Socorro Popular (called SoPo in PCP-SL documents) was an organization of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path that had a very complex structure. After its militarization in 1986, it came to displace the Metropolitan Committee in importance, managing to expand without ceasing to fulfill its initial functions in …
In 1987, the Pilot Plan of the Revolutionary Movement for the Defense of the People (MRDP), an organization created by the PCP-SL, began to take shape. This plan had as its objective the construction of revolutionary support bases in the city of Lima, as well as the organization of armed …
In November 1987, a civil court judge ordered the eviction of a small apartment in Zárate, Lima, leading to the discovery of ten boxes of documents belonging to Yovanka Pardavé Trujillo, a leader of the PCP-SL. These documents included plans and sketches of attacks against authorities and police. The information …
The Grupo Especial de Inteligencia (GEIN) was formed in March 1990 as a specialized unit within the Peruvian police force, DIRCOTE, to combat terrorism. Supported by the CIA and other entities, GEIN focused on gathering intelligence and tracking the activities of Socorro Popular, a key component of the Shining Path's …
In June 1991, three important leaders of Socorro Popular (SoPo), an organization of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, were captured. Those arrested were Tito Valle Travesaño, Víctor Zavala Cataño and a leader whose name is not specified in this excerpt. Socorro Popular was a very complex structure that, after its militarization in …
On June 23, 1991, one month after the military intervention in La Cantuta, the police arrested Víctor Zavala Cataño, accused of being the head of the PCP-SL's Planning and Annihilation Committee at the national level. This action was part of a series of arrests of the main leaders of the …
On May 9, 1992, a police intervention called "Mudanza Uno" took place in the Shining Path wards of the Canto Grande prison with the objective of transferring more than 100 women to the Chorrillos prison. The operation resulted in the murder of 35 inmates accused of terrorism. Among the victims …
The police intervention in the Canto Grande prison took place between June 6 and 9, 1992, culminating in the assassination of prominent cadres of Socorro Popular of the PCP-SL. This action was one of the triggers of the wave of Shining Path violence that culminated in the attack on Tarata …
The Tarata attack occurred on July 16, 1992 in Lima. According to the CVR report, this attack was part of a wave of Shining Path violence that culminated after the police intervention in the Canto Grande prison between June 6 and 9, 1992, which resulted in the assassination of prominent …
Carlos Ríos Fernández, head of the section of Workers, Neighborhoods and Workers (OBT) and member of the leadership cell of Socorro Popular of the PCP-SL, was arrested by the Peruvian Navy. Ríos Fernández was the political commander of the entire OBT and his capture took place in the Bocanegra human …
Martha Huatay was a lawyer who assumed the leadership of Socorro Popular (SoPo), an organization of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso with a very complex structure that, after its militarization in 1986, came to displace the Metropolitan Committee in importance. Socorro Popular acted almost always through its 'gray' or 'front' organizations, such …
Martha Huatay Ruiz, head of Socorro Popular and member of the Metropolitan Lima Committee of the PCP-SL, was captured. Her capture is part of the disarticulation of the Shining Path structure in Lima after the capture of Abimael Guzman.
