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 April 10, 1991, the PCP-SL tried to incite the population of Villa El Salvador to loot a truck distributing soft drinks. This event was part of the agitation and propaganda actions that the PCP-SL carried out in the district between 1989 and 1992. These actions included the interception of …
The MRTA raided the city of Yurimaguas with 95 armed men who attacked the Navy base and the police post in two groups, forcing the few troops to surrender and freeing prisoners in the local jail. While one group held a rally, another group opened the doors of the commercial …
On November 19, 1989, an armed group of the PCP-SL attacked the facilities of the Pichis Palcazu Special Project (PEPP) in Puerto Bermudez. During the attack, the subversives looted some local stores and stole money deposited in the Agrarian Bank. This attack took place in a context where the PCP-SL …
On November 19, 1989, an armed group of the PCP-SL attacked the facilities of the Pichis Palcazu Special Project (PEPP) in Puerto Bermudez. During the attack, the subversives looted some local stores and stole money deposited in the Agrarian Bank. This action was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to dispute …
In 1989, Sendero Luminoso entered the native community of Aguaytia, destroying the village, burning houses and looting the school, tools and pots. The villagers stated that their homes and property were destroyed, leaving them in a situation of extreme vulnerability. This pattern of destruction was repeated in multiple communities during …
In December 1988, the Soras military base, which had been installed in September 1984 at the request of the villagers and neighboring communities harassed by PCP-SL detachments, was withdrawn. After the withdrawal of the military base, a group of Sinchis from the Pomacocha base in Andahuaylas took advantage of the …
On October 29, 1987, members of the PCP-SL looted a native community in the Central Jungle. During this action, they ransacked the medical post and the homes of workers of two non-governmental organizations operating in the community: the Amazonian Center for Anthropology and Practical Application (CAAAP) and Save the Children. …
In the last months of 1987, the smaller and more remote hamlets, located southeast of the plateau in the area of the Cahuide SAIS in Junín, began to be victims of looting perpetrated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The looting included food and horses, as well as forced recruitment of villagers. …
From 1987 onwards, systematic attacks by the PCP-SL against the infrastructure and officials of SAIS Cahuide increased. These attacks were part of a second stage of violence, after an initial breakthrough between 1983 and 1984. The PCP-SL took advantage of internal SAIS conflicts, including contradictions between partner and non-partner communities, …
Twenty hikers entered the town of Chupa on February 16, 1986, capturing the town's main authorities. During the seizure, the main stores were looted and the food they stored was distributed among the population. This action was exhibited by Abimael Guzmán in his document of August 1986 as proof of …
In the late afternoon of December 23, 1985, a commando of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) occupied the Scala Gigante store located in the district of Breña, Lima. The MRTA members immobilized the store's guards and employees. Using the store's loudspeakers, they urged the large public present to loot, …
In 1985, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out multiple raids on the Vinchos mining company located in Pallanchacra, Pasco province. These actions included assassinations, looting and burning of the mining facilities. The raids took place on more than one occasion during that year, as part of the PCP-SL's expansion strategy in …
On August 10, 1984, 42 community members from Culluchaca were detained by members of the 'Montoneros' (Self-Defense Committees) from Patasucro, Cachas, Janes and members of the Marine Infantry. The Montoneros showed up heavily armed with sticks, knives, and rapiers, looted belongings, grain, clothing, kitchen utensils and animals, and took the …
On July 28, 1984, a column of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso raided the town of Morcolla, in the province of Lucanas, Ayacucho. This was the bloodiest of the three Shining Path incursions recorded in Morcolla during 1983-1984. The Shining Path column killed 36 people during this raid. In addition to the …
In April 1984, the Carhuahurán rondas raided the community of Uchuraccay, which by then was practically uninhabited after multiple attacks. During this incursion, the ronderos took the church bells, as well as the school's folders and roof. This raid was part of a broader context in which communities organized in …
During 1984, members of the Vilcashuamán Sinchi station committed serious abuses against the civilian population. One affiant recounts that these police officers looted farms and animals, arbitrarily detained people, disappeared them and raped women. These abuses were part of a broader pattern of violence against the civilian population in the …
On January 1, 1984, the Shining Path attacked the Cobriza mining center in Huancavelica. During the attack, the Shining Path looted the commercial stores and dynamite warehouses of the mining center. This attack was part of the incursions that Shining Path carried out in the mining centers of Huancavelica to …
On June 24, 1983, a group of thirty subversives of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated Alcira Benavides Albeo in Madrid, annex of Huarautambo, district of Yanahuanca. She was accused of being a "gamonalista" and was subjected to a popular trial before her execution. After the assassination, her hacienda was looted and …
In October 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out an incursion in Santo Tomás de Pata, Angaraes province. During this action, the subversives looted merchants' stores to steal supplies and destroyed machinery and equipment. In response to this attack, a few days later the police 'Sinchis' raided the area for the …
On April 1, 1982, militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso entered the Astanya hacienda in Vilcashuamán. During the raid, the Shining Path members looted the hacienda and took food supplies. This attack was part of a broader PCP-SL strategy aimed at attacking the "symbols of gamonalismo" in the area, complementing their …
On August 15, 1981, about 40 masked hikers ransacked the Palermo farm, where the Institute of Rural Education (IER) operated, located five kilometers from the town of Juli. This was one of the first public military actions of the PCP-SL in the province of Chucuito, Puno. The attack was part …
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