3 documents in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
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 …
Revised version of the chapter published in Steve J. Stern (editor), Los senderos insólitos del Perú: guerra y sociedad, 1980-1995. Lima, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos-Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de …
This article discusses the experiences of young Peruvians who had a close or direct relationship with Sendero Luminoso — for example, young men who for one reason or another could …
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During 1989, the PCP-SL intensified its actions in the province of Chanchamayo, carrying out raids in various native communities and peasant annexes. The subversive group carried out "popular trials" and assassinated authorities and inhabitants of the area. One of the best known cases was the murder of an entire family …
Around 1988, the PCP-SL began a more aggressive campaign of actions in the Central Jungle, increasing its presence through more regular visits to native communities, especially Asháninka. That same year, the province of Satipo was declared in a State of Emergency due to the intensification of subversive activities. The PCP-SL …
Since 1988, the PCP-SL made incursions into the Asháninka community of Cutivireni, where it indoctrinated the population and recruited young people. The incursions, looting, kidnappings of young people and assassinations of opponents multiplied progressively. The community of Cutivireni showed greater resistance to the advance of the PCP-SL along with the …