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In 1990, police posts were withdrawn from the districts of Huambalpa, Carhuanca and Vischongo in Ayacucho. This withdrawal of law enforcement left a power vacuum in these villages. Immediately after the police withdrawal, the subversive columns of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso took advantage of the situation to organize incursions into these …
On July 31, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out simultaneous sabotage against public infrastructure in the province of Vilcashuamán. On that day, the Vischongo mini-hydroelectric plant and the Vilcashuamán power plant were simultaneously destroyed. This attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy of sabotaging public infrastructure, which was considered …
On March 22, 1982, subversives of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso again attacked the Vischongo police post in the province of Vilcashuamán. This was the second attack on this police post, as it had been previously attacked on January 10, 1981. The attack was part of a series of sustained assaults on …
On January 10, 1981, the PCP-SL attacked the Vischongo Civil Guard post in the province of Vilcashuamán. This attack was part of a sustained strategy of the PCP-SL during 1981 to attack the police, pushing them back and generating a 'power vacuum' in the countryside. The objective was to leave …
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