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.
On December 25, 1994, in the town of Muyoc, province of San Marcos, department of Cajamarca, the police killed three members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This confrontation took place in the context of the decline of Shining Path violence in the region, after the capture of Abimael Guzmán in 1992 …
In September 1992, in Campo Alegre La Grama, San Marcos province, the PCP-SL assassinated Alipio Arroyo. The victim was the father of the then mayor of Cajamarca. This assassination took place in the context of the Shining Path strategy of selective assassinations against authorities and people linked to local political …
On June 12, 1992, the PCP-SL carried out a simultaneous takeover of several towns in the provinces of Cajabamba and San Marcos. The Shining Pathists took the towns of Chuquibamba, Carrizal, Chingol and Huanza in Cachachi, as well as Shirac in the José Manuel Quiróz district of San Marcos. This …
A young university student was arrested for terrorism in 1991 and later acquitted. During his detention at DINCOTE, the police told him that his background was ideal to be a member of the Shining Path: he was the son of Ayacucho parents, spoke Quechua, studied at the Universidad Nacional Mayor …
A detachment of the PCP-SL that was gathered in the house of a villager in the hamlet of Hierba Buena, located one hour from Calluán, was surrounded by a platoon of the Peruvian National Police. A confrontation ensued in which the PCP-SL lost more than seven important cadres, among them …
In May 1989, the PCP-SL assassinated the mayor of the district of Cachachi along with his wife, as part of its strategy to eliminate local authorities. The attack included the dynamiting of the municipal building. This event is part of the Shining Path offensive to liquidate associative enterprises and eliminate …
In May 1989, the PCP-SL set fire to the SAIS 'La Pauca', one of the last associative enterprises in the San Marcos region. This attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy of systematic liquidation of the associative enterprises created during the Agrarian Reform. The destruction of La Pauca was …
In the early morning of April 20, 1989, joint army and police forces again entered the universities of San Marcos and La Cantuta, arresting more than 500 people. During the process that led to the military intervention (1991-2000), the government proceeded to produce a counter-subversive manual, in which San Marcos …
In the early morning of April 20, 1989, soldiers and police entered San Marcos and La Cantuta universities. This military intervention took place in a context of intensification of the anti-subversive struggle by the APRA government. The operation was part of the actions of the forces of law and order …
On April 19, 1989, combined Army and police forces carried out a simultaneous raid on the universities of San Marcos and La Cantuta in Lima. More than 500 students were arrested during the operation. This operation was part of the counter-subversive strategy of the APRA government in a context of …
In 1989, an armed group of Shining Path guerrillas destroyed the Huagal cheese plant in San Marcos province. As part of the PCP-SL's strategy of liquidating associative enterprises, the attackers distributed the cattle and land among the members and set fire to the machinery. This attack was part of a …
Javier Arrasco's death occurred on May 31, 1988, when the Comité de Lucha de Comensales de Cangallo was demonstrating against the massacre of peasants in Cayara. The police irresponsibly fired their firearms during the student demonstration. After the murder, the board of comensales issued a statement protesting the police repression, …
On February 13, 1987, during the state of emergency and in the middle of the curfew imposed in Lima, around four thousand policemen entered the university residences of three state universities in Lima: San Marcos, Engineering and La Cantuta, in the early hours of the morning. The Minister of the …
In 1986, peasant patrols were organized in the province of San Marcos, initially forming approximately 80 committees to combat cattle rustling, with the support of the United Left. Later, in 1987, autonomous patrols were organized in the same province, reaching a total of 112 committees. These autonomous peasant patrols, dominant …
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