Luis Kawata Makabe, a teacher at a pre-university academy, was arrested in Ica accused of being one of the leaders of the PCP-SL. This was his second arrest, as he had also been apprehended the previous year for alleged links to terrorism, and was released shortly afterwards. The arrest took …
On July 15, 1987, paratroopers from specialized police units took the town of Tocache in a major operation called 'Relámpago'. Apparently the PCP-SL and the drug traffickers were aware of the police counterattack because both groups withdrew from the urban area before the arrival of the first troops. This operation …
Osman Morote, member of the Central Committee of the PCP-SL and head of the Northern Regional Committee, was captured in Lima in June 1988 along with other regional cadres. The capture took place shortly before a meeting called by the national leadership of the subversive organization. Morote had presented himself …