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 Special Prosecutor's Office for Forced Disappearances conducted an exhumation in Ccarpaccasa with the participation of international experts from the CVR and experts from the Forensic Investigation Unit. The remains of the 4 victims executed in 1983 were located. Studies were carried out in a morgue in Ayacucho between August …
According to testimony gathered by the CVR, all the women detained in the Totos barracks were raped without distinction of age. A declarant stated that he learned from fellow detainees that even an elderly person was raped in the military barracks. This testimony shows that rape was a systematic practice …
When the military entered the district of Totos in 1984, they rounded up the villagers and detained a female declarant. During her detention, she was the victim of rape. On a second occasion, when the captain was changed, she was captured again and taken to the base. On the second …
In May 1983, the military detained 15 authorities and community members from Quispillacta, Cangallo district. The detainees were taken to the Totos barracks. They were later killed and buried in a mass grave. This event was part of the counter-subversive strategy implemented by the Armed Forces after entering the area …
On April 8, 1983, members of the Civil Guard (Sinchis) and the Army under the command of 'Captain Jackal' arbitrarily detained five peasants from Totos: Julio Godoy Bellido, Primitivo Tucno Medina, Marceliano Zamora Vivanco, Roberto López León and a brother of one of them. They were held at the military …
Between April 4 and 6, 1983, Peruvian Army helicopters arrived in the town of Totos, took possession of the local educational center and established a military base. The base operated under the command of the 43rd Motorized Infantry Battalion from Huancavelica, which depended on the Cangallo barracks. After settling in, …
In April 1983, several residents of Totos, a district in the province of Cangallo, were detained by members of the Peruvian Army. Some of the detainees were later killed. This event took place in the context of the military offensive initiated in January 1983 against supposed support bases of the …
A woman was arrested and taken to the barracks where she was subjected to rape. According to the testimony, after being hanged and tortured, the Captain raped her first, followed by ten soldiers. The perpetrators threatened the victim, telling her not to tell anyone, not even her husband. The case …
On December 10, 1981, an attack was carried out against the police post of Totos in the province of Cangallo. This attack was part of a series of sustained PCP-SL offensives against the police during 1981, with the objective of pushing back the forces of law and order and generating …
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