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 …
On May 3, 1988, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) attacked the premises of Canal 5 in Lima. Zoila López Rivadeneyra, who was the first MRTA militant killed in combat, died during this confrontation. This attack was part of the armed actions that MRTA carried out in the Peruvian capital …
Héctor Delgado Parker, businessman of Channel 5, was kidnapped by the MRTA on October 4, 1989 and held hostage until April 21, 1990. The drama of his kidnapping led to the reinforcement of media self-regulation in the coverage of terrorist acts. This case was one of the most mediatized kidnappings …
On October 4, 1989, Hector Delgado Parker, president of TV Channel 5, was kidnapped in Lima. This kidnapping was part of the escalation of violent actions by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the capital during the period known as "strategic balance". The kidnapping of a high-profile media figure like Delgado Parker …
MRTA broadcast a proclamation on Channel 5 television on April 18, 1990, in which it declared "total war on the democratic system" and called on the population to vote in the second round of elections. This broadcast was part of the MRTA's demands to free Héctor Delgado Parker, president of …
