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 July 18, 1992, university students from La Cantuta were assassinated, accused as terrorists by intelligence agents and the troops installed in the university. This event took place in the context of the militarized intervention of the university since 1991, when military bases were installed in La Cantuta, Huaycán and …
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 …
During the Second Statutory Congress of the CUAH (Comunidad Urbana Autogestionaria de Huaycán) in April 1991, the Shining Pathists were politically defeated by the delegates. The delegates agreed to organize in "mass self-defense" against drug addiction, delinquency and violence. In response to this political defeat, the PCP-SL called an armed …
Police raids in Huaycán were carried out intermittently until March and April 1991, as part of the combined law enforcement operations in the human settlements of the Eastern Zone. These operations had begun in 1987, when nearly 300 settlers were detained in two successive raids. In 1991, military bases were …
The PCP-SL created the Comité de Lucha de Obreros y Trabajadores Clasistas de la Carretera Central (CLOTCCC) as part of its strategy of creating its own organizations in the trade union sphere. The creation was agreed upon in April 1988 by a hundred delegates from different union bases in the …
In January 1987, the commanders of the East Zonal Committee of the PCP-SL coordinated the assault on the Nylon Factory. This zonal committee was considered of great importance for concentrating the proletariat in Ate Vitarte and for establishing the 'Shining Trench of Combat' of the Canto Grande prison. The assault …
On July 15, 1984, the first invasion of Huaycán was organized as part of the 'Special Program for Urban Development of the Huaycán area', implemented during the municipal administration of Alfonso Barrantes. This invasion was part of the urban expansion process of Metropolitan Lima towards the peripheral cones. The event …
On May 18, 1982, a group of hikers illuminated one of the hills of El Agustino with the hammer and sickle. This action was part of the propaganda activities of the PCP-SL in the eastern zone of Metropolitan Lima. The event took place in the context of the expansion of …
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