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.
Approximately 150 subversives attacked the Pichanaki police post in March 1992. The attack resulted in 1 police officer dead and 3 wounded Sinchis. This attack took place in a context of maximum violence in the region during 1992, when dynamite attacks, blackouts, sabotage, assassinations, disappearances, extrajudicial executions, arbitrary detentions and …
On May 14, 1991, the Sinchis (special forces of the Peruvian police) entered the community of Gloriabamba, located half an hour from Puerto Ocopa. This operation was led by three teachers who collaborated with the police. The Sinchis' entry was preceded by bombings, which alerted the population of the neighboring …
On September 25, 1990, there was an armed confrontation between Sinchis (police) forces and the Shining Path PCP in La Roca, located at kilometer 14 of the Mazamari-Puerto Ocopa highway. This confrontation was interpreted by the displaced Ashaninka natives as a defeat for the PCP-SL. The result of the combat …
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in September 1984 at the request of the villagers and neighboring communities harassed by PCP-SL detachments, was withdrawn.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 August 30, 1987, Sinchis from the Capaya Military Base entered the community of Pucahuasi and arrested Mercedes Gutiérrez, Antonio Tinco, Andrés Torres, an unidentified woman and another person from Sañayca. The Sinchis tortured them until they broke their hands and took them to the Capaya Base. Of the five …
On October 5, 1984, there was an intervention by Sinchis police forces in the province of Tayacaja, department of Huancavelica. As a result of this operation, 12 people were reported dead, 11 disappeared and 8 wounded. This event occurred in the context of counter-subversive operations in the area during the …
After the Shining Path attack of July 16, 1984 in Negro Mayo, where PCP-SL militants disguised as soldiers hijacked a bus and killed 30 people, initiating a campaign that left more than 100 dead in several communities, the community of Chaupihuasi managed to arrest four members of the PCP-SL. Those …
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 …
In 1984, members of the Vilcashuamán Sinchi station committed serious abuses against the civilian population in the Muyurina community. The Sinchis looted farms and animals, arbitrarily detained people, disappeared them and raped women. These acts were part of a systematic pattern of sexual violence and repression against communities suspected of …
On December 8, 1983, a detachment of Sinchis recently installed in the Soras area clashed with a PCP-SL column. This confrontation occurred a few days after the PCP-SL executed three Soras community leaders on November 26, accusing them of being informers. As a result of the confrontation, one of the …
On November 13, 1983, a group of sinchis, a specialized police unit, killed 34 campesinos, including men, women, and children, in the community of Socos in Huamanga, Peru. The massacre was part of a broader pattern of human rights violations during the conflict with the PCP-SL. Despite initial attempts to …
On October 9, 1983, a combined group of 35 Sinchis and members of the army arrived in three helicopters to the town of Ayalca, annex of Chalcos. They forced the villagers to gather in the main square. At the end of the meeting, about 60 people were locked up in …
By order of the Political Military Command of the Ayacucho Emergency Zone, a counter-subversive detachment of the then Civil Guard was established in Socos. Among the personnel there were several 'Sinchis', police officers specialized in anti-subversive activities. According to testimonies, these officers committed abuses against the population, appropriating property and …
In July 1983, members of the Sinchis of the Civil Guard murdered 19 villagers in Iribamba, Luricocha district, Huanta province. This event occurred in the context of the entry of the armed forces into the region in January 1983 and the installation of the political-military command that radically changed life …
Between 9 and 10 p.m., a group of policemen disguised in ponchos and hats entered the house, but wearing Sinchis' clothes and boots under their ponchos. They were young, tall, thick and some of them dark-haired, and they were armed. The family was sleeping when the intruders broke down the …
Three days after the battle of Sacsamarca, twenty PCP-SL prisoners who had been subjected to intense torture and deprived of food were taken out of the dungeon. The Sinchis took them to Jinquilpata, a place near the road to Huancasancos, made them stand in line and shot them. The bodies …
In the early morning of May 21, 1983, an unspecified number of hikers, men and women, from the "lower part" (Hualla, Tiquihua, Canaria, etc.), led by "comrade Omar", prepared an attack against Sacsamarca. When the hikers were in the Pallqa annex, one of the community members they had arrested managed …
In the early morning of May 21, 1983, an unspecified number of hikers led by comrade Omar prepared the attack on Sacsamarca. A community member managed to escape and alerted a police major who was on an inspection mission. The population was organized to respond. At ten o'clock in the …
In the early morning of May 21, 1983, an unspecified number of hikers, men and women, from the "lower part" (Hualla, Tiquihua, Canaria, etc.), led by "comrade Omar", prepared an attack against Sacsamarca. When the hikers were in the Pallqa annex, one of the community members they had arrested managed …
The Battle of Sacsamarca occurred on May 21, 1983, during the internal conflict in Peru. The PCP-SL (Shining Path) had taken control of the area, leading to the installation of a police post after the Lucanamarca massacre. However, following the battle, a police base was authorized, composed mainly of the …
On April 13, 1983, in San Jacinto, Ayacucho, elements identified by the villagers as Sinchis threw bombs at a school. This attack resulted in the death of 16 schoolchildren. The event occurred in the context of an intense military offensive in rural areas and small towns in the department of …
On the morning of April 10, 1983, during a Sunday fair in Víctor Fajardo, Ayacucho, six Sinchis arrived and gathered the population. They selected Patrocinio Humberto Quichca Espinoza and two other unidentified individuals, all of whom were teachers. The detainees were taken to the riverbank, where they were mistreated and …
In March 1983, a former Lieutenant Governor of Anyaniso was abducted by a group of fifteen Sinchis during an assembly in Jocaido. He was accused of publishing a memorial in the press and was subjected to psychological torture, including being forced to dig his own grave and being buried up …
El Diario de Marka published three interviews conducted by Ayacucho journalist Luis Morales with Uchuraccay community members, presenting them as evidence of military culpability in the January 26 massacre of the eight journalists. The interviews included testimony from Saturnino Ayala and other community members about the incitement of the Sinchis …
On January 23, 1983, a patrol of Sinchis arrived in the community of Uchuraccay carrying food. During this visit, the Sinchis were surprised by the organization adopted by the community for their defense. This visit occurred two days after the killing of seven PCP-SL members in the communities of Huaychao …
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 …
In January 1983, a mixed base composed of Sinchis, police and Republican Guard was installed in the community of Pallqas. This installation occurred after the massacre of 40 community members in the temple of the same town at the hands of subversives of the PCP-SL. In mid-January, the police 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 …
In October 1982, the PCP-SL carried out an attack in Santo Tomás de Pata, looting merchants' stores and destroying machinery and equipment. In response to this attack, a few days later, the police 'Sinchis' raided the area for the first time with the objective of searching for the Shining Path …
In October 1982, the Sinchis of the Civil Guard raided Santo Tomas de Pata for the first time with the objective of searching for the Senderista column. During this operation, they captured 5 community members from Santo Tomas de Pata. The captured communards were later released, but only after being …
Sinchis arrived in Chalcos in two helicopters and presented themselves to the population as protectors. They organized sports championships. After two weeks they began to get drunk and captured a group of teachers, whom they accused of being terrorists without any evidence. After detaining and beating them for several hours …
In September 1982, the Sinchis, a special unit of the Peruvian police, arrived in Chalcos, Ayacucho, presenting themselves as protectors. Initially engaging with the community through activities like sports, their behavior soon turned violent. They falsely accused local teachers of terrorism, detained, and brutally killed them. This incident contributed to …
In 1982, subversives arrived in the community of Chapi, where they set fire to a cañazo factory and organized the villagers to support them. The Sinchis, upon learning of the incursion, interrogated the inhabitants and, after finding a shotgun, accused several of subversion and took them to Chinchihuasi to be …
A 14-year-old girl was raped by a group of armed and hooded Sinchis. They violently entered her house by breaking doors and windows. They blindfolded her, put her in a car and raped her among seven of them. At dawn, they put her on a helicopter and in mid-flight they …
The government declared a state of emergency in five of the seven provinces of Ayacucho (Huamanga, Huanta, Cangallo, La Mar and Victor Fajardo), suspended for 60 days the constitutional guarantees related to individual freedom and security, and sent the counter-subversive police detachment of 'los sinchis' to Ayacucho. The disinformation of …
In May 1981, the Peruvian government deployed the Sinchis (GC) and Llapan Atic (GR) forces to Ayacucho to combat the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL). This marked a significant escalation in the government's efforts to address the growing insurgency in the region.
In 1981, Georgina Gamboa, a 16-year-old girl, was raped by the Sinchis, first at her home and then at the police station in Vilcashuaman, Ayacucho. As a result of the assault, she became pregnant. Despite identifying and denouncing the eleven officers and one civilian involved, they were declared innocent by …
Georgina Gamboa was 16 years old when in 1981 she was raped by the Sinchis (special police forces). The rape occurred first in her home and she was subsequently taken to the Vilcashuaman police station in Ayacucho, where she was raped again. This case had great national resonance. The authorities …
Ayacucho was declared a state of emergency in 1981, which marked the beginning of military intervention in the region. Since this declaration, complaints against the police forces and especially against the Sinchis have multiplied. This rejection became more acute after the murder in the general hospital of Ayacucho of three …
Operation Verde Mar II was executed by Sinchis commandos along the right bank of the Huallaga River in 1980. This anti-narcotics operation was part of a series of interventions that began with Operation Cerrojo (1976) and Verde Mar I (1979). The Verde Mar operations are remembered in local memories as …
The anti-drug operations Verde Mar I and II were carried out by the Sinchis commandos along the right bank of the Huallaga River in 1979 and 1980, respectively. These operations inaugurated a series of large-scale interdictions against drug trafficking in the region. These operations are remembered in local memories as …
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For five years, SL took over the village of Oronqoy and turned it into a "liberated zone," renaming it Puka Llacta. The entire community was held captive because, like others, …
Thirty years ago (January 26, 1983), eight journalists went to Uchuraccay to try to find out what had happened a week earlier in Huaychau, and to determine whether the official …
Six years after the delivery of the report of the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación, the men and women of Chungui call on us to keep seeking justice, to …
This cable reports on various actions taken by Sendero Luminoso in the Satipo-Mazamari region during the first half of 1991. It focuses on Sendero's clashes with the "sinchis," and on …
The murders of eight Peruvian journalists in the department of Ayacucho, where the Maoist guerrilla organization Sendero Luminoso has been operating for more than two years, have tragically brought to …
