Complete database of events related to the internal armed conflict in Peru, extracted from the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR). 5,159 events documented from 1817 to 2003.
Victor Polay Campos, leader of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) known by the pseudonym 'comrade Rolando', was recaptured by law enforcement officials in the district of San Borja, Lima. This capture occurred almost two years after his spectacular escape from Castro Castro prison on July 9, 1990, when he …
On July 9, 1990, 47 MRTA prisoners escaped from Castro Castro prison through a tunnel. Among the escapees were Víctor Polay Campos and Alberto Gálvez Olaechea, two of the main leaders of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement. This mass escape represented a significant blow to prison security in the country. …
Victor Polay Campos, leader and military chief of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), was captured in February 1989 at the Tourist Hotel in Huancayo. This capture represented a hard blow for the emerretist organization in the central region of Peru. Polay Campos' arrest occurred in a context of intensified …
Victor Polay Campos, leader and military chief of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), was captured in the Huancayo Tourist Hotel in February 1989. This capture represented a hard blow to the emerretist organization in the region. Polay Campos' arrest occurred in the context of a series of setbacks suffered …
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), …
In 1987 an army of MRTA subversives was formed in San Martin. Both forces (political and military) united in the Pongo de Caynarachi-Shanusi area, where they trained militarily and politically during the months of July, August and September 1987. The training was led by Víctor Polay Campos (c) Rolando, Néstor …
Showing 1–6 of 6 events