Attempted escape from the Huamanga Center for Imprisonment and Social Adaptation (CRAS). In this attempt four subversives died and Eucario Najarro Jáuregui and Vicente Amilcar Urbay Ovalle were seriously wounded. They were taken to the hospital of Huamanga under surveillance of the Civil Guard. Carlos Alcántara, a school student and …
Shining Path command assaulted the Huamanga CRAS and rescued its prisoners, managing to escape without an adequate response from the police forces. The assault on the Huamanga prison forced different observers to consider the PCP-SL as a major threat. Hours after the attack, a group of members of the Republican …
Assault by the PCP-SL on the Center for Reclusion and Social Adaptation (CRAS) of Huamanga. A group of approximately 100 subversives attacked the prison. A total of 247 inmates escaped, of which at least 50 were sentenced or being prosecuted for alleged terrorism. The assault left two policemen dead: Florencio …
The PCP-SL managed the escape of 304 prisoners from the CRAS of Huamanga, of which approximately 70 were Shining Path members, among them Hildebrando Pérez Huarancca and Edith Lagos. It was the largest military action undertaken by the PCP-SL up to that date and was carried out with surprising effectiveness, …
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