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.
Interview with a former local authority in Sancos about the period of political violence. The testimony addresses the assassination, flight or imposition of authorities that generated a local power vacuum during the internal armed conflict. The interview is part of the documentation on the destructuring of the system of communal …
In 1989, the PCP-SL assassinated three local authorities in Raquia as part of its strategy to create a power vacuum by eliminating local leaders. The victims were Mayor Emiliano Diaz, Judge Sabino Aguirre and the Secretary of CORDE Ancash. These murders were part of an escalation of violence in the …
On October 22, 1982, a group of 15 subversives of the PCP-SL entered the house of Sósimo Santiago, a cattle rancher and farmer who encouraged the villagers to defend themselves from the subversive incursions. He was arrested amidst insults: "dog, you are against the party, now you are going to …
On October 18, 1982, hooded PCP-SL militants carrying firearms broke into the house of Teofilo Rojas, lieutenant governor of Chinche Tingo. This murder occurred in the context of meetings of villagers encouraged by the authorities to define a position against the subversive incursions. The assassination of Teofilo Rojas provoked the …
In March 1982, sub-prefect Romani was assassinated in Vilcashuamán by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This assassination was part of the Shining Path's strategy to eliminate state authorities and create a 'power vacuum' in rural areas. The event occurred in the context of a sustained offensive by the PCP-SL against the police …
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