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 PCP-SL took over the university city of Cuzco and banners its facilities. This armed propaganda action is evidence of the presence of the subversive group in educational spaces and its intention to show territorial control.
The MRTA jungle detachment took Pichanaqui in the province of Chanchamayo. This was one of the first armed actions of the Central Front detachments.
A contingent of guerrillas took the town of Puerto Inca, causing an impact among the inhabitants because it was the first time an action of this type had occurred in the department and also because it was the announcement of the political-military presence of the MRTA in the region. This …
The subversive forces of the MRTA took the district of Chazuta in the province of San Martin. Finally, the subversive forces retreated to Alto Sisa, where they were concentrated prior to the attack on Juanjui.
The emerretista detachment went to the town of San José de Sisa where they arrived on November 7 at 4 pm. They entered the town without any resistance from the police forces who, having heard about what had happened in Juanjui, had left the place shortly before. In this action …
The emerretista column, integrated by 60 men, took the city of Juanjui in the political-military campaign Túpac Amaru liberator. The subversive forces simultaneously attacked the posts of the Investigation Police, the Civil Guard and the Republican Guard, and took the small airport. During the attack on the police post Jorge …
A guerrilla unit took Soritor, province of Moyobamba, attacking the police post. One officer was killed and those who were wounded were treated by the subversives. The MRTA summoned the population to explain the reasons for their insurgency.
A group of emerretistas in uniform and armed with rifles took the city of Tabalosos without casualties. This action marked the beginning of the political-military campaign El Che vive. The MRTA called on the population to explain the reasons for their insurgency, evaluate the performance of the local authorities and …
A commando led by Néstor Cerpa Cartolini took over the newspaper El Nacional. This was one of the common practices of the MRTA to intensively use the mass media.
In 1975 the PCP-SL developed the seizure of the Guaman Poma de Ayala schools, in an attempt to maintain its influence in these schools, which were in the process of reorganization. The seizure lasted almost a year and a half. Although they managed to have the year taken by the …
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