Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s)

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The Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s) was a brutal internal war between the Peruvian state and insurgent groups, most notably the Maoist Shining Path, that resulted in widespread human rights abuses and tens of thousands of deaths, particularly among rural and Indigenous populations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil war
internal armed conflict
political violence
aftermath establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Peru
prosecution of Shining Path leaders
trials of military and political officials
casualtiesEstimate approximately 69,000 deaths
characterizedBy extrajudicial killings
forced disappearances
massacres
terrorist bombings
widespread human rights abuses
country Peru
displacement hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons
disproportionateImpactOn Indigenous populations
endTime late 1990s
governmentLeaderDuringConflict Alan García
Alberto Fujimori
Fernando Belaúnde Terry
governmentStrategy counterinsurgency operations
state of emergency in several regions
humanRightsDocumentation Final Report of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission
ideologyOfInsurgents Maoism
Marxism–Leninism
keyInsurgentLeader Abimael Guzmán
keyInsurgentOrganization Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path
Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement
languageOfManyVictims Quechua
location Andean highlands of Peru
Apurímac Region
Ayacucho Region
Huancavelica Region
Lima
mainBelligerent Government of Peru
Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path
surface form: Shining Path

Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement
notableEvent Accomarca massacre
Barrios Altos massacre
La Cantuta massacre
Lucanamarca massacre
perpetratorOfAbuses Peruvian National Police
surface form: Peruvian security forces

Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path
surface form: Shining Path

paramilitary groups
primaryVictims Indigenous Quechua-speaking communities
rural populations
socialImpact formation of peasant self-defense committees (rondas campesinas)
militarization of rural areas
startTime 1980
triggerEvent Shining Path initiation of armed struggle in 1980
turningPoint capture of Abimael Guzmán in 1992

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Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path conflict Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s)
Upper Huallaga Valley associatedWith Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s)
this entity surface form: Peruvian internal conflict
Tarata bombing conflict Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s)
this entity surface form: Internal conflict in Peru
Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement conflict Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s)
this entity surface form: Peruvian internal conflict (1980–2000)