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.
On December 3, 1987, members of the PCP-SL assassinated priest Victor Acuña Cardenas while he was celebrating mass in the Magdalena church in Huamanga. The priest was accused by Shining Path of negotiating food donations for Caritas. This murder occurred in a context of relative calm in the region between …
In 1981, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso caused an explosion in the cloistered Carmelite Convent in Ayacucho. This attack was part of the first attacks by the subversive group against religious institutions in the region. The population strongly rejected this violent act against the cloistered nuns. Due to the strong negative reaction …
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