Beginning of the internal armed conflict in Peru
Internal armed conflict that left more than 69 thousand dead and disappeared between 1980 and 2000.
The internal armed conflict in Peru began in 1980 with the actions of the Communist Party of Peru-Sendero Luminoso. During the two decades of politically motivated violence, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission concluded that the most likely number of fatalities exceeded 69,000 Peruvians killed or disappeared at the hands of subversive organizations or by State agents. Of every four victims, three were peasants whose mother tongue was Quechua.