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.
A woman was arrested on July 23, 1992 in the district of San Martin de Porres, Lima. During her detention, she was subjected to sexual violence with objects by security personnel. The affiant reported that the fact that she had soiled her underwear due to menstruation saved her from possible …
The declarant was arrested on July 23, 1992 in the district of San Martin de Porres, Lima. During her detention, she was the victim of sexual violence and other abuses. The case is part of a documented pattern of sexual violence against women detained during the internal armed conflict. Testimonies …
A group of the MRTA took over the San Martin de Porres temple in Lima and called for armed struggle. This takeover of the temple was a propaganda action of the MRTA to spread its political message and to call the population to join the armed struggle.
The MRTA carried out an attack against the municipality of San Martin de Porres in 1990. This attack took place in a context of political violence in the Northern Zone of Metropolitan Lima, where both the MRTA and the PCP-SL carried out actions against local authorities and representatives of the …
Elías Corcuera was a union leader of the United Left (IU) assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in San Martín de Porres during 1989. His assassination took place in the context of a Shining Path strategy of shifting from sabotage to selective assassinations, moving from infiltration of union and neighborhood organizations …
In 1987, subversives of the PCP-SL attacked the PAIT (Temporary Income Support Program) in San Martin de Porres. This attack was part of a broader PCP-SL strategy against the programs of Alan Garcia's APRA government. During the APRA government, subversive actions were directed against APRA offices, PAIT workers and APRA …
Civil Guard Demetrio Cano Garibay was killed by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso while he was working outside a bank agency in the district of San Martin de Porres. Two armed men got out of a vehicle and shot him at point-blank range and then sped away.
According to the testimony of a female witness, in 1985 she was the victim of rape in the district of San Martin de Porres, Lima. The events occurred during her detention in that district. The case is part of a broader pattern of sexual violence against women during the internal …
At the end of 1985, subversives of the PCP-SL dynamited the premises of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) located in the districts of Comas and San Martin de Porres. This attack was part of a broader strategy of the PCP-SL to attack APRA premises and infrastructure during the APRA government. …
On June 13, 1980, a group of approximately 60 youths belonging to the MOTC (Movimiento de Obreros y Trabajadores Clasistas), an organization created by the PCP-SL in 1976, threw Molotov cocktails at the facilities of the Municipality of San Martin de Porres. This attack marked the beginning of the PCP-SL's …
On June 13, a mob of demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails at the premises of the municipality of San Martin de Porres. Flyers of the so-called Movimiento de Obreros y Trabajadores Clasistas were found. This attack was one of the first acts of political violence in Lima during the beginning of …
The burning of the municipality of San Martin de Porres was one of the first acts of violence of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in Lima, occurring almost parallel to the founding attack in Chuschi, Ayacucho, which marked the beginning of the armed struggle. This act was part of the initial conception …
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