Peak violence - highest number of victims
1984 was the most intense year of the Peruvian internal armed conflict in terms of victims, accounting for 19% of the total number of deaths and disappearances reported to the CVR. This peak of violence developed mainly in the department of Ayacucho following the entry of the armed forces in the counter-subversive struggle.
The year 1984 represents the moment of greatest intensity of the internal armed conflict in Peru, causing the highest number of deaths and disappearances reported to the CVR, reaching 19% of the total number of victims. This peak is part of the initial period of the conflict, centered essentially in the department of Ayacucho, where there was a notable escalation of violence, especially from 1983 onwards, after the armed forces were given the task of leading the counter-subversive struggle in December 1982. Between 1982 and 1985, the conflict was practically confined to the department of Ayacucho. The first phases of the conflict were marked by its eminently Ayacucho character and by the high peaks of violence reached in 1983 and 1984.