In October 1965, the Pachacutec Front of Cuzco, part of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) led by Luis de la Puente Uceda, was practically disbanded. This guerrilla front had initiated actions in 1965, its main action being the ambush against a police detachment in the Yahuarina ravine at the beginning …
Operation Verde Mar I was a forced coca crop eradication operation carried out in 1979 in the Alto Huallaga region. This operation resulted in a failure that alienated the coca grower from the State. The failure of this operation, together with the subsequent Operation Green Sea II (1981) and other …
Rolando was captured on June 14, 1992. After his capture, Evaristo assumed overall command of the MRTA. This event is mentioned in the context of the dismantling of the Northeastern Front (FNO) of the MRTA in the department of San Martin. Rolando's capture was part of a series of blows …
In September 1992, Abimael Guzmán Reynoso was captured along with most of the leadership of the PCP-SL. This capture represented a crucial turning point in the history of the internal armed conflict in Peru. The event had significant repercussions on the structure and operations of the PCP-SL throughout the country, …
Oscar Ramírez Duran, known as 'Feliciano', a Shining Path leader of the PCP-SL, was captured in July 1999. His capture represented a definitive blow to the PCP-SL in the central jungle, which until then had maintained a presence on the left bank of the Ene river basin, from where it …
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