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.
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in September 1984 at the request of the villagers and neighboring communities harassed by PCP-SL detachments, was withdrawn.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 …
In September 1984, at the request of the inhabitants of Soras and neighboring communities harassed by PCP-SL detachments, a military base was installed in the area. This installation followed a series of violent attacks by the PCP-SL, including the Negro Mayo massacre in July 1984 where 30 people were killed, …
On July 16, 1984, in Negro Mayo, a group of PCP-SL militants disguised as soldiers hijacked a bus from the 'Cabanino' company on its way to Soras, killing 30 people. This massacre was part of a wider campaign of violence, as the same Shining Path column in the following days …
On June 18, 1984, a massacre occurred in Soras, province of Lucanas, department of Ayacucho. The event is mentioned in the context of a series of violent actions that took place in June 1984. Days earlier, on June 9, there was another incident where people were taken from their homes …
Approximately 500 community members from the Soras, San Pedro de Larcay and Paico districts, including men and women, organized a counter-offensive against PCP-SL members in the Soras area, reaching as far as Querobamba and Chipao. This action was a response to the Shining Path attacks that had caused more than …
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 26, 1983, the PCP-SL executed three Soras community leaders, accusing them of being informers. This event occurred in a context where the demands of the war were becoming more pressing and the support of the community members was becoming more and more forced, with public demonstrations of rejection, …
The Shining Path perpetrated a massacre of almost all the inhabitants of the village of Chaupihuasi. Peasants were killed without distinction of age, including 14 adult peasants, 10 children and older pupils of 7 and 8 years old who died together with their teacher at the school. Only very young …
Towards the first days of November 1982, a group of PCP-SL militants arrived in the districts of Soras, Larcay and Paucaray. They carried out indoctrination work with schoolchildren in the area. Over time, these schoolchildren expanded their network of contacts with other students from the nearby communities of San Pedro …
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