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 June 1991, the disappearance of 35 students from the Universidad Nacional del Centro was reported. This event occurred in the context of an escalation of violence against the university community, where students allegedly linked to the Shining Path PCP were subjected to disappearances and extrajudicial executions perpetrated by paramilitaries. …
In the months of May and June 1989, the PCP-SL called regional "armed strikes" which paralyzed all activities and prevented the normal supply of products to the capital. The strike with the greatest impact was carried out on May 10, 11 and 12 in the departments of Junin, Pasco and …
On January 12, 1989, Manuel Soto, director of the Center for Campesino Research and Popular Education (CICEP), a sociologist and professor at the National University of Central Peru, and Victor Lozano, a campesino leader, were assassinated. The text of the CVR report mentions this event but does not provide additional …
The TRC repudiates the crimes committed against students, professors and workers of the Universidad Nacional del Centro (UNCP). More than one hundred students, professors and workers were killed by different actors of the war, including death squads, confronted in a confusing crossfire. The university was severely affected during the internal …
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