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 Reorganization Commission at UNE (COREUNE) ended its functions on November 28, 2000, according to Law No. 27366, when the Transitory Government Committee presided by Rolando Vizarraga and Guillermo Vargas was installed. During the COREUNE period, professors linked to the former Leftist parties were dismissed. Subsequently, COREUNE facilitated, by reducing …
Rosa Pretell, the supervisor of the women's boarding school at the UNE, was assassinated on September 4, 1991. The crime was claimed by the PCP-SL, who accused her of collaborating with the military by providing information about the students. This event highlights the tensions and dangers faced by individuals perceived …
On September 4, 1991, Rosa Pretell, supervisor of the UNE women's boarding school, was murdered. The crime was claimed by the PCP-SL, alleging that Rosa Pretell collaborated by providing information about the inmates to the Army. The students who knew her directly said that she was a snitch and that …
La Cantuta was militarily intervened at 3:00 a.m. on May 22, 1991, following a visit by then president Fujimori to the campus. Military troops stormed the university. By then, most of the 300 residents were aware of the situation and had managed to leave the premises beforehand. Among the students …
In May 1991, following a contentious visit by President Fujimori, La UNE was militarily intervened. A military base was established on the university campus, leading to strict military control, including a curfew. This intervention was part of a broader counter-subversive strategy aimed at dismantling the leadership of the PCP-SL and …
On January 26, 1991, a local television station projected a video showing a political and cultural event held inside the UNE, where it could be seen that, with the participation of Shining Path leaders, university students and students from a school paraded carrying flags of the PCP-SL and singing hymns …
In January 1991, a local television station aired a video showing a cultural-political event at the Universidad Nacional de Educación (UNE) in Peru, where participants, including students and Shining Path leaders, displayed flags and sang hymns to Abimael Guzmán. This event led to increased surveillance of students by intelligence agents, …
In 1989, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) increased its presence in the National University of Education (UNE), gaining control of several unions and dismantling the Federation of Students of the UNE (FEUNE). The pro-senderist sectors reorganized the FEUNE, eliminating the traditional student elections. The PCP-SL focused …
In 1988, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) gained control over the Comité Lucha de Comensales at the Universidad Nacional de Educación (UNE) in Peru. This followed a period of symbolic presence and ideological dominance after the 1986 prison massacres. The PCP-SL used violence, harassment, and threats …
Since 1988, the PCP-SL gained control of the Comité Lucha de Comensales, displacing Patria Roja and what was left of the FEUL. Previously, after the prison massacre in 1986, the PCP-SL began a strong symbolic presence in the UNE, installing a series of murals with themes and slogans alluding to …
In 1987 the great march of sacrifice from La Cantuta to Lima took place, with the participation of between 3000 and 4000 students, led by the university authorities including Milcíades Hidalgo. During the march, the PCP-SL appropriated all the slogans, changing slogans such as 'combat, resist, popular slogan' to 'combat, …
As the years went by, the militants of Puka Llaqta were absorbed by the PCP-SL until they disappeared as a group around 1987. Since the first schism of Patria Roja, most of the radicalized sectors of Puka Llaqta, who had political work in trade unions and among the peasantry, joined …
The 1986 prison massacre had a symbolic impact on the National University of Education. Shortly after these events, the portrait of Abimael Guzmán was drawn on the walls of the university dining hall at La Cantuta, symbolically representing the PCP-SL's domination of the university. This marked a turning point in …
In 1984, a cell of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) was established at the Faculty of Physical Education at the Universidad Nacional de Educación (UNE) in Peru. This cell was part of the MRTA's increased activity following its formation from the alliance between the MIR-El Militante and the Partido …
Starting in 1984, the PCP-SL began to absorb Puka Llaqta and forces with little political presence such as the VRPC (Vanguardia Revolucionaria Proletario Comunista), experiencing exponential growth and gaining control of spaces considered vital. The PCP-SL begins to develop a work of gradual expansion in various faculties, combining popular schools …
In 1982, the PCP-SL was still a politically minority force in the UNE, while the United Left bloc constituted the New University project, which involved teachers, authorities and students. In this first moment, the PCP-SL articulated its work in the MOTC (Workers and Classist Workers Movement) of the Carretera Central. …
Nilda Atanasio, a former student of Abimael Guzmán, played a significant role in the ideological penetration and consolidation of the PCP-SL at the National University of Education (UNE) in Lima during the 1970s. Her activities included forming study circles and engaging in open proselytism for the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) …
The National University of Education (UNE) is ordered to recess. Hugo Muñoz, husband of Nilda Atanasio, was seconded to the provinces during this period. Both ended up traveling to China. This recess was part of the military government's measures against universities. Upon his return, Atanasio returned to teaching at the …
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