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 declarant was arrested for the second time at her home in the district of Villa El Salvador, province and department of Lima, on January 31, 1993. This arrest occurred in the context of prior surveillance and harassment by law enforcement officials. During the monitoring prior to the arrest, the …
The brutal acts of the PCP-SL and its growing presence in local organizations forced the Armed Forces to establish a Military Base within VES, near the Zonal Park and Pachacamac. The military base was established with the supposed purpose of protecting district authorities and certain leaders threatened by the PCP-SL, …
In September 1992, the Shining Path PCP detonated a bomb that destroyed one of the food collection centers of the soup kitchens of FEPOMUVES (Popular Federation of Women of Villa El Salvador), presided over by María Elena Moyano. This attack was part of an escalation of violence by the PCP-SL …
The VI Convention of CUAVES (Comunidad Urbana Autogestionaria de Villa El Salvador) held at the end of August 1992 was essentially taken over by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, surprising all observers by the level of control exercised by the subversive organization over this event. The influence of the PCP-SL in CUAVES …
The Sixth Convention of CUAVES (Comunidad Urbana Autogestionaria de Villa El Salvador) was held in August 1992 in a context of intense violence and pressure from the Shining Path PCP on the neighborhood organizations of Villa El Salvador. This convention was overrun by the subversive organization, which represented a significant …
In March 1992, the executive committee of CUAVES and the "District Struggle Committee" - a Shining Path front group - mobilized hundreds of people to protest, demanding the dismissal of Mayor Johny Rodriguez "for promoting the militarization of VES". This mobilization occurred shortly after the assassination of María Elena Moyano …
A woman was arrested on February 26, 1992 in the district of Villa El Salvador by personnel from the 28 de Julio police station. During her detention she was the victim of sexual violence. The text mentions that the complainant was detained for the second time at her home in …
María Elena Moyano Delgado, leader of the Popular Federation of Women of Villa El Salvador and deputy mayor of the district, was assassinated on February 15, 1992. The assassination occurred in a context of intensified attacks by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso against popular leaders and local authorities. Days earlier, on February …
The leader of the Popular Federation of Women of Villa el Salvador and deputy mayor of the district María Elena Moyano was brutally assassinated by the Shining Path. This event shocked public opinion, marking a milestone in what until then had been the resistance to the advance and harassment of …
On February 14, 1992, a package of 500 grams of dynamite was placed at the door of the house of the former mayor of the district of Villa El Salvador, Michel Azcueta. This attack occurred on the same day that the PCP-SL had decreed an armed strike in Lima, and …
On February 14, 1992, the day the Shining Path PCP called an armed strike, María Elena Moyano, president of the Women's Federation (FEPOMUVES), called a March for Peace in Villa El Salvador. This march was an act of direct resistance against Shining Path violence in the district. During that same …
On February 12, 1992, a neighborhood leader was shot at the door of his house in Villa El Salvador. This attack occurred in a context of increased violence by the Shining Path PCP in the district, where days earlier a worker and an elderly watchman had been murdered. The attack …
On February 10, 1992, an elderly watchman was murdered in Villa El Salvador by the Shining Path PCP. After the murder, a sign was placed on him with the inscription "Así mueren los soplones" ("This is how informers die"), as a warning to the population. This event occurred in a …
On February 9, 1992, elections were held for APEMIVES (Association of Small and Micro Businessmen) in Villa El Salvador. In these elections, a micro-businessman was elected president with the support of the Shining Path PCP. This event took place in a context of increasing violence in the district, where the …
February 9, 1992 marked a turning point in Villa El Salvador. Four days after the Huarcaya victory, there was an emergency meeting in the Industrial Park to discuss the situation. The PCP-SL had decreed an armed strike in Lima for the following day, February 14. At this meeting, María Elena …
During February 1992, the PCP-SL intensified its attacks against popular leaders, local authorities and ronderos in Lima. Among the targets were leaders of the Bocanegra human settlement and the mayor of Comas, Humberto Paredes. The most emblematic case was the assassination of María Elena Moyano Delgado on February 15, who …
On January 13, 1992, a column of eleven hikers attacked three non-commissioned officers of the General Police who were doing surveillance near the central market of VES. One policeman was killed in the attack, and the event instilled a great deal of fear in the population. This attack was part …
On January 13, 1992, a worker from the first sector of Villa El Salvador was shot at the door of his home. This attack occurred in the context of a series of assassinations and assassination attempts committed by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso at the beginning of 1992 in the district. On …
On January 13, 1992, a worker from the first sector of Villa El Salvador was shot at the door of his home. This murder occurred in the context of an escalation of violence by the Shining Path PCP in the district, which sought to increase its control over neighborhood organizations …
A powerful bus-bomb was launched against the facade of the Villa El Salvador municipality, destroying part of it, the police station, the Popular Communication Center and dozens of neighboring houses. The attack occurred in the context of the PCP-SL's escalation of violence in the district, after the assassination of María …
A woman was arrested by personnel from the 28th of July Police Station in 1992. The detention occurred in the district of Villa El Salvador, province and department of Lima. This case is part of a documented pattern of sexual violence against women detained by police forces during the internal …
In September 1991, a bomb exploded and destroyed one of the collection centers of FEPOMUVES (Popular Federation of Women of Villa El Salvador), where the organization stored food for distribution to soup kitchens. This attack was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to dismantle the most important social organizations and destroy …
On June 23, 1991, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated the prefect of the district of Villa El Salvador, Alejandro Magno Gómez. This was the first act of violence recorded in the PCP-SL's more aggressive campaign in Villa El Salvador since 1991, aimed at creating power vacuums by intimidating and eliminating local …
On June 23, 1991, the PCP-SL assassinated Alejandro Magno Gomez, prefect of the district of Villa El Salvador and member of Cambio 90, the ruling party. This was the first act of a campaign to intimidate and eliminate local authorities in the district. After this assassination, local authorities, particularly Mayor …
On June 23, 1991, the PCP-SL assassinated Alejandro Magno Gómez, prefect of the district of Villa El Salvador and member of Cambio 90, the ruling party. This assassination marked the first act of an escalation of violence in the framework of the Shining Path strategy of creating a power vacuum …
On April 10, 1991, the PCP-SL tried to incite the population of Villa El Salvador to loot a truck distributing soft drinks. This event was part of the agitation and propaganda actions that the PCP-SL carried out in the district between 1989 and 1992. These actions included the interception of …
The affiant was detained for the second time at her home in the district of Villa El Salvador, province and department of Lima, on January 31, 1991. This event is part of a pattern of arbitrary detentions that occurred during the internal armed conflict in Peru. The detention occurred in …
On January 24, 1991, a column of the PCP-SL hijacked a truck loaded with more than 300 boxes of vegetable oil in Villa El Salvador. Members of the subversive group distributed the contents of the truck among housewives shopping at a local market. This action was part of the agitation …
In 1991, a sector of the so-called "cuavistas" - many of them MRTA sympathizers - forged a tactical alliance with leaders sympathetic to the PCP-SL to remove the secretary general of CUAVES (Comunidad Urbana Autogestionaria de Villa El Salvador), Roque Quispe. This action demonstrated the growing influence of the PCP-SL …
At the end of 1991, the mayor of Villa El Salvador, Johny Rodríguez, attempted to create a broad front against the PCP-SL in the district from within the municipality, promoting the formation of the Mesa por la Paz y el Desarrollo (Roundtable for Peace and Development). This initiative was intended …
Ernesto Rafael Castillo Paez, a sociology student at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, was unexpectedly arrested by police officers wearing red berets at around 11:30 in the morning. The police officers got out of a white patrol car, proceeded to search him and, between shouts and insults, put him …
The congressman and president of the Cambio 90 parliamentary team, Gerardo Lopez Quiroz, was kidnapped at his home in Villa El Salvador by three MRTA members who falsely identified themselves as messengers. He was held at gunpoint with machine guns and forced by blows into a pickup truck. His whereabouts …
A female declarant was detained in Villa El Salvador on August 21, 1990. The testimony is mentioned in the context of a Women's Public Hearing (Case No. 4, Single Session, September 10, 2002). The detention is part of the documented cases of forced nudity as a general practice in contexts …
In May 1989 municipal elections were held in Villa El Salvador despite attempts by the PCP-SL to sabotage them. The elections were held with the majority support of the population and the guarantees requested from the National Police. Izquierda Unida (IU) easily won the municipal elections in the district. This …
In the framework of the announcement of the arrival of the "strategic balance" in 1989, the PCP-SL changed its strategy in Villa El Salvador seeking to dispute the hegemony of the left in the district. Throughout 1989 and 1990, the PCP-SL increased its actions with acts of sabotage and propaganda, …
Beginning in 1988, hiker agitation and propaganda activities became more visible in Villa El Salvador. Small Shining Path contingents participated in activities and protest marches organized by groups linked to the United Left (IU) in VES. Such activities and mobilizations were aimed at questioning government economic measures or human rights …
In November 1987, the National Popular Assembly (ANP) was organized with special efforts by the PUM, the PCP Unity and the UDP in Villa El Salvador. This event proposed the design, albeit initial, of an alternative democratic regime. In spite of its large mass presence, it ended up proposing the …
In November 1987, the I Congress of the National Popular Assembly (ANP) was held in the district of Villa El Salvador. The radical sectors of the IU, such as the UNIR, the PUM and the FOCEP, the PCP Unity and the UDP participated. Through delegates who were from the MRTA …
Beginning in 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso began to establish a more organic presence in Villa El Salvador, after an initial period (1981-1986) of relatively small armed incursions against government entities, the police station, banks and electricity pylons. This new phase represented a strategic shift towards a more structured and permanent …
Michel Azcueta, a militant of Izquierda Unida (IU), was reelected mayor of Villa El Salvador in 1986, after being elected for the first time in 1983. Azcueta had led the campaign to establish VES as an independent district in 1983. His reelection took place in a context of political competition …
A group of emerretistas attacked the police post in the district of Villa El Salvador pointing out that this action responded to a determined military response to the permanent abuse, systematic aggression and assassinations that the police forces and their hyenas, the Sinchis, commit daily against popular demands. The media …
On January 22, 1984, in Villa El Salvador, Lima, elements of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Civil Guard post. This attack took place in the context of the intensification of subversive actions in Metropolitan Lima during the first stage of the internal armed conflict (1980-1984). The attack was part of …
In January 1984, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) was founded and the agreements of its First Central Committee were reached. On January 22, the first action claimed by the MRTA took place: opening fire on a police station in Villa El Salvador (VES) after the murder of a resident …
In 1983, the National Congress approved the conversion of Villa El Salvador into an independent municipal district. This achievement was the result of a broad movement of residents that emerged in the context of the withdrawal of state support, municipal neglect by Villa María del Triunfo authorities and the crisis …
Michel Azcueta, a militant of Izquierda Unida (IU), was elected mayor of Villa El Salvador in 1983, leading the campaign to establish VES as an independent district that same year. Azcueta won the municipal elections in the context of a broad movement to make VES an independent municipal district, which …
On August 1, 1981, multiple simultaneous bombings took place in different parts of Lima. The targets included 4 premises of Acción Popular (AP), 3 of them located in San Martin and Barrios Altos, as well as 3 Peace Courts and the ESAL Office in Villa el Salvador. These attacks were …
Between 1981 and 1986, a relatively small number of armed incursions by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso were recorded in Villa El Salvador. These actions were directed against government entities, the district's only police station, banks and electricity towers. The incursions were part of the initial phase of the Shining Path's presence …
Villa El Salvador was founded in 1971 as a response by the reformist military government of Juan Velasco Alvarado (1968-1975) to a land invasion organized by recent migrants and residents of Lima's slums and alleys. The district was especially characterized by its organizational level, its capacity for self-management and the …
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