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 February 1994, members of the National Police murdered Santiago Lizana Acha, a mine worker, with a bullet to the head in the mining center of Julcani, Huancavelica. The police accused him of being a terrorist. This murder occurred in a context of repression against mine workers and union leaders …
In November 1993, during a workers' mobilization at the Julcani mining center, worker Juvenal Martínez was shot and killed by military personnel. The murder was perpetrated by a major identified as Rubén Rodríguez Rebanal, who shot Martínez at point-blank range. The mobilization was in protest against the mine's industrial relations …
In 1993, the PCP-SL assassinated the industrial relations officer of the Julcani mine in one of its last bloody actions in the mining centers. Since then, the military and the police have been controlling the mining centers. During a workers' mobilization in the Julcani mining center, worker Juvenal Martinez was …
Beginning in 1993, the mining centers of Huancavelica entered into a privatization process similar to that which occurred in the mining centers of Pasco and Junín. This process resulted in massive layoffs of mine workers, many of them considered arbitrary by those affected. One specific testimony mentions that at Caudalosa …
Beginning in 1993, the mining centers of Pasco, Junín and Huancavelica entered into a privatization process that resulted in massive layoffs of workers. As an example, Caudalosa Grande had 1,500 workers in 1980, but by 2000 only 100 workers remained. This privatization process was considered by many workers as arbitrary …
During a demonstration by mine workers in La Oroya in November 1991, the military arrested all the leaders participating in the mobilization. This repressive action was part of the military's strategy to control the mining union movement in the central region. The arrests were part of a systematic pattern of …
In 1990, Juan Santiago was elected secretary general of the Cerro de Pasco mine workers union. On the night of the same day of his election, a Shining Path group attempted to assassinate him at his home, but they were unsuccessful. Under his leadership, the union was able to detect …
At the beginning of 1990, in an assembly of workers of the Centromin Peru company in Cerro de Pasco, the "Guardia Obrera" (Workers' Guard) was created under the leadership of Juan Santiago. This organization was created with the objective of confronting the Shining Path (PCP-SL) in the context of the …
On October 8, 1989, in a military operation in the mining center of Julcani, Santiago Lizana Acha was killed with a bullet in the head. This act of violence was perpetrated by the military during raids in the mining centers of Huancavelica. The acts of violence provoked by the military …
On May 7, 1989, as he was leaving an assembly, Antonio Cajachagua Leiva, general secretary of the Morococha mine workers' union, was shot in the head and killed. His former colleagues state that he was also against the strikes and attributed the assassination to the Shining Path. This murder took …
On May 7, 1989, in Morococha, Yauli province, Antonio Cajachagua, General Secretary of the Morococha Mine Workers Union (STMM), was assassinated by a group of hooded men. This assassination took place in the context of a series of selective executions against mining union leaders who had publicly opposed the actions …
On April 16, 1989, members of the PCP-SL assassinated Ceferino Requis, secretary general of the miners' union. The crime was committed in front of hundreds of delegates who were gathered in an assembly of mine workers. This assassination is part of the PCP-SL's strategy of eliminating union and social leaders …
On the night of February 13, 1989, mining leader Saúl Cantoral Huamaní and social promoter Consuelo García Filomenas were shot to death by a paramilitary group near the offices of the National Federation of Mine Workers in Lima. This murder occurred on the eve of a new national mining strike. …
In the last months of 1989, the XIV Ordinary Congress of the Federation of Workers of Centromín Perú was held with the objective of discussing the labor situation of the workers. This congress was held in a context of intense political violence in the mining region, marked by PCP-SL attacks …
On October 21, 1988, the police entered the premises of the National Federation of Mine Workers and arrested 14 leaders. This police action took place in the context of a national strike called by the CGTP on October 13 in protest against the government's economic measures. In addition to the …
Fidencio Coronel, former union leader and militant of the Communist Party of Peru, was assassinated near his sister's home on October 18, 1988. The day before, in the assembly of the Metalworkers' Union, he had opposed his union's compliance with the second national mining strike, and in fact, the metalworkers …
On July 21, 1988, during a national strike in which the great majority of the mineworkers who blocked the central highway participated, there was a confrontation between members of the National Police and a small group of mothers who had joined the strike. The confrontation escalated when an excited police …
On May 18, 1988, for the first time in the history of Peruvian mining unionism, the National Federation of Mining, Metallurgical and Iron and Steel Workers of Peru (FNTMMSP) presented a national list of demands to the State and the employers. This presentation took place after the federation held its …
In 1988, the PCP-SL raided the San Genaro mining center in Castrovirreyna province. During this attack, the Shining Pathists viciously murdered the head of industrial relations and a contractor named Ponce. According to the testimonies of former workers, Ponce was killed because he did not "deal well" with the workers. …
Between 1986 and 1989, the mining sector in the central region of Peru experienced its most bloody period. This period was characterized by the intensification of political violence that seriously affected mining workers and the sector's economic activity. The violent actions of the PCP-SL caused millions of dollars in losses …
On August 17, 1985, APRA mining leaders split the FNTMMSP (Federación Nacional de Trabajadores Mineros, Metalúrgicos y Siderúrgicos del Perú) and formed the FETIMMAP (Federación de Trabajadores de la Industria Minera, Metalúrgica y Afines del Perú). This split occurred after the PAP candidate won the presidential elections in 1985, and …
At the beginning of 1985, in Cerro de Pasco, the so-called "labor commandos" of the mining companies were formed. These commandos emerged in a context of growing political violence in the mining region of the central highlands of Peru. The formation of these groups occurred in the context of tensions …
Gelacio Bernardo Mendoza, leader of the National Federation of Miners, Metalworkers and Steelworkers of Peru (FNTMMP), was assassinated on March 24, 1983 in Huanzalá, Pasco. His death occurred when the Civil Guard repressed a workers' protest. This assassination occurred in the context of the national strike and labor protests of …
Beginning in 1975, mining workers in the central region of Peru began a new process of demonstrations and labor demands. This movement arose in response to existing labor conditions and marked the beginning of a new stage in mining union organization. The workers mainly demanded the leveling of their salaries …
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