On July 7, 1988, eight members of a selective commando of the MRTA (Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru) kidnapped General Enrique López Albújar in Lima. This kidnapping was part of the MRTA's actions during the period of transition to the siege of the city (1985-1988), when the subversive groups intensified their …
Assassination of retired General Enrique López Albújar in Lima, perpetrated by the MRTA in retaliation for the Molinos massacre. This was a condemnable assassination that constituted the organization's response to the execution of surrendered guerrillas.
On May 2, 1989, one month after the Uchiza disaster, President Alan Garcia appointed Gen. Alberto Arciniegas as Political and Military Chief of Huallaga. He was installed in his position in a public ceremony in Uchiza, attended by the President of the Republic, the Minister of Defense Gen. Enrique López …
In January 1990, the MRTA assassinated General Enrique López Albújar in San Isidro. López Albújar was a former Peruvian Minister of Defense. This assassination occurred on the eve of the 1990 presidential elections, in a context of escalating political violence in the capital. The attack was part of a series …
General Enrique Lopez Albujar, who served as defense minister, was assassinated by an MRTA commando in Lima in January 1990. The MRTA justified his assassination by claiming that Lopez Albujar had ordered the 'repassing' of the wounded and the killing of surrendered guerrillas during the Molinos confrontation in April 1989. …
In 1990, the MRTA (Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement) escalated its violent activities in Peru. In January, they assassinated former Defense Minister Enrique López Albújar. On July 9, they orchestrated a prison break from Miguel Castro Castro, freeing 47 members, including leaders Víctor Polay Campos and Alberto Gálvez Olaechea. This period …
On January 9, 1990, retired Army General and former Minister of Defense Enrique López Albújar was assassinated by a commando of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) in the district of San Isidro, Lima. This selective assassination was part of the MRTA's strategy of carrying out military actions against specific …
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