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.
Alipio Chauca de la Cruz and Juan Marcos Donayre Cisneros, workers in the Civil Construction sector, died on November 11, 1994 in Callao. The event occurred during a demonstration at CORDECALLAO (Callao Development Corporation). Both victims were workers of the civil construction union and lost their lives in the context …
In October 1993, the Communist Party of Peru-Shining Path (PCP-SL) shot and killed the industrial relations manager of the Julcani mine. This was one of the last bloody acts of the PCP-SL in the mining centers of the region. After this assassination, the military and the police carried out greater …
In June 1991, the Movimiento de Obreros y Trabajadores Clasistas (MOTC), a front organization of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, initiated a wave of violence against the Tejidos La Unión factory in Ate Vitarte, assassinating company officials. This attack occurred after the PCP-SL failed in its attempts to win union leadership in …
On April 5, 1989, groups of heavily armed hooded men assassinated the secretary general of the Morococha union. This assassination occurred in the context of a series of paramilitary actions against mining leaders during 1989. The crime took place shortly before a second strike called for the beginning of March, …
On October 17, 1988, an indefinite national strike of mining and metallurgical workers began in Peru. This strike took place in a context of political violence where the PCP-SL (Shining Path) had been carrying out attacks against mining infrastructure and assassinating union leaders who opposed the stoppages. On the same …
On March 19, 1986, mine workers marched in Cerro de Pasco to demand approval of the list of demands. During the demonstration, a shot was fired at one of the demonstrators. The demonstrators and the military reacted immediately and managed to capture Florentino Cecones, who was identified as the author …
In April 1985, mining leader Demetrio Martínez was assassinated with a bullet to the head. He had proposed on several occasions that the mining company Centromín Perú grant a special bonus and medical benefits to cover the consequences of the chemical reagents used by the workers in the extraction of …
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