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.
Testimony given by a resident who witnessed armed confrontations in Uchiza, province of Tocache, department of San Martin. The testimony was collected in October 2002 in Huánuco. The witness recounts the psychological consequences of having witnessed violence from an early age, showing aggression and changes in her behavior. The testimony …
On April 9, 1990, a "more organic and integral" compromise was signed between the PCP-SL and the drug trafficking firms in Uchiza. This agreement established seven fundamental points: (1) price, (2) weight, (3) direct negotiation, (4) intermediaries, (5) agreements and norms, (6) delegations, and (7) sanctions. Point 4 of the …
At the end of December 1989, drug trafficker Demetrio Peñaherrera 'Vaticano' was summoned by a PCP-SL commander known as 'Liborio' to a meeting in the hamlet of Pampayacu. This meeting was part of a series of meetings between the PCP-SL and drug trafficking firms in the Uchiza area. Vaticano had …
Héctor Delgado Parker, president of the board of directors of Panamericana Televisión and former advisor to President Alan García Pérez, was kidnapped by the MRTA on October 4, 1989. After being held captive for more than a month and a half, his strangled body was found in Uchiza on November …
In September 1989, a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) base was installed in Santa Lucia as part of anti-drug operations in the Upper Huallaga. This installation was part of a confluence of obstacles that contributed to the decline of the town of Uchiza as an open drug trafficking center and the …
President Alan Garcia Perez, accompanied by the Minister of Defense General EP Enrique Lopez Albújar Trint and the head of the Joint Command General EP Artemio Palomino Toledo, presented in Uchiza General EP Alberto Arciniega Huby as political-military chief of Huallaga. This appointment took place in a context of intense …
Henry Bladimir Delgado Salazar, a 34-year-old Colombian citizen with passport N°AC-240556, alleged drug trafficker who participated in the armed attack on Uchiza, was transferred to the Muñoz S. Clinic in Tingo María after being wounded. He was later evacuated to Lima where he died at the Stella Maria Clinic on …
The president of the Council of Ministers, Armando Villanueva del Campo, and his cabinet appeared before Congress to respond on the issues of economic crisis and subversion, particularly on the Uchiza case. On April 26, the Villanueva cabinet was questioned before the Chamber of Deputies to respond to a list …
A female terrorist, approximately 25 years old, who participated in the attack on Uchiza, was evacuated to Lima along with police personnel. She was hospitalized at the PNP Central Health Hospital and died on March 29, 1989. She was not identified by DIRCOTE-LIMA and a Colombian passport and an M-19 …
Shining Path PCP attack with the support of drug traffickers on the Uchiza police post. This was one of the largest military operations carried out by the Shining Path, even if it was in alliance with drug traffickers. The lack of government response in support of the besieged police further …
On March 27, 1989, the largest anti-narcotics police base in Peru, located in Uchiza, was attacked by hundreds of narcoterrorists armed with weapons of war. During the hours of resistance, the police were in permanent radio contact with Lima and the surrounding military bases, but received no help. At dawn, …
On March 27, 1989, the PCP-SL attacked the police station in Uchiza, province of Mariscal Caceres. This attack marked a turning point with respect to the intervention of the Police and the Armed Forces in their fight against subversion in the coca-growing zone. The event demonstrated the level of territorial …
Major PNP Carlos Farfan Correa, Captain PNP Walker Moscoso Carrera and Ensign PNP Walter Rengifo Lopez were taken prisoner during the attack on Uchiza. They were taken to the main square where they were subjected to a 'popular trial' in front of the population. They were asked to surrender publicly …
During the attack on Uchiza, members of the PCP-SL killed four civilians. A woman attending to the wounded was accused of being a 'snitch' and killed, placing a sign over her corpse that read 'Así mueren las soplonas' (This is how snitches die). A man arrested for robbery was released …
On March 27, 1989, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out an attack on the Uchiza police post that resulted in the death of 10 policemen and the complete destruction of the post. The attack was supported by the people of Uchiza in combination with drug traffickers in the area. This event …
On March 27, 1989, the PCP-SL carried out an attack on the Uchiza police post that resulted in its complete destruction. The attack was supported by the people of Uchiza in combination with drug traffickers in the area. As a result of the attack, 10 policemen were killed. This event …
On March 17, 1989, the PCP-SL carried out a second attack on the town of Uchiza, resulting in a massacre of policemen that was humiliating for the police institution. During the attack, the police made multiple requests for help that went unheeded, and no reinforcements were sent in time, creating …
Following the second PCP-SL attack on the town of Uchiza on March 17, 1989 and the resulting massacre of police officers, the government was forced to take drastic measures. This event was humiliating for the police institution and created a very uncomfortable situation for the Aprista government, which could not …
Beginning in 1989, the Peruvian Air Force (FAP) began aerial interdiction operations in the Upper Huallaga with support from the U.S. Southern Command. This measure was part of a confluence of obstacles that affected drug trafficking in the area, especially in Uchiza, which was the largest market in the valley. …
Demetrio Peñaherrera, known as 'Vaticano,' a drug trafficker from the Uchiza area, testified to the police that he paid tuition to the PCP-SL for six months in 1989. In addition to this obligatory payment, Vaticano collaborated with the PCP-SL by providing medicines, sweaters, boots and lending vehicles. However, it claimed …
In the late 1980s, experimental spraying with the herbicide SPIKE was carried out in the Uchiza area as part of coca eradication strategies. These fumigations were part of a series of obstacles that affected the town of Uchiza, which since 1984 had been an open drug trafficking center and perhaps …
As a result of the second attack on Uchiza on March 17, 1989, the headquarters of the political-military headquarters was installed in that same town under the command of General Alberto Arciniegas Huby. That year, military bases appeared in Tulumayo, Nuevo Progreso, Pizana and Punta Arenas, which would serve to …
Beginning in 1989, the Peruvian army implemented large-scale operations in the Upper Huallaga that marked a turning point in the conflict with the PCP-SL. These operations began after the second attack on Uchiza on March 17, 1989, which resulted in a massacre of police and led to the re-declaration of …
In 1989, in the district of Uchiza, province of Tocache, department of San Martin, there were multiple cases of rape perpetrated by members of the Peruvian Army. A witness who served in the army told how soldiers forced a detained teacher to "be affectionate" with them, taking advantage of the …
During 1989, multiple cases of sexual violence against women were recorded at the Uchiza Military Base. Testimonies documented by the CVR indicate that the rapes were part of a pattern of abuses committed by the military in the area. The context of military control in Uchiza implied restrictions of mobility …
During 1989 in the district of Uchiza, province of Tocache, department of San Martin, multiple cases of sexual violence and abuse by members of the armed forces were registered. The testimonies documented by the CVR refer to the Uchiza Military Base as the place where these events took place. The …
Meeting between Comrade 'Mancini' of the PCP-SL and drug trafficking firms in Bombonaje, which followed a series of talks initiated with Uchiza's firms. At this meeting, Mancini possibly agreed to the first document stipulating the conditions to which the firms would have to adhere in order to continue participating in …
On May 31, 1987, a detachment of approximately 200 PCP-Sendero Luminoso subversives attacked the Uchiza police post. The attack resulted in the death of six policemen. This was the second attempt to take the town of Uchiza, after a first failed attack in August 1986 when the population confronted the …
At the end of May 1987, the PCP-SL attacked the Uchiza police post as part of its strategy of territorial control in the Upper Huallaga. This was the first significant attack on Uchiza, which preceded the better known and devastating second attack on March 17, 1989. The attack occurred in …
Following an invitation from a drug trafficker boss, a delegation led by comrade 'Mancini' traveled from Aucayacu to Uchiza to meet with that boss. It is feasible that this first meeting was the beginning of a series of conversations with the Uchiza firms, including that of Bombonaje the following year, …
On the night of August 21, 1986, a detachment of the PCP-SL tried to take the town of Uchiza. The population confronted the subversive detachment, forcing it to retreat. This failed attempt to take the town occurred in the context of the growing presence of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the …
Members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Uchiza police station, detained 15 policemen and took them to the Plaza de Armas. In the presence of all the villagers they tortured, cut and killed 8 policemen. The others were spared because, according to the attackers, they did not commit any abuse, …
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