In June 1992, the Northern Zonal Committee of the PCP-SL entered into reorganization, suppressing the position of military command and reorganizing its structure into two detachments and a militia. This reorganization occurred in the context following the police intervention in the Canto Grande prison (June 6-9, 1992) and shortly before …
The police intervention in the Canto Grande prison took place between June 6 and 9, 1992, culminating in the assassination of prominent cadres of Socorro Popular of the PCP-SL. This action was one of the triggers of the wave of Shining Path violence that culminated in the attack on Tarata …
In July 1992, shortly after the Tarata bombing, a professor and nine students from La Cantuta University were kidnapped and disappeared. This event occurred during a period of intense violence and unrest in Peru, leading to widespread calls for sensible military measures that would not punish innocents. The incident became …
The Tarata bombing was a terrorist attack carried out by the Maoist guerrilla group Sendero Luminoso in July 1992 in Lima, Peru. It was one of the deadliest attacks in the capital, involving a car bomb that resulted in significant casualties and damage. This attack was part of a broader …
Terrorist car bomb attack on Tarata Street, the most serious car bomb attack carried out by Shining Path in Lima. Through these attacks, the Shining Path accelerated its offensive on the capital while calculating the possibility of a U.S. intervention that would unleash a war of national liberation in the …
The explosion of a car bomb in the center of Miraflores, Tarata street, shocked the country. During the week, there were other attacks in different areas of Lima, including a call for an armed strike in the capital. All this would mean a pre-insurrectional rehearsal in Lima, according to the …
The explosion of a car bomb in the center of Miraflores, on Tarata Street, left 20 dead and 132 wounded. The impact of the attack in the media spread panic and a feeling of insecurity among the public. The same day a series of attacks took place in other sectors …
Car bomb attack perpetrated on Tarata Street in the Miraflores district of Lima. This attack was part of the escalation of violence by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso during 1992, a year in which the subversive organization intensified its terrorist actions in the capital. The attack occurred a little more than a …
On July 16, 1992, the Shining Path PCP detonated a car bomb on Tarata Street, causing fire, destruction and death of people who were peacefully in the apparent safety of their homes. This was the most visible and dramatic event of the period of high violence in Lima. The attack …
Two days after the Tarata attack, the kidnapping and disappearance of the professor and 9 students of La Cantuta took place. Monsignor Jose Dammert, in his homily for national holidays, referred to the terrible wave of violence and proposed the implementation of sensible military measures that would not lead to …
On July 23, 1992, the ninth armed strike called by the PCP-SL took place. The actions began on July 16 with the car bomb that exploded in Tarata de Miraflores and harassment in different police stations, maintaining a much higher intensity than in February until the very day of the …
On May 25, 1995, Law 26457 came into force, declaring the reorganization of the country's public universities and the dismissal of their authorities. Among the background to the enactment of the law was the existence of a pronouncement that pointed out the alleged resurgence of terrorist activity within the university …
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