2 documents in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
The Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions has expressed on numerous occasions, in his reports to the Commission on Human Rights, his concern over the persistent and serious …
The largest coca-growing region in the world, in the hands of Senderistas, drug traffickers, soldiers, and police. Sendero Luminoso has entered the Alto Huallaga to provide protection to coca-farming peasants …
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Interview conducted with a psychologist from the Prelatural Office of Social Action in Tarapoto, San Martin, during October 2002. The testimony collected addresses the situation of anxiety experienced from the 1980s to the present at the time of the interview. The psychologist points out that many leaders gave their lives …
Interview with a teacher who was a member of the peasant federation in Tarapoto, department of San Martin. The testimony is part of the in-depth interviews conducted by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to document the effects of the internal armed conflict on social organizations and local leadership. The interview …
Between April and May 1992, the MRTA carried out a series of offensive military actions in the department of San Martin. MRTA attacked the towns of Tarapoto, Picota, Tabalosos and San Miguel del Río Mayo. In addition to these attacks on towns, the MRTA also attacked the police posts of …
On May 10, 1991, the MRTA carried out simultaneous armed incursions in five cities in the department of San Martin as part of the 'Fernando Valladares Military Campaign'. This campaign was aimed at criticizing the economic and political conditions imposed by Alberto Fujimori's government. The military actions were executed in …
Numerous MRTA elements simultaneously attacked police posts and public premises in four cities in the department of San Martin: Saposoa, Tarapoto, Rioja and Moyobamba. During these coordinated attacks, MRTA members kidnapped nine policemen. These attacks were part of an MRTA offensive in the Amazon region of the country.
One affiant was detained for the second time at the end of 1991 in Tarapoto, department of San Martin. The document mentions this event in the context of detentions and sexual violence during the internal armed conflict. The second detention took place specifically at the end of that year in …
On December 24, 1989, the MRTA carried out simultaneous raids in several cities in the department of San Martin as part of its Fernando Valladares Military Campaign. This campaign was aimed at criticizing the economic and political conditions imposed by the government of Alberto Fujimori. Actions included the capture of …
MRTA members stopped the vehicle of the President of the Departmental Development Corporation of San Martin, Demetrio Tafur, 65 kilometers from Tarapoto and forced him to get out and drive it to an unknown location. MRTA made demands related to San Martin: approval of budgets for road improvement, payment to …
In 1989, eight individuals were assassinated in Tarapoto, Peru, by the MRTA, a subversive organization. The victims included César Marcelino Carvajal, Max Pérez Velásquez, Luis Mogollón, Alberto Chong Rojas, Rafael Gonzales, Carlos Piedra, Raúl Chumbe Rodríguez, and Jhony Achuy. These acts were part of a broader campaign by the MRTA …
In the face of the violence that had been unleashed throughout the department of San Martin, the Catholic Church decided to open the Prelatural Office of Social Action of Moyobamba (OPASM), with headquarters in Tarapoto. The OPASM was created on August 30, 1988 after the agreement of three institutions: Episcopal …
In 1987, in the Morales barracks located in the province of Tarapoto, department of San Martin, a witness reported to the TRC the rape of a woman by numerous military personnel. This case is part of the systematic pattern of sexual violence perpetrated by members of the armed forces against …
In 1981 the Departmental Congress of the MIR-VR (Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria - Voz Rebelde) was held in Tarapoto where the Departmental Directorate was elected. The objective of this Departmental Directorate was to strengthen the movement through permanent coordination with all the militant cadres distributed in the different districts and …