Miguel Rincón Rincón, leader of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), was captured in downtown Lima on April 16, 1989. After his capture, he was imprisoned in the Castro Castro prison. This arrest represented a significant blow to the command structure of the MRTA. The capture took place in a …
Escape of MRTA leaders from Castro Castro prison. After this escape, the MRTA attempted a dialogue with the government through the kidnapping of a pro-Fujimori congressman, but was rejected. The organization subsequently concluded that its priority should be to rebuild its national leadership through the release of the imprisoned leaders.
On July 9, 1990, 47 MRTA prisoners escaped from Castro Castro prison through a tunnel. Among the escapees were Víctor Polay Campos and Alberto Gálvez Olaechea, two of the main leaders of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement. This mass escape represented a significant blow to prison security in the country. …
On July 9, 1990, 47 prisoners of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) escaped from the Castro Castro prison through a tunnel. Among the escapees were Víctor Polay Campos and Alberto Gálvez Olaechea, two of the main leaders of the MRTA. This massive escape represented a significant blow to the …
47 emerretistas, including leaders and militants, escaped through a 332-meter long tunnel that had been built over three years. The impact of the escape placed them once again on the national public scene and aroused sympathy in the places where they had been operating. The operation had been carried out …
On July 9, 1990, a significant escape occurred when 47 prisoners from the MRTA (Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement) managed to flee from the Penal Castro Castro through a tunnel. This escape included all the important leaders captured up to that date, except for Cárdenas, who was released shortly after his …
The greatest success of the subversives in this period was the escape of 47 MRTA prisoners from the Castro Castro high security prison through a tunnel. This occurred on July 9, just days before the change of government. The acts of violence continued to strike the conscience of the population …
The MRTA held its Third Central Unity Committee in August 1990, after the spectacular escape of 47 prisoners from the Castro Castro prison in July, including its main leaders Víctor Polay Campos and Alberto Gálvez Olaechea. In this committee, the organization and its military plans were adjusted, taking into account …
Yovanka Pardavé Trujillo and Tito Valle Travesaño were arrested and held in Castro Castro prison. Both lost their lives during the police intervention in the "Mudanza I" operation carried out between May 6 and 9, 1992, whose purpose was to transfer the inmates from Castro Castro prison to Santa Monica …
On April 14, 1992, a raid was carried out at Castro Castro prison in the presence of prosecutors and members of the International Committee of the Red Cross, after a previous unsuccessful attempt that forced the National Police to sign a compromise agreement with the Shining Path inmates.
During the police operation 'Mudanza I', whose objective was to transfer all the inmates from Castro Castro prison to Santa Monica prison, Yovanka Pardavé Trujillo and Tito Valle Travesaño, who had been imprisoned since July 1991, lost their lives. Both had been identified as Shining Path PCP militants linked to …
At 8:30 in the morning of May 6, 1992, Juan Bardales Rengifo became the first victim of the Castro Castro operation when he was shot while struggling with a policeman near the gate of the lookout point. The inmate died as a result of the shot.
Between May 6 and 9, 1992, the government decided to retake by force the control of the wards where the accused and convicted terrorists of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso were being held. On May 6, members of the National Police entered by surprise and in the face of resistance used firearms …
Between May 6 and 9, 1992, the National Police and the Army carried out the operation Mudanza 1 to transfer inmates from Pavilion 1-A. The militarized intervention resulted in the extrajudicial execution of 42 inmates and hundreds of wounded. The forces of order used explosives, gases, long-range rifles and grenades. …
Victor Polay Campos, leader of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) known by the pseudonym 'comrade Rolando', was recaptured by law enforcement officials in the district of San Borja, Lima. This capture occurred almost two years after his spectacular escape from Castro Castro prison on July 9, 1990, when he …
In February 2000, inmates at the Yanamayo prison in Peru initiated a significant riot that led to the collapse of the prison's internal structures. This event was part of a broader pattern of prison unrest in Peru during this period, with similar incidents occurring in other facilities such as Castro …
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