24 documents in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
Twenty years after the capture of the so-called "Presidente Gonzalo," all that remains of Sendero Luminoso is a violent appendage in an inaccessible jungle, led by Víctor Quispe Palomino "José," …
The date is unclear, but the event we will recount occurred between the final days of 1991 and the first days of 1992. Abimael Guzmán, "Gonzalo," then clandestine in Lima, …
The partner and soon-to-be wife of Abimael Guzmán speaks with CARETAS. The woman who symbolized the power behind the Senderista leader will turn 60 in the coming months. She hopes …
Óscar Ramírez Durand, 'Feliciano,' entered the hearing room at the Callao Naval Base with his head held high on the morning of last Monday the 26th. He greeted his former …
This book narrates the story of how comrade "Feliciano," the ringleader of Sendero Luminoso, was captured. It gathers the accounts of the main protagonists of the events, supported by testimonies …
When it was thought that Sendero Luminoso had almost disappeared with the capture of "Feliciano," the organization carried out, surprisingly, its most important military action in recent years — an …
When it was thought that with the fall of "Feliciano" Sendero Luminoso had nearly disappeared, this organization carried out, surprisingly, its most significant military action in recent years — an …
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 …
"Feliciano" is considered the last historic leader of Senderismo. That is why, after the capture of the main Central Committee and National Directorate of Sendero — including "President Gonzalo" in …
The times of terror and bloodshed seemed to be a thing of the past in Uchiza, a town now more concerned with its precarious economic situation. But the armed incursion …
The assault on Uchiza, on May 28th, carried out by a Sendero column of approximately 50 people — including three women — had been flagged months earlier by intelligence reports …
There are many differences between the capture of Abimael Guzmán and that of Oscar Ramírez Durand, comrade Feliciano. The first was the supreme leader. The second, one of his lieutenants. …
For a long time, the magnitude and severity that political violence had reached made it one of the central topics of any assessment of the country. Despite the fact that …
An ambush on police officers near Aguaytía convinces authorities of the need to launch a new anti-subversive offensive. The latest terrorist actions show that Sendero has regrouped and that its …
July 29, 1996. Nine in the evening. On the road from Palca to Huancavelica, a group of some 20 subversives intercepted two inter-provincial buses carrying passengers bound for the departmental …
At dawn on May 1, Cerro Puruchuco in La Molina looked like a battlefield. A helicopter was circling overhead and several police patrol cars were clustered on the hillsides. Guards …
The blackout that began in the early hours of Saturday the 18th, and lasted a couple of days in some districts of Lima, was officially explained as a technical failure. …
The dissident faction of the guerrilla organization Sendero Luminoso today resumed its offensive in the capital, with a car bomb attack against the headquarters of the Air Force Officers' Club. …
The most important Shining Path leaders imprisoned after Abimael Guzmán reaffirmed in Peru their support for their leader's peace proposals and declared as a traitor the dissident Oscar "Feliciano" Ramírez, …
Sendero Luminoso, the Maoist guerrilla organization that promised a river of blood to forge the path toward a world revolution, is sending signals of wanting to become a legal party …
Two years after the founder of Sendero Luminoso, Abimael Guzmán — President Gonzalo — was caught in a Lima apartment dancing Zorba the Greek with a trusted militiawoman, the Army …
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The capture of the Sendero Luminoso leader known as Feliciano highlighted the severe human rights abuses committed by the group. Feliciano was detained with several women who had been kidnapped as children and forced into sexual slavery as 'security' for the group's leaders. This event underscored the systematic exploitation and …
Óscar Ramírez Durand, also known as Feliciano, was captured on July 14, 1999. The capture was initially reported as a coordinated military operation, but later accounts suggested that it was a result of a chance encounter with a police officer during his off-duty hours. The event highlighted the ongoing tension …
On 14 July 1999, Feliciano, a subversive figure, was captured in Cochas, near Huánuco, Peru. The capture was initially misrepresented by the government, which claimed it was executed by the Peruvian Army while Feliciano was disguised as a campesino. However, it was later revealed that he was captured on an …
Oscar Ramirez Durand, alias Feliciano, was captured in Jauja, although the circumstances surrounding the incident are unclear. Feliciano was one of the main leaders of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso after the capture of Abimael Guzman. His capture represents a major blow against the subversive organization.
Oscar Ramirez Durand, known as 'Feliciano', was a leader of the Shining Path, a Maoist guerrilla group in Peru. He was captured on 14 July 1999 after a series of intelligence operations by the Peruvian police. The capture was used by President Alberto Fujimori to demonstrate the success of his …
Oscar Ramirez Duran, known by the pseudonym 'comrade Feliciano', was captured by the police on July 14, 1999 in the district of Cochas, a few kilometers from the city of Huancayo. Ramirez Duran had been designated as secretary and political commander of the Central Regional Committee of the PCP-SL since …
After a huge and well-publicized military operation to surround him, the dissident Shining Path leader Oscar Ramírez Durand, Feliciano, who had rejected Abimael Guzmán's peace agreement proposal and kept the people's war initiated in 1980, was captured near the city of Huancayo. Ramirez Durand was the last of the top …
Oscar Ramirez Duran, known as "comrade Feliciano", was captured by the police in July 1999. His capture marked the definitive end of the PCP-SL's operational capacity in the central region, specifically in the area of Satipo where the group maintained a presence on the left bank of the Ene River …
Oscar Ramírez Duran, known as 'Feliciano', a Shining Path leader of the PCP-SL, was captured in July 1999. His capture represented a definitive blow to the PCP-SL in the central jungle, which until then had maintained a presence on the left bank of the Ene river basin, from where it …
Oscar Ramirez Durand, known as 'Feliciano', was captured in July 1999. Feliciano was one of the main leaders of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso who opposed the Peace Accord proposed by Abimael Guzmán in 1993, leading the faction that intended to continue the armed struggle. His capture was presented by Alberto Fujimori …
In 1999, Óscar Ramírez Durand, also known as 'Feliciano', a leader of the 'Sendero Rojo' faction of the Shining Path, was captured. The Peruvian government, led by Alberto Fujimori, used this event for propaganda purposes to bolster its image as a pacifier ahead of the 2000 presidential elections. The capture …
In November 1993, the division within the PCP-SL between two main factions became public. On one side were the followers of Abimael Guzman, who from prison proposed a peace agreement, and on the other side were the followers of 'Feliciano' (Oscar Ramirez Durand), who wanted to continue the armed struggle. …
In November 1993, a fundamental division took place within the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL). Abimael Guzmán, maximum leader of the PCP-SL captured in September 1992, proposed a peace agreement with the Peruvian State, marking a radical change in the group's strategy. On the other hand, Óscar …
Comrade Feliciano of the Shining Path sexually abused girls and women in his camp. He had a security force composed exclusively of women and abused them by force, even beating them. He impregnated the girls and made them have abortions. A female witness who was 11 years old when she …
On May 21, 1983, a contingent of approximately 200 PCP-SL militants entered the district of Páucar. The towns of 8 de Diciembre, Chaupimarca and in particular Tangor and San Juan de Yacán, were consequently at the mercy of the PCP-SL groups. Among the militants present was Oscar Ramirez Duran, known …
Feliciano', political commander of the Regional Committee of the Center between 1981 and 1985, wrote a letter to Abimael Guzman informing that a detachment had been formed with several students from the University of the Center of Huancayo. This letter is evidence of the early organization of the PCP-SL in …
On May 17, 1980, the same day the PCP-SL initiated its 'people's war' in Chuschi, Ayacucho, a detachment led by Oscar Alberto Ramírez Durán, known as 'Feliciano', launched attacks in Pasco. They targeted the local municipal council and the offices of the company CENTROMIN PERU with dynamite. This marked the …
On May 17, 1980, the same day that the so-called 'people's war' of the PCP-SL began in the district of Chuschi in Cangallo, Ayacucho, with the burning of ballot boxes, a detachment commanded by 'Feliciano' (Oscar Alberto Ramirez Duran) launched a dynamite charge against the premises of the Pasco Municipal …
