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.
Carlos Ríos Fernández, head of the section of Workers, Neighborhoods and Workers (OBT) and member of the leadership cell of Socorro Popular of the PCP-SL, was arrested by the Peruvian Navy. Ríos Fernández was the political commander of the entire OBT and his capture took place in the Bocanegra human …
On February 6, 1992, four murders took place in Comas, attributed to paramilitary groups. This event occurred in a context of intense violence in the Northern Zone of Lima, where subversive groups as well as law enforcement and paramilitary groups were operating simultaneously. The murders were part of what many …
In December 1991, law enforcement forces conducted coordinated operations in the area between the international airport and the district of Ventanilla in Callao. In two operations by the Navy and one by the police forces, 20 presumed Shining Path members were captured. These operations were part of the State's response …
In November 1991, paramilitary groups carried out four murders in the district of Carabayllo, in the Northern Zone of Metropolitan Lima. These murders took place in a context of increasing political violence in the area, where subversive groups as well as law enforcement and paramilitary groups were operating simultaneously. The …
The municipality of Carabayllo was attacked in 1991 as part of a series of sabotage and intimidation actions carried out by subversive groups in the Northern Zone of Metropolitan Lima. This attack was part of a broader strategy to weaken the presence of the state and local authorities in the …
José Gálvez, FREDEMO candidate and principal of the Carlos Wiesse school in Comas, was assassinated by the PCP-SL in 1990. This assassination took place in the context of a Shining Path strategy of attacking authorities and political figures in the Northern Zone of Metropolitan Lima. The crime was part of …
The municipality of Carmen de la Legua was attacked in 1989 as part of a series of sabotage and intimidation actions carried out by subversive groups in the Northern Zone of Metropolitan Lima. This attack was part of a broader strategy to weaken the presence of the state through attacks …
On February 19, 1987, the APRA governor Pedro Moreno was assassinated in the district of Independencia. This assassination occurred during the administration of IU mayor Esther Moreno and exacerbated the existing conflict in the district. The tensions went back to the disputes over the land development in the 'Víctor Raúl …
The NGO CIPEP, which operated in Independencia and Carabayllo, organized talks on violence in conjunction with parishes and the Peru Life and Peace Forum in 1987. These talks took place in the context of an upsurge of violence in the Northern Zone of Metropolitan Lima. By then, the increase in …
The Carabayllo Defense Front began to function in 1987 as an organization that provided political education to the population. In this front there were people linked to both the PCP-SL and the MRTA, who distributed flyers and gave speeches. The Defense Front was later dismantled in the 1990s, at the …
At the end of 1985, subversives of the PCP-SL dynamited the premises of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) located in the districts of Comas and San Martin de Porres. This attack was part of a broader strategy of the PCP-SL to attack APRA premises and infrastructure during the APRA government. …
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