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. Complaint by residents of Santa Carmen in Andahuaylas

    As a result of extrajudicial killings, rapacious actions and acts of pillage committed by members of the army, villagers from Santa Carmen approached the Andahuaylas barracks in 1986 to denounce these abuses. Testimonies indicate that in the raids carried out by the Peruvian Army and the Mollebamba civil defense, every …

    Andahuaylas, Apurímac, Perú Informe CVR (páginas 111-112)
  2. Murder of 7 community members and a businessman in Santa Carmen

    On December 9, 1983, a group of hikers arrived in the community of Santa Carmen pretending to be police officers. Once there, they tortured and killed 7 local community members and a businessman from Talavera, Andahuaylas. This event occurred in the context of the expansion of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in …

    Santa Carmen, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, p. 116
  3. Organization of first peasant patrols in Ninabamba, Mollebamba and Santa Carmen.

    In mid-January 1983, after the massacre of 40 community members in the Pallqas temple at the hands of subversives, a mixed base composed of Sinchis, police and Republican Guard was set up in the community of Pallqas. In response to the Shining Path violence and after the capture of several …

    Ninabamba, Mollebamba, Santa Carmen, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 115
  4. Creation of community schools in Oreja de Perro

    After the guerrilla events of 1965, the communities of the area known as Oreja de Perro decided to create communal schools. The communities involved in this educational initiative were Mollebamba, Santa Carmen, Oronqoy, among others. This action represents an organized community response in the post-guerrilla context of the mid-1960s. The …

    Oreja de Perro: Mollebamba, Santa Carmen, Oronqoy, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 114
  5. Guerrilla of 65

    The 1965 guerrilla movement was an insurgent movement that had a significant impact on the communities in the Oreja de Perro area. After these events, the communities of Mollebamba, Santa Carmen, Oronqoy, among others, created communal schools in 1967. In 1973, Abimael Guzman gave a talk at the Ongoy high …

    Perú (Oreja de Perro: Mollebamba, Santa Carmen, Oronqoy) Informe CVR (páginas 112, 114, 115)

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