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 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 December 24, 1991, the MRTA carried out a second takeover of the town of Juanjui under the command of (c) Rolando, who had escaped from prison in July 1990, and (c) Evaristo. At five o'clock in the morning, the MRTA momentarily controlled Juanjui with the seizure of the police …
On August 16, 1990, the Tupacamarista Army (ET) of the Northeastern Front of the MRTA took the city of Moyobamba with approximately 300 subversives. This action was part of a series of spectacular armed operations carried out during 1990, when the FNO had managed to increase its strength to 500 …
In order to take the city of Yurimaguas, the MRTA concentrated in Chazuta the detachments located in Yurimaguas, Central Huallaga and Alto Mayo. The subversives began the attack on the police posts and the CRAS. The police posts were the first to fall into the hands of the guerrillas who …
On May 14, 1990, the MRTA took the town of Saposoa as part of a series of spectacular armed actions carried out by the Northeastern Front. For this operation, between 300 and 400 men of the Tupacamarista Army were previously assembled. This action was part of a period of intense …
On February 9, 1990, the Tupacamarista Army (ET) of the MRTA took the town of Picota in the department of San Martin. This military action was part of a series of seizures and raids carried out by the Northeastern Front (FNO) of the MRTA during 1990, when the organization had …
On December 24, 1989, the MRTA took the city of Juanjuí as part of the Fernando Valladares Military Campaign. This operation was aimed at criticizing the economic and political conditions imposed by the government of Alberto Fujimori. The action in Juanjuí was coordinated with simultaneous incursions in other cities of …
On March 13, 1989, a column of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) took the town of Pichanaki, located in the province of Chanchamayo. This event took place in a context of intensification of MRTA's armed actions in the central region of the country. The capture of the city was …
The seizure of Juanjuí began on Friday, November 6, 1987 at 2:30 a.m. when a group of emerretistas captured the 'Love of the Mountain' truck to transport the Tupacamarista Army to Juanjuí without being discovered. Between 70 and 100 MRTA subversives took the town at 5:45 a.m., almost without resistance, …
On November 6, 1987, the MRTA carried out its first incursion in the city of Juanjui with an operation executed by sixty members of the organization. The action consisted of the seizure of the three police posts in the city, the airport and the looting of a bank. The operation …
In March 1987, the Shining Path PCP took the town of Tocache as part of its territorial control strategy in the Huallaga basin. This action took place in the context of subversive domination of the area, where the PCP-SL had established open Popular Committees and maintained a complex relationship with …
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