On November 16, 1983, an MRTA commando placed a bomb in a house in the Lima district of San Borja, where North American marines were staying. This attack was part of the MRTA's initial actions in Lima that year. The event occurred in the context of increasing activity by subversive …
On September 11, 1990, Víctor De La Torre Romero, the Executive President of Cementos Lima S.A., was kidnapped in San Borja, Lima by armed members of the MRTA. The kidnappers blocked his vehicle and forcibly removed him, later demanding a ransom and distribution of food in impoverished areas for his …
On January 31, 1991, the Special Intelligence Group (GEIN) raided a house in the district of San Borja, Lima, seizing the general archive of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL). In this operation they found the famous videos of the PCP-SL leadership dancing 'Zorba, the Greek'. This …
On January 31, 1991, the Special Intelligence Group (GEIN) raided a house in the district of San Borja, Lima, where they seized the general archive of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL). Among the confiscated materials were the famous videos showing the leadership of the PCP-SL dancing …
In January 1991, the Special Intelligence Group (GEIN) conducted Operation Caballero, targeting a house in Chacarilla del Estanque, San Borja, believed to be significant to the PCP-SL organization. On January 31, they raided the location, discovering it was the Central Department of the PCP-SL. Although they did not capture key …
President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori, in a message to the nation, shows fragments of one of the videos seized from the leadership of the PCP-SL. The videos had been seized on January 31, 1991 by the GEIN when they raided a house in the district of San Borja (Lima), where they …
In 1992, key leaders of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) were captured by special police units in Lima, significantly weakening the group's leadership. On April 9, 1992, Peter Cárdenas Schulte was captured by the Brigada Especial de Detectives (BREDET), followed by the recapture of Víctor Polay on June 9, …
Victor Polay Campos, leader of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) known by the pseudonym 'comrade Rolando', was recaptured by law enforcement officials in the district of San Borja, Lima. This capture occurred almost two years after his spectacular escape from Castro Castro prison on July 9, 1990, when he …
Victor Polay Campos, alias Comrade Rolando, leader of the MRTA, is recaptured in a café in the Lima district of San Borja. He is later tried and sentenced to life imprisonment. This capture represents a significant blow against the MRTA leadership structure.
Businessman Raul Hiraoka Torres was kidnapped by members of the MRTA on July 9, 1992 as he was leaving his home in San Isidro. He was held captive in three different properties in Lima (Santa Anita, Urbanización Aurora in Surquillo, and Calle Vesalio in San Borja) for more than a …
On September 24, 1993, Raúl Hiraoka Torres was transferred to a third building located on Vesalio Street, San Borja district. Eber Oliva Zegarra and Mirka de la Piedra Oliva were tenants there, and Lautaro Mellado Saavedra and María Concepción Pincheira were custodians. The abductee does not refer to mistreatment in …
Raúl Hiraoka Torres, son of the owner of the Hiraoka chain of stores, was kidnapped around 8:30 p.m. when he was driving a pickup truck in the Córpac neighborhood, San Isidro. His vehicle was hit by a pickup truck, and people got out and shot him with short-range weapons. The …
On October 14, 1993, DINCOTE personnel executed the 'Alacrán 1' operation plan and rescued businessman Raúl Hiraoka Torres alive. First they captured Lautaro Mellado Saavedra and Luis Astorga Valdez in the afternoon in the 22nd block of Las Magnolias Street in San Isidro. At approximately 8:00 p.m., they burst into …
Samuel Dyer, an entrepreneur, was detained by Colonel PNP Domínguez Solís and taken to the Comandancia General del Ejército in San Borja, known as 'Pentagonito'. He was handed over without formal documentation and later subjected to mistreatment by soldiers. His detention was publicized by the media, leading to false reports …
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