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.
In January 1989, the Shining Path PCP carried out an attack against San Juan de Salinas in the province of Azángaro, Puno. During this raid, the subversive group assassinated seven village authorities. This attack was the second against this community, which had already suffered violence in April 1987 when Zenon …
On June 26, 1988, the mayor of San Juan de Salinas, Jaime Centeno Jove, was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This crime occurred in the context of a systematic campaign of selective assassinations against local authorities in the department of Puno. San Juan de Salinas was a district in the …
On April 8, 1987, seven men and two women of the PCP-SL dragged Mayor Zenobio Huarzaya from his home to the plaza while his wife and children looked on in despair. They knelt him down in front of 200 people and asked if they would kill him. The people clamored …
Between April 11 and 15, 1985, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out several actions in the province of Azángaro, department of Puno. The actions took place in several localities including Azángaro, Arapa and San Juan de Salinas. This period corresponds to the phase of expansion of violence in the department of …
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