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 May 1995, in the district of Yanacancha, Pasco, there was an armed confrontation between alleged members of subversive groups and the Peruvian Army. The confrontation resulted in the death of 12 alleged subversives. This event occurred in the context of the final period of the internal armed conflict in …
During 1994, Peruvian law enforcement suffered 67 fatal casualties in the internal armed conflict, representing 4.0% of the total number of law enforcement casualties during the entire period investigated. Of these casualties, 52 corresponded to the Armed Forces and 15 to the Police Forces. This year is in the period …
On June 19, 1992, subversives took over the town of Mazamari-Dos de Mayo in the province of Satipo. During this armed incursion, the subversives killed 7 villagers. This event occurred in the context of 1992, when violence reached its highest peak in the central region, with dynamite attacks, blackouts, sabotage, …
On December 24, 1991, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) took the town of Juanjui, located in the department of San Martin, for the second time. This action took place in the context of an intensification of MRTA activities during that year, which included multiple attacks on police posts and …
On June 1, 1991, members of the Peruvian National Police (PNP) captured six members of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) in the district of Pueblo Libre, Lima. This operation took place one day after another important capture in the Lima district of Jesus Maria, where Alberto Galvez Olaechea, leader …
Members of DIRCOTE captured Lucero Cumpa Miranda, MRTA leader, in the Lima district of Magdalena del Mar. This was her second capture, as she had previously been rescued on March 11 by a violent action of MRTA while she was being transferred to the Judicial Power. The rescue of Cumpa …
On February 23, 1991, subversives murdered 23 peasants in the district of Ayna, province of La Mar, department of Ayacucho. This event occurred in the context of the political violence affecting the country during the first year of Alberto Fujimori's government. The event took place in the midst of an …
On February 2, 1991, subversives carried out an explosive attack against a Kentucky Fried Chicken store located in the district of Miraflores. The attack left several people wounded. This attack was part of a series of violent actions carried out during February 1991. Among the most important attacks of that …
Subversives attacked U.S. embassy security personnel using FAL rifles. This attack was part of a series of violent actions carried out during February 1991. The attack took place in a context of intensifying political violence in the Peruvian capital. Two days after the attack on the embassy, there was another …
The MRTA took over the town of Moho in the province of Moho, department of Puno, during 1991. This action was part of the MRTA's presence in the provinces of Sandia and Moho, where the subversive group managed to establish itself during this period. The seizure of Moho was one …
President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori proposes the creation of military tribunals to try subversives, leaving civilian responsibility in the background. He points out that, in this way, the State could have an effective instrument to safeguard society. This proposal is framed in a context of concern about the government's respect for …
On July 9, 1990, 47 MRTA prisoners escaped from Castro Castro prison through a tunnel. Among the escapees were Víctor Polay Campos and Alberto Gálvez Olaechea, two of the main leaders of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement. This mass escape represented a significant blow to prison security in the country. …
The Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) called for an armed strike in the city of Lima on March 28, 1990. The armed strike failed in its attempt to paralyze the Peruvian capital. This type of action was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to demonstrate its capacity for …
Commander Ricardo assumed command of the Northeastern Front (FNO) of the MRTA in San Martin during 1990. His command period was brief, being part of a succession of commanders who led the FNO between 1987 and 1993. As military commander of the FNO, together with the political chief, the press …
The III Session of the I Congress of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) was held in June 1989. In this plenary session, the subversive organization approved the concept of "strategic balance" as part of its strategy of people's war. This congress was part of a series …
The president of the Council of Ministers, Armando Villanueva del Campo, and his cabinet appeared before Congress to respond on the issues of economic crisis and subversion, particularly on the Uchiza case. On April 26, the Villanueva cabinet was questioned before the Chamber of Deputies to respond to a list …
Cardinal Juan Landázuri Ricketts publicly stated that the Catholic Church is willing to mediate if there are positive signs of a dialogue with the subversives. This statement was made in a context of intensifying political violence in the country, particularly after the PCP-SL attack on the Uchiza police post on …
Victor Polay, leader of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), was captured in Huancayo on January 31, 1989. This capture represented a serious setback for the MRTA, whose organizational apparatus was already resentful. After this event, the MRTA continued to operate in the central jungle but with diminished capacity. Polay's …
The Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) carried out an armed strike in the department of Junin on December 20, 1988. This event took place in a context of worsening Shining Path violence in the Junin region during that month. The armed strike was part of the PCP-SL's …
Senator Enrique Bernales Ballesteros, on behalf of the Special Commission on Pacification, which he chairs, presented a detailed report to the Senate on the problem of subversion in Peru. The report analyzes the causes of the subversive phenomenon from the social, political and economic angles. Bernales presents recommendations to put …
The second session of the First Congress of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) was held. This session took place between July and August 1988. The event took place in a context of intense subversive activity, parallel to an armed strike called by the PCP-SL from July …
Meeting convened by the Pacification Commission of the Senate of the Republic where Luis Rodríguez-Mariátegui, representative of CONFIEP, spoke about the situation of subversion in the enterprises. He used the case of COPE as an illustrative example, describing how the factory takeover had been previously announced at a plenary meeting …
On April 13, 1987, the MRTA-MIR (Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru - Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria) made its first public appearance in the department of Puno with an attack against the premises of the Banco de Crédito. This event marked the beginning of MRTA operations in the Puno region, differentiating it …
On April 13, 1987, the MRTA-MIR (Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru - Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria) made its public appearance with an attack against the premises of the Banco de Crédito de Puno. This attack marked the first known action of this organization that resulted from the union between the MIR …
On August 7, 1986, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) held its second clandestine press conference. This event took place in a context of intense subversive activity and state repression, just two months after the tragic events in the Lima and Callao prisons in June 1986. The conference was part …
During 1982, Peruvian law enforcement forces suffered 12 fatal casualties in the fight against armed subversion, according to information provided by the armed institutes and the Ministry of the Interior to the CVR. These casualties represented 0.7% of the total number of law enforcement casualties during the entire internal armed …
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