In 1981 the Departmental Congress of the MIR-VR (Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria - Voz Rebelde) was held in Tarapoto where the Departmental Directorate was elected. The objective of this Departmental Directorate was to strengthen the movement through permanent coordination with all the militant cadres distributed in the different districts and …
At the end of 1986 and beginning of 1987, the PCP-SL advanced towards the north of Tocache, organizing towns and villages. Among the towns organized were Bambamarca, Nuevo Horizonte, Escote and Santa Rosa de Mishollo. This expansion was parallel to the control that the PCP-SL established over the town of …
In 1987, a group of subversives formed an army in San Martín, Peru, composed of militants from MIR-VR and MRTA. They trained in the Pongo de Caynarachi-Shanusi area and launched the 'Tupac Amaru Vive' military campaign on October 8, with incursions into several towns including Tabalosos, Macedas, Soritor, Juanjuí, San …
In 1987, the Peruvian Army received intelligence about the MRTA's plan to conduct a significant attack on Concepción, aiming for a more spectacular operation than their previous incursion in Juanjuí. In response, the Army mobilized two special operations detachments, each consisting of 100 soldiers, to strategically intercept and encircle the …
In the face of MRTA's armed actions in the northeastern jungle of the country, the government proceeds to hand over to the Armed Forces the political-military control of the entire department of San Martin. This decision comes after a column of seventy MRTA members seized several localities in the department, …
The MRTA took over Juanjui and San José de Sisa in San Martin. As a result of this action, the Government handed over military control of the area to the Armed Forces. This seizure of towns was one of the most important actions of the MRTA in the San Martin …
In November 1987, the MRTA raided Juanjui as part of the 'Tupac Amaru Vive' Military Campaign. This action forced the government to decree a state of emergency and a curfew in San Martin. The incursion unleashed a strong state repression that included the persecution of union and popular leaders, especially …
After the MRTA raid on Juanjui on November 6, 1987, the department of San Martin was declared in a state of emergency. In November 1987, the Political-Military Command of the Huallaga Front was established as the Peruvian State's response to MRTA's armed actions in the region. This military command was …
The seizure of Juanjuí began on Friday, November 6, 1987 at 2:30 a.m. when a group of emerretistas captured the 'Love of the Mountain' truck to transport the Tupacamarista Army to Juanjuí without being discovered. Between 70 and 100 MRTA subversives took the town at 5:45 a.m., almost without resistance, …
On November 6, 1987, the MRTA carried out its first incursion in the city of Juanjui with an operation executed by sixty members of the organization. The action consisted of the seizure of the three police posts in the city, the airport and the looting of a bank. The operation …
The emerretista column, integrated by 60 men, took the city of Juanjui in the political-military campaign Túpac Amaru liberator. The subversive forces simultaneously attacked the posts of the Investigation Police, the Civil Guard and the Republican Guard, and took the small airport. During the attack on the police post Jorge …
During a series of takeovers of localities by the MRTA in the department of San Martin, journalists interviewed Commander Rolando, head of the MRTA column, in the context of the armed actions that led the government to hand over political-military control of the entire department of San Martin to the …
On November 7, 1987, MRTA troops reached San José de Sisa without firing a single shot. This action was part of the 'Tupac Amaru Vive' Military Campaign, commanded by Víctor Polay Campos (c) Rolando, Néstor Cerpa (c) Evaristo and Miguel Rincón (c) Francisco. The seizure of San José de Sisa …
The same MRTA group that had taken Juanjui arrived in San José de Sisa, taking control of the police post quickly, without firing a single shot. They stayed overnight due to fatigue and in the evening they offered a cultural activity with the assistance of the villagers. Journalists from Panamericana …
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 …
A column of seventy MRTA members took the locality of Shatoja on November 8, 1987, as part of a series of coordinated actions in the department of San Martin. This seizure was part of a sequence of MRTA raids that included Juanjui (November 6), San Jose de Sisa (November 7), …
A column of seventy MRTA members took the town of San Martin de Alao on November 9, 1987. This action was part of a series of takeovers of towns in the department of San Martin carried out by the MRTA between November 6 and 9. The column also took other …
The subversive forces of the MRTA took the district of Chazuta in the province of San Martin. Finally, the subversive forces retreated to Alto Sisa, where they were concentrated prior to the attack on Juanjui.
After the capture of Juanjui on November 6, 1987, the MRTA returned to the same camp they had used before the attack. The Peruvian Army pursued them after the declaration of a state of emergency in the department of San Martin and the establishment of the Political-Military Command of the …
The seizure of Shanao was part of the MRTA's 'Tupac Amaru Vive' Military Campaign, commanded by Víctor Polay Campos (c) Rolando, Néstor Cerpa (c) Evaristo and Miguel Rincón (c) Francisco. This action took place on December 11, 1987 as part of a series of raids and takeovers of villages in …
After the seizure of Juanjui in November 1987, the MRTA returned to the same camp used before the attack. The Peruvian Army pursued them after a state of emergency was declared in the department of San Martin. Believing they had escaped the army, the MRTA fighters were surprised in Agua …
In the late 1980s, experimental spraying with the herbicide SPIKE was carried out in the Uchiza area as part of coca eradication strategies. These fumigations were part of a series of obstacles that affected the town of Uchiza, which since 1984 had been an open drug trafficking center and perhaps …
On July 16, 1989, the MRTA prepared an attack on the town of Juanjuí. Apparently, a rondero had managed to warn the Army and its members were able to prepare and confront the attack. In the confrontation, forty bodies were left dead among a large number of subversives, some civilians …
In 1989, the MRTA launched a new offensive in the San Martín region, capturing several localities including Juanjuí and conducting simultaneous incursions in Tarapoto, Saposoa, Moyobamba, and Rioja on December 24. This was part of the MRTA's Military Campaign Fernando Valladares, aimed at criticizing the economic and political conditions imposed …
On December 24, 1989, the MRTA took the city of Juanjuí as part of the Fernando Valladares Military Campaign. This operation was aimed at criticizing the economic and political conditions imposed by the government of Alberto Fujimori. The action in Juanjuí was coordinated with simultaneous incursions in other cities of …
On December 24, 1989, the MRTA carried out simultaneous raids in several cities in the department of San Martin as part of its Fernando Valladares Military Campaign. This campaign was aimed at criticizing the economic and political conditions imposed by the government of Alberto Fujimori. Actions included the capture of …
The PCP-SL maintained a stranglehold on the northern zone of Tocache until the mid-1990s, with a palpable influence until 1999. This area included towns and hamlets such as Bambamarca, Nuevo Horizonte, Escote and Santa Rosa de Mishollo, which had been organized by the PCP-SL in late 1986 and early 1987. …
In order to take the city of Yurimaguas, the MRTA concentrated in Chazuta the detachments located in Yurimaguas, Central Huallaga and Alto Mayo. The subversives began the attack on the police posts and the CRAS. The police posts were the first to fall into the hands of the guerrillas who …
In 1991, the Northeastern Front (FNO) of the MRTA initiated the 'Fernando Valladares Military Campaign', whose objective was to criticize the economic and political conditions imposed by the government of Alberto Fujimori. During this campaign they carried out some important military actions, highlighting the simultaneous incursion on May 10 in …
On May 10, 1991, the MRTA carried out simultaneous armed incursions in five cities in the department of San Martin as part of the 'Fernando Valladares Military Campaign'. This campaign was aimed at criticizing the economic and political conditions imposed by Alberto Fujimori's government. The military actions were executed in …
On December 24, 1991, the MRTA carried out a second takeover of the town of Juanjui under the command of (c) Rolando, who had escaped from prison in July 1990, and (c) Evaristo. At five o'clock in the morning, the MRTA momentarily controlled Juanjui with the seizure of the police …
On December 24, 1991, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) took the town of Juanjui, located in the department of San Martin, for the second time. This action took place in the context of an intensification of MRTA activities during that year, which included multiple attacks on police posts and …
The MRTA carried out the second takeover of Juanjui as part of the 'Fernando Valladares Military Campaign', whose publicized objective was to criticize the economic and political conditions imposed by Alberto Fujimori's government. This action was part of simultaneous incursions in Tarapoto, Saposoa, Moyobamba and Rioja.
On April 24, 1992 in Cayena, Juanjui, Mariscal Caceres, San Martin, a son disappeared and three of his friends were murdered. This event was perpetrated by the Shining Path PCP. The declarant narrates these facts in her testimony before the CVR. The case is part of the multiple acts of …
In 1993, under the Plan of Operations 'Tentáculo', eight intelligence posts were established in the Huallaga region of Peru to monitor narcotics trafficking. These posts were managed by the Army Intelligence Service (SIE) and included locations such as Tarapoto, Juanjuí-Yurimaguas, and Tocache-Juanjuí. The National Intelligence Service (SIN) played a significant …
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