In April 1986, a regional strike was held in San Martin which forced the APRA government to send an official delegation made up of several ministers and high-ranking officials. The negotiation lasted 16 uninterrupted hours before the Comando Unitario de Lucha (CUL) and 200 delegates from the rank and file. …
The massacre of the prisons left a considerable mark on all the actors in the conflict and brought to Lima images of massacres that had been far away until then. In practical terms, with this massacre and the way it was handled, the Aprista government's attempts to develop its own …
Ricardo Ramos Plata, the president of the Aprista Committee of Piura, was assassinated by terrorist elements on 14 December 1988. This event prompted the archbishop and clergy of Piura to express their sorrow and condemn the rising violence in the region. Tensions arose between the clergy and members of the …
In the last year of the Aprista government, the Special Intelligence Group (GEIN) was created within the DIRCOTE. This special intelligence group was instrumental in the eventual capture of Abimael Guzmán, the leader of the Shining Path. On June 1, 1990, GEIN conducted a significant operation by raiding a house …