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22 media items in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
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Unpublished testimonies about the El Frontón massacre. Report
The Barrios Altos massacre. Report
Massacre in Putis. Journalistic report. Second part.
Alan García and the prison massacre
"Fujimori: the clandestine war". Documentary
The Barrios Altos massacre. Part I
Accomarca Massacre
1998
Martin Rivas escapes through one of the side windows of Congress
1993
Child survivor of the Mazamari massacre is evacuated by the Armed Forces
1993
A group of people search for their loved ones among the massacred bodies at the Mazamari massacre
Prisoners for terrorism denounce preparation of genocide in the prisons (1992). Part 3
Prisoners for terrorism denounce preparation of genocide in the prisons (1992). Part 1
Massacre at Castro Castro prison. Journalistic report.
Prisoners for terrorism denounce preparation of genocide in the prisons (1992). Part 2
"Alias La Gringa". Complete film.
1991
One of the victims of the Barrios Altos massacre is transported to the Lima Morgue.
1991
Funerals of victims of the Barrios Altos massacre
1991
BARRIOS ALTOS MASSACRE
1991
BARRIOS ALTOS MASSACRE
1984
The Putis massacre
1983
Peasants exhume the victims of the Uchuraccay massacre.
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Slaughter in Puquio
The affiant is a witness to the massacre in Puquio, Lucanas, Ayacucho. The event was documented in a testimony collected in Lima in September 2002. No specific details about the circumstances of the massacre, the number of victims or the perpetrators are provided in the available excerpt from the report.
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Testimony on the massacre in Puquio
Testimony collected in Lima during September 2002 as part of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission investigations. The affiant witnessed the massacre that took place in Puquio, Lucanas province, Ayacucho department. This testimony is part of the documentation on the psychological and emotional impacts of political violence in Peru, specifically related …
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Burial of the dead with the help of community members
On Friday, August 20, 1993, two days after the massacre perpetrated by Shining Path columns in the Tsiriari valley, the villagers who had survived by hiding in the bush finished burying the dead. Four villagers who arrived from Mazamari helped them in this task. On Thursday, August 19, the villagers …
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Notice to the Army from Mazamari base on the massacre in the Tsiriari valley.
On Thursday, August 19, 1993, one day after the massacre perpetrated by Shining Path columns in eight communities of the Tsiriari valley, the villagers who had managed to hide in the bush came down to warn the Army from the Mazamari base about the events that had occurred. The massacre …
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Slaughter in Nomatsiguenga Tahuantinsuyo community
On August 18, 1993, around 4:00 p.m., a group of hikers arrived in the Nomatsiguenga Tahuantinsuyo community as part of a coordinated incursion of three hiker columns into eight communities in the Tsiriari valley. The murders were committed with bladed weapons: arrows, machetes and others were hanged with pitas. Twenty-one …
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Slaughter in Tahuantinsuyo
The native community of Tahuantinsuyo, located in the district of Mazamari in the Central Jungle, was the victim of a massacre in 1993 during the internal armed conflict. This community was selected as a case study by the CVR Report along with Cushiviani to document the effects of violence on …
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Slaughter in Canto Grande prison
On May 9, 1992, a police intervention called "Mudanza Uno" took place in the Shining Path wards of the Canto Grande prison with the objective of transferring more than 100 women to the Chorrillos prison. The operation resulted in the murder of 35 inmates accused of terrorism. Among the victims …
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Massacres, abuses and rapes by the army in Aucayacu
A witness reported to the CVR that around 1992 in the city of Aucayacu, department of Huánuco, there were massacres, abuses and rapes by the army. These events were part of the pattern of sexual violence and abuses against the civilian population that characterized the actions of the armed forces …
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Slaughter in Huanta shred
At 10:30 p.m. on the night of November 3, 1991, a bizarre massacre took place on Huanta Street, located half a block away from the 26th Comandancia de la Plaza Italia in Lima. In this attack, 16 people were killed and four others were seriously wounded. The event occurred in …
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First slaughter in Monterrico community
In 1990, the PCP-SL (Shining Path) carried out a first massacre in the settler community of Monterrico, located in the Tsiriari valley, Mazamari district, Satipo province. This attack was part of a series of selective assassinations that the PCP-SL committed that year in several colonist communities in the area, including …
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Slaughter of Molinos
The MRTA tried to take the city of Tarma in an operation that ended in the Molinos massacre. The Army's review of surrendered guerrillas showed the MRTA that for the forces of order there were no good and bad subversives. The operation had been planned to respond to the strong …
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Massacre in Lima and Callao prisons
On June 18 and 19, 1986, a massacre took place in the prisons of Lima and Callao. This event occurred in the context of riots and tensions in the prisons where prisoners accused of terrorism were being held. The incident is mentioned as one of the most significant events of …
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Slaughter of the prisons (Riots in Lima's prisons)
Between June 18 and 19, 1986, there were simultaneous riots in three penitentiaries in Lima. In CRAS Lurigancho, 124 inmates died after repression by members of the Navy and the Republican Guard. In CRAS El Frontón, located in Callao, approximately 150 inmates died. In CRAS Santa Barbara 3 female inmates …
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Penalty Killing
The massacre in the prisons marked the beginning of the stage of national deployment of violence. This event was a culminating point that considerably marked all the actors in the conflict and brought to Lima images of massacres that had been far away until then. In practical terms, with this …
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Killings in Lima and Callao prisons
The prison massacres occurred in 1985, 1986 and 1992, remaining in the terrible tally of penitentiary history. Approximately 350 inmates were killed, most of them as a result of extrajudicial executions. The State, unable to apply a correct and efficient anti-subversive strategy in the prisons, opted on these occasions for …
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Slaughter of Soras
On June 18, 1984, a massacre occurred in Soras, province of Lucanas, department of Ayacucho. The event is mentioned in the context of a series of violent actions that took place in June 1984. Days earlier, on June 9, there was another incident where people were taken from their homes …
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They Want to Achieve Impunity
The first vice president of the Republic, Luis Giampietri, stated yesterday that the trial for the massacre at El Frontón on June 19, 1986, during the first government of Alan …