Peru

Peru

360 BC – The Supe people of Peru disappeared about this time. Earthquakes, landslides and flooding. Timeline of earthquakes.

BC – Sprang. Knitting in Peru. Peruvian Needle knitting. Excavations in Peru. Cotton and wool were used. The Peruvian wool woven cloak dates back to before Christ. (Knitting. Joanna MacDonald ©1962 UK).

0000 - Jesus Christ was born and lived.

29 Aug 1533 – Francisco Pizarro orders the death of last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa. (Chch Star NZ. Today in history p11).

18 Feb 1600 – Arequipa. Timeline of earthquakes.

20 Oct 1687 – Lima levelled tsunami 5,000 killed. Timeline of earthquakes.

13 Aug 1868 – 9 quake Arica tsunamis 25,000 killed. Timeline of earthquakes.

13 Aug 1868 – 9 quake. Timetoast.

10-11 1962 – 4,000 people died in an avalanche, Ranrahirca. Eruptions on Mt Huascarn destroying seven villages and killing 3 people. Volcano Tuascaran.erupts killing 4,000 people. (historyOrb.com).

1968 – France sold supersonic Mirage fighters to the new military in Peru. (Arms bazaar ©1977 Sampson).

31 May 1970 – 68,000 killed 7.8 quake. Rapture Ready.

31 May 1970 – 7.7 quake 67,000 killed 50,000 injured 186,000 buildings destroyed. Timeline of earthquakes.

1973 – After 1973 Peru accepted an offer of 36 Soviet fighter planes. (Arms bazaar ©1977 Sampson).

1984-85 – Cuba provided advanced weapons and demolition training to the Tupac Amaru revolutionary movement MRTA in Peru. The Tupac Amaru attacked the US embassy in 1984, bombed the Texaco offices in 1985 and attacked the residence of the US ambassador in 1985 in Lima.

1985-90 – BCCI forged relations with some of the rich people in the region, Alan Garcia Perez, president of Peru from 1988-90. Arms sales with France 1982 In 1986 Pere agreed to place central bank funds in BCCI.

Jan 1990 – US embassy in Lima was bombed.

15 Jan 1990 – US embassy bombed. The Tupac Amaru revolutionary group bombed the US embassy in Lima.

30 May 1990 – 6.3 quake 137 killed. Timeline of earthquakes.

1991-92 - $3 million payoffs BCCI paid to two officials of Peru’s central bank in exchange BCCI received central bank deposits. Peru’s former president Alan Garcia Perez knew about he bribes. The Peru president investigated Garcia corruption and deposited millions in BCCI. Garcia as charged with embezelment. Peru’s supreme court said he was immune from prosecution. In April 1992 Garcia fled to Colombia and political asylum.

17 Dec 1996 – Tupac Amaru seized diplomats, 23 members of the Tupac Amaru revolutionary movement MRTA took several hundred people hostage at a party given by the Japanese ambassador at his residence in Lima. Among the hostages were several US officials, foreign ambassadors and other diplomats, Peru government officials and Japanese businessmen. The group demanded the release of MRTS members in prison and safe passage for the hostage takers, The terrorists released most of the hostages in Dec but held 81 Peru and Japan citizens for several months.

20 March 2002 – A car bomb exploded at a shopping centre near the US embassy in Lima, nine people were killed and 32 wounded. The dead included two police and a teenager. Peru government suspected the shining path or the  Tupac Amaru. The attack happened three days before President George W Bush visited Peru.

15 Aug 2007 – Lima quake 519 dead (Hindustan Times 2 April 2014).

15 Aug 2007 – 519 killed 7.9 quake Lima (ABC Australia 6 Feb 2013).

15 Aug 2007 – 8 quake 610 killed 36,000 houses destroyed 2 prisons collapsed 600 prisoners escaped. Timeline of earthquakes.

5 Oct 2011 – Underage so called prostitutes were rescued in Peru, 244 women, sex slaves. CNN freedom project ending modern day slavery.

28 Oct 2011 – 6.9 quake 134 houses destroyed 103 injured. Timeline of earthquakes.

30 Jan 2012 – 112 injured 6.3 quake. Timeline of earthquakes.

11 Oct 2012 – Gold mining company actually trafficking cocaine by Justin Rohrlich. Peru’s Sanchez Paredes family. Minyanville original money laundering and drug trafficking.

7 Sept 2013 – Faking it. How Peru became the world leader in dodgy banknotes. Bay of Plenty Times Tauranga NZ. Peru has overtaken Colombia, fake dollars made in Peru counterfeiters.

10 Dec 2013 – NZ beef and lamb deal with Peru. Manawatu Standard Palmerston North NZ. Farmers exports SENASA.

10 Dec 2013 – NZ deal with Peru. The Southland Times Invercargill. Peru is sent to become out latest export market. Farmers SENASA exports.

6 June 2014 – Peru steps up cocaine production crackdown. Interior minister outlines effects. Robert Kozak. Wall Street Journal online.

24 Aug 2014 – 6.9 quake Big island video news.

24 Aug 2014 – Strong quake hit Peru and northern Chile. I love Chile news. 6.9 quake in Peru US geological survey.

24 Aug 2014 – 7 quake hits Peru. NZ Herald. US geological survey.

24 Aug 2014 – Strong 6.8 quake Volcano discovery. Huanuco 6.9 quake Reuters.

25 Aug 2014 – 6.9 quake strikes Peru. CNN USA Today. Two inured. Damaged buildings. The weather channel 7 quake USGC KTLA.

27 Aug 2014 – Laura Elizabeth Cillers husband, Sydney was arrested in Lima Peru in March 2014,  trying to smuggle cocaine on a flight to Amsterdam in Jorge Chavez int airport. He got 15 years jail in Peru. His wife, Laura Elizabeth Cillers got jail in Christchurch NZ for trying to smuggle 99 pellets of heroin in Chch airport. (Chch Star p3 Max Towle).

29 Aug 2014 – Aljezerra. Record amount of cocaine captured in Peru. 6.5 tonnes of cocaine. Peru is the world’s top cocaine producer. Arrested were Peruvians and Mexicans.

2 Sept 2014 – Peru record 7.7 tonne cocaine haul. Irish Independent. Peru historic cocaine bust linked to Mexican cartel. TVNZ.

3 Sept 2014 – Raid nets Peru’s biggest cocaine haul. The Examiner Launceston Tas Australia. Andean nation. Peru top cocaine.

9 Sept 2014 – Mexican drug cartels reach Peru. NBC news. Lima. 8 tonnes of cocaine. LA Daily Times.

13 Sept 2014 – Kiwi (New Zealander) man behind bars in Peru. NZ Herald. A 22 year old, smuggling cocaine jailed.

15 Sept 2014 – 186 Mexicans in Peru prisons. Peru This Week.

15 Sept 2014 – Mining executive Jeff Hunter murdered in Peru. Daily Mail. Found in his apartment surrounded by drugs.

17 Sept 2014 – Australian mining executive Jeff Hunter found dead. Sydney Morning Herald. Mystery apartment and drugs.

19 Sept 2014 – Details emerge on Peru’s helicopter factory. Peru is building a helicopter maintenance corporation. In La Joya Arcquipa, fleet of Russian Mi-17.

19 Sept 2014 – Peru mining portfolio reaches $US 61.5 billion. Peru This Week. Peru investment mines.

20 Sept 2014 – Russia to supply T-90s tanks to Peru. RIA Novosti.

20 Sept 2014 – Peru to receive 8 Russian helicopters in December. The Moscow Times. 8 mi-171Sh multi purpose helicopters to Peru air force. Russian arms export agency.

23 Sept 2014 – Peru man faces child molestation charges. Kokomo Tribune. Peru report of a girl jumping from a moving car. Arrest of 44 year old Peru man. Charged with child molesting.

23 Sept 2014 – Peru dynamite cocaine trade. NBC news. 54 airstrip craters dynamite airstrips. Hardly dents the cocaine trade.

24 Sept 2014 – March against corruption scheduled for 24 Sept 2014. Peru This Week 23 Sept 2014.