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 …
In 1987, the MRTA ended its truce with President Alan García and launched a guerrilla campaign in the San Martín department. This campaign was heavily publicized, occurring shortly after the controversial attempt to nationalize the banking sector, which had intensified opposition against the government. Despite the significant media coverage and …
The MRTA cut the truce granted to Garcia and opened a guerrilla front in the department of San Martin with great publicity, barely three months after the attempt to nationalize the banks. The television coverage given to the MRTA campaign was enormous. The guerrilla chief Victor Polay became a well-known …
The emerretista detachment went to the town of San José de Sisa where they arrived on November 7 at 4 pm. They entered the town without any resistance from the police forces who, having heard about what had happened in Juanjui, had left the place shortly before. In this action …
On November 8, 1987, Channel 5's Panorama program aired a report by Alejandro Guerrero on the seizure of Juanjui by the MRTA. The report showed commander Rolando (Victor Polay) and uniformed militants in San Jose de Sisa. The coverage generated controversy for dramatizing the facts and giving a triumphalist reading …
Victor Polay, leader of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), was captured in Huancayo on January 31, 1989. This capture represented a serious setback for the MRTA, whose organizational apparatus was already resentful. After this event, the MRTA continued to operate in the central jungle but with diminished capacity. Polay's …
On February 3, 1989, Victor Polay, the Secretary General of the MRTA, was captured in the city of Huancayo. This event significantly weakened the leadership of the MRTA, as several key figures, including Polay, were detained. The capture led to Néstor Cerpa Cartolini assuming leadership of the organization.
The MRTA tried to take the city of Tarma in an operation that ended in the Molinos massacre. The Army's review of surrendered guerrillas showed the MRTA that for the forces of order there were no good and bad subversives. The operation had been planned to respond to the strong …
On April 28, 1989, two MRTA columns encountered Peruvian Army forces in the district of Molinos (Jauja) and were practically annihilated in combat. A column of thirty heavily armed subversives operating in the area of Satipo and Chanchamayo had begun a movement towards the highlands to unite with another column …
A column of thirty heavily armed MRTA subversives attacked the Pichanaki police post. After the attack, the column began to move towards the highlands to join up with another column coming down from Tulumayo, in the highlands of Junin, with the objective of jointly taking the city of Tarma. However, …
Héctor Delgado Parker, former advisor to President Alan García and owner of Producciones Panamericana, was kidnapped around 10:30 a.m. at the intersection of Torres Paz and Enrique Villar, Santa Beatriz. His vehicle was intercepted by a yellow Datsun and a cherry pickup truck. The kidnappers fired machine guns, smashed the …
On December 17, 1989, near Puerto Victoria in the district of Puerto Bermudez, in territory of the Yanesha ethnic group, an Army patrol located and attacked an MRTA camp. According to the official report, 43 subversives and one soldier were killed. This attack was part of a series of military …
On August 16, 1990, the Tupacamarista Army (ET) of the Northeastern Front of the MRTA took the city of Moyobamba with approximately 300 subversives. This action was part of a series of spectacular armed operations carried out during 1990, when the FNO had managed to increase its strength to 500 …
The III Central Unity Committee was a crucial event in the history of the MRTA held in September 1990. In this committee, the MRTA cadres headed by Victor Polay assumed the leadership of the movement at the national level. This event marked a significant change in MRTA's strategy, since a …
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, …
