, 1991 …
On September 14, 1991, on the eve of the anniversary of the Juan Pablo II human settlement, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated two neighborhood leaders: Fortunato Collazos Crispín, deputy secretary general, and Alfredo Aguirre Berrocal, secretary of press and propaganda. These murders were part of the Shining Path's strategy to take …
Doraliza Espejo was a leader of grassroots organizations assassinated in San Juan de Lurigancho in September 1991. Her assassination occurred in the context of a PCP-Sendero Luminoso offensive against leaders of popular women's organizations that had begun in mid-1991. This crime was part of a series of attacks and assassinations …
Saul Cantoral, president of the Mining Federation, was assassinated in San Juan de Lurigancho by the Rodrigo Franco Command, a paramilitary group. El Diario denounced this assassination as a sign of the genocide of the APRA government, although alluding mainly to the 1986 prison massacre. The miners' unions, in response …
During her detention in 1986, a declarant was subjected to torture in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho. The events occurred in the context of detentions carried out by law enforcement forces during the internal armed conflict. The affiant witnessed that during the days she was detained, the police …
AH José Carlos Mariátegui arose as a result of a land seizure carried out on October 14, 1984, by a group of 200 families from the shantytowns of Barrios Altos and Callao. The families, faced with rising rents, organized themselves and decided to have their own land in this area. …
On January 10, 1985, four subversives assassinated two Republican guards who were guarding a high-voltage tower in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima. This attack was part of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso's strategy of attacking electrical infrastructure and eliminating members of the forces of law and order. The attack …
The Juan Pablo II Human Settlement was formed in 1984 during the municipal government of Barrantes (IU), when the Municipal Housing Programs were promoted. In 1985, with the support of the municipality of Lima, the settlement was populated by people from Huancayo, Huancavelica, Ayacucho and Cuzco. The settlement was created …
The José Carlos Mariátegui Human Settlement arose as a result of a land seizure carried out on October 14, 1984, by a group of 200 families from the shantytowns of Barrios Altos and Callao. The families, faced with rising rents, organized themselves and decided to have their own land in …
The AH Juan Pablo II was formed in 1984 during the municipal government of Barrantes (IU), when the Municipal Housing Programs were promoted, such as those of Huaycán, Laderas de Chillón and Arenal de Canto Grande. The settlers populated the settlement in 1985, under the endorsement of the municipality of …
In October 1980, ten thousand residents of 10 young towns of San Juan de Lurigancho marched to Congress, demanding a solution to the water and sewage problem. The senators responded by requesting an 'Emergency Plan' for Canto Grande, but when the promised measures were not implemented, the villagers resorted to …
In October 1980, ten thousand residents of 10 young towns of San Juan de Lurigancho marched to the Congress of the Republic, demanding a solution to the water and sewage problem. The demonstrators succeeded in getting the senators to request an "Emergency Plan" for Canto Grande. However, since the promised …
In February 1976, around 4,700 families occupied land on the left bank of the Rimac River, near the Huascar Bridge. This massive land invasion was part of the process of human settlement formation in San Juan de Lurigancho during the 1970s. In its initial stage, up to 13 residential groups …
In 1967, the administrative division of the district of Lurigancho took place to create the new district of San Juan de Lurigancho. This division was the result of the pressure of urban growth in the eastern part of Metropolitan Lima. The process of district subdivision was part of the sociodemographic …
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