Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
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.
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Shining Path, a Cocaine Army
Peru is the new cradle of drug trafficking; this is reflected in the latest report of the Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), which was produced by the governments of the …
Three Shining Path Members Killed in the Peruvian Jungle
The Joint Command of the Armed Forces reported that during the early hours of Monday, a confrontation between authorities and members of Sendero Luminoso in the jungle of Ayacucho (southern …
Hearing and Telling Violence from the Inside. A Conversation with Kimberly Theidon and Edith Del Pino
Interview with Kimberly Theidon and Edith Del Pino. Both researchers have been working for several years on the aftermath of the internal armed conflict in Ayacucho, Huancavelica, and the VRAE. …
Life Sentence for 'Artemio', the Last Shining Path Leader to Be Captured
Last Wednesday, June 5, in his statement before a tribunal scheduled the reading of the sentence, the last member of the Central Committee of the terrorist group Sendero Luminoso, Florindo …
The Legacy of the Past. Armed Forces, Human Rights and Internal Security in Contemporary Peru
The objective of this research is to study the set of political strategies that the armed forces developed to confront two simultaneous processes that occurred following the democratic transition initiated …
Shining Path of Peru: Recent Dynamics and Future Prospects
Although soundly defeated in the early mid-1990s, Shining Path did not disappear. Over the past five years, it has reemerged in a substantially different form, with both a military and …
Terrorists in the VRAE Bury Children in Mass Graves
"From a very young age they took me to the jungle. They forced me to have children. They (the ringleaders) said: You are single, you join (the terrorist column) to …
A Reading from the Political Capital Framework on the Security Strategy in the VRAE
Illicit drug trafficking, which involves a high demand for illicit coca leaf cultivation, plays an important role in the economic dynamics of the VRAE. In this context, Sendero Luminoso has …
Peruvian Military Seek to Win Over Residents of Conflict Zones
In the fight against what remains of the terrorist group Sendero Luminoso in the jungle and central highlands of Peru, the armed forces stopped patrolling to avoid being easy targets, …
The Legacy of the Past: Armed Forces, Human Rights, and Internal Security in Contemporary Peru
The objective of this research is to study the set of political strategies developed by the armed forces to confront two simultaneous processes that occurred following the transition to democracy …
The Political Impact of Negotiations Between the Alberto Fujimori Regime and the PCP-SL in the Electoral Context of the 1993 Referendum
This university thesis examines the negotiations between the government of Alberto Fujimori and the leadership of the Partido Comunista del Perú-Sendero Luminoso (PCP-SL) in the context of the 1993 constitutional …
Peru Asks the US for Help Against the Resurgence of Shining Path
The Wikileaks revelations. The United States will provide military assistance to Peru to combat the terrorism of Sendero Luminoso, which caused a large share of the more than 69,000 deaths …
Memory and Tolerance
The last time I was in Pichiwillca, the village from which resistance to Sendero Luminoso was organized in the VRAE in the 1980s, the leaders of that overlooked but heroic …
Children Used as Soldiers in Peru
Report submitted to the Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) at its 138th session by the Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos. It addresses the use of children and adolescents in …
Communiqué: Ombudsman's Office Strongly Condemns Recruitment of Minors for Terrorist Activities
The Defensoría del Pueblo issued a communiqué today in which it EXPRESSES, before public opinion, its most profound REJECTION of the use of minors in terrorist activities, as was observed …
Narcoterrorists from the VRAE Break with Shining Path and Call for Abimael's Death
The group of Senderista remnants operating in the valley of the Apurímac and Ene rivers (VRAE) is not very different from its sinister historical parent. Like the terrorist band created …
Shining Path's Stealthy Change of Skin in the VRAE
From the Peace Agreement signed by Abimael Guzmán during the regime of Alberto Fujimori (October 3, 1993) to the present day, the remnants of Sendero Luminoso in the Valle de …
President of the Ayacucho Region Asks for the VRAE Zone to Be Bombed
The head of the Ayacucho region requested greater severity in confronting subversion and called for "letting go of fear of human rights" in order to fight the narco-terrorists, of whom …
It Was Too Big for Him
Regrettably, at this point it is clear that Defense Minister Rafael Rey was not up to the job — or the uniform. Rey acknowledged that he is in the final …
Written in Blood, the History of the VRAE - Opinion Column
If the present of the VRAE abounds in dilemmas, its past offers more than lessons. The defiant beauty of this valley was the stage for an uninterrupted and brutally lethal …
Peru Fears 'Colombianization'
Sendero Luminoso's transformation into a 'narco-guerrilla' forces the Government to revise its defense strategy — 'narcos' have killed 50 soldiers in one year. The great terror that Sendero Luminoso now …
The Bloodthirsty 'Comrade Alipio' Is Named Orlando Borda Casafranca
Camarada Alipio has finally been fully identified. Identified as a "military commander" of Sendero in the VRAE and the perpetrator of brutal attacks on the Army and Police, the mystery …
Emergency Zones: Who Is in Charge? - Opinion Column
Both in the VRAE and in the Alto Huallaga there are provinces and districts declared as emergency zones. In them, an explosive combination of five factors comes together: the presence …
The Taking of Vizcatán
A real war has been waged in Vizcatán, the impregnable Shining Path stronghold in the Valle de los Ríos Apurímac-Ene (VRAE). The battle has two sides facing each other: the …
Shining Path in La Cantuta: Are They Playing with Fire Again?
Sendero Luminoso is buzzing with activity. While the imprisoned leadership cooks up a reunion between the Political Solution sponsored by Abimael Guzmán and the supposedly rebel Proseguir faction, the freed …
Shining Path Walks Through Ayacucho Again
Fifteen years ago, the districts of Sivia and Llochegua, located in the province of Huanta, in the jungle foothills connecting the departments of Ayacucho and Cuzco, were declared a liberated …
The Army Launches Against Shining Path
Four hundred soldiers and intelligence agents joined the pursuit in Peru today of the column of the guerrilla group Sendero Luminoso that on Saturday killed nine soldiers in the central …
Shining Path Massacres 39 Peasants
39 peasants from a remote jungle village, Canaire in the department of Ayacucho, have been massacred by Sendero Luminoso. The killing was apparently in retaliation for the village's efforts to …