Escape from Huamanga High Security Detention Center
On March 2, 1982, the Centro de Reclusión de Alta Seguridad (CRAS) in Huamanga was assaulted, leading to the escape of 304 inmates, including approximately 70 members of the Shining Path (PCP-SL). The attackers engaged police in gunfights while freeing the prisoners, and the military did not intervene due to …