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 July 27, 1995, an armed confrontation took place between the Peruvian Army and alleged subversives in Pichanaki, province of Satipo, department of Junin. The confrontation resulted in the death of 12 alleged subversives. This event took place in the context of the military offensive against the remnants of subversive …
On January 12, 1992, there was a violent confrontation between ronderos and subversives in Tarmatambo, La Merced district, Chanchamayo province. The combat resulted in the death of 8 ronderos and 5 subversives. This confrontation occurred in the context of the intensification of violence in the central jungle during 1989-1992, a …
Four MRTA subversives were killed in Cedroccasa, district of Vilcabamba. This fact shows the presence of MRTA in the Cuzco region and the confrontations with the forces of law and order.
5 peasants were executed by subversives in Chumbivilcas. The following day, Luis Valer, brother of Tany Valer, IU deputy, was tortured by paramilitaries and died in the hospital in the province of Espinar. These events are evidence of the violence exercised by both subversive and paramilitary groups.
In 1990, there was a confrontation between police forces and subversive elements of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the district of Ambar, province of Huaura. The confrontation resulted in the death of two subversives. This event occurred in the context of a Shining Path offensive that had spread between 1989 and …
The Joint Command of the Armed Forces issued communiqué 74 CCFFAA/RRPP in response to an incident that occurred on Oct. 8 in Pujas, Vilcashuamán, during the town's patron saint festival. In the official communiqué, the Armed Forces stated that the subversives were killed during a confrontation. This statement came after …
On May 26, 1984, seven prisoners escaped from the maximum security prison of Quenqoro, located near the city of Cuzco. Among the escapees were four subversives. This event had regional repercussions and highlighted the precariousness of the Peruvian prison system at the time. The escape occurred in a context of …
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 …
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Why were there massacres of defenseless people perpetrated by security forces during the internal war? Some veterans argue that it was a war of lieutenants and captains. Many young officers …
The Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, in its ruling issued on August 18, 2000, in the case of Luis Alberto Cantoral Benavides against Peru, declared as proven facts that he …
