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.
The 'mass' of the Popular Committee called 'Sello de Oro' in the town of Simariva killed the Shining Path commanders and surrendered to the Santa Rosa Military Base. The families had lived in plastic tents, exposed to the elements and without clothes for years. In the ten years of Shining …
A group of Sivia patrols, made up of ronderos from different communities, went to Sello de Oro where they clashed with hikers. The confrontation resulted in the death of 13 people. This event is framed in the context of the confrontations between the peasant patrols and the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in …
During Shining Path retreats into the bush, they forced the captive population to move to different bases. After three days of walking, the hikers began to kill children and old people who could not continue, saying 'he who can, will arrive; and he who cannot, will stay where he is'. …
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