Timeline Events 9

  1. MRTA assault to Cromotes textile factory

    A commando made up of 15 members of the MRTA assaulted the Cromotes textile factory located at kilometer 3 of the central highway in Ate Vitarte. During the attack, the subversives destroyed several administrative offices and part of the plant's warehouses. This assault was part of the armed actions that …

    Kilómetro 3 de la carretera central, Ate Vitarte, Lima, Perú Informe CVR, página 129
  2. Detention in Carretera Central in Ate Vitarte

    The declarant was detained in September 1988 on the Central Highway in the district of Ate Vitarte, Lima. This case is part of the testimonies documented by the CVR on arbitrary detentions that included sexual violence against women during the internal armed conflict. The detention took place in an important …

    Carretera Central, Distrito de Ate Vitarte, Lima Informe CVR
  3. Formation of the Carretera Central Struggle Committee in 1989

    In 1989, the PCP-SL managed to promote the Committee of Struggle of the class-conscious workers of the Central Highway, in coordination with Puka Llaqta and the UNIR-Bolchevique. This allowed it to control the USE of Ate Vitarte. The Carretera Central was an area closely linked to the university, whose infrastructure …

    Carretera Central, Lima, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 2402, 2405
  4. Murder of Enrique Castilla Linares

    On October 31, 1989, a group of hikers assassinated Enrique Castilla Linares, leader of the Union of Workers of the 'La Union' Textile Factory in Ate Vitarte. Castilla was a member of the PUM (Partido Unificado Mariateguista) and had the recognition of the union sector. He was preparing to reject …

    Ate Vitarte, Lima, Perú Informe CVR, página 425
  5. Assassination of Congressman Alejandro Victoria Mendoza

    Congressman Alejandro Victoria Mendoza, a member of the Cambio 90 party, was assassinated in the district of Ate Vitarte, Lima. This crime took place in the context of an escalation of political violence in the Peruvian capital, where both the PCP-SL and the MRTA were intensifying their actions against authorities …

    Ate Vitarte, Lima, Perú Informe CVR, página 416
  6. Murders of employees at Tejidos La Unión

    In June 1991, the Movimiento de Obreros y Trabajadores Clasistas (MOTC), a front organization of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, initiated a wave of violence against the Tejidos La Unión factory in Ate Vitarte, assassinating company officials. This attack occurred after the PCP-SL failed in its attempts to win union leadership in …

    Tejidos La Unión, Ate Vitarte, Lima, Perú Informe CVR, página 426
  7. Confrontation in Raucana

    Armed confrontation between soldiers of the Peruvian Army and Shining Path supporters in Raucana, district of Ate Vitarte. Raucana represented the largest organizational experiment of the PCP-SL in Lima, constituted as an 'Open Popular Committee' in the heart of Ate Vitarte. The inhabitants came mainly from El Agustino and Andahuaylas, …

    Raucana, Ate Vitarte, Lima Metropolitana, Perú Informe CVR
  8. Armed strike called by the PCP-SL in Lima

    The PCP-SL called an armed strike for May 17 and 18, 1994 in Metropolitan Lima. This action was part of the subversive modality of armed strikes that the PCP-SL had developed since 1989 as part of its strategy of strategic balance. On this specific occasion, the PCP-SL mixed threats with …

    Lima Metropolitana, Perú Informe CVR

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