On November 26, 1984, police captured a dozen MRTA activists in Cuzco and seized about twenty rifles, uniforms and ammunition. The police operation disarticulated MRTA plans to start a guerrilla movement in the Paucartambo area. Among those captured was MRTA member Luis Varese Scotto. Subsequently, on December 8, MRTA members …
The MRTA kidnapped Vicky Pelaez and a cameraman from the 90 Segundos news program in the morning hours, in order to publicly denounce the arrest of their militants in Paucartambo, thus preserving their integrity. The statement read by a hooded Víctor Polay was not broadcast on Channel 2 due to …
On December 8, 1984, members of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) kidnapped two journalists from Channel 2: Vicky Pelaez and her cameraman. During the kidnapping, the journalists were forced to do a report in which MRTA members explained their differences with the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The kidnappers also took advantage …
Members of the MRTA kidnapped reporter Virginia Pelaez Ocampo and cameraman Percy Raborg Pfenning of Channel 2 as they were leaving their workplace in Miraflores. The kidnappers forced them to record and broadcast a message denouncing alleged mistreatment and torture of MRTA comrades detained in Cusco. They were released the …
On December 8, 1984, journalist Vicky Peláez and cameraman Percy Raborg from Canal 2 were kidnapped by members of the MRTA. The kidnappers demanded that the channel broadcast a video with their demands to the government. This incident highlighted the MRTA's tactic of using media coverage to gain attention for …
On June 5, 1992, a PCP-Sendero Luminoso truck bomb exploded in front of the Channel 2 facilities in Lima. The explosion completely destroyed the television channel's facilities and caused the death of three channel workers. This attack was part of the PCP-SL's escalation of violence in Lima during the period …
Shining Path caused a "truck bomb" to explode in front of Canal 2, destroying its facilities and killing three people. This attack was part of the PCP-SL's terror offensive against the city of Lima.
A truck bomb explodes in front of Canal 2, destroying its facilities and killing three canal workers. This attack is part of the campaign of urban violence carried out by subversive groups in Lima during this period.
