First armed strike on Carretera Central
On January 19, 1989, the Shining Path PCP called the first armed strike on the Central Highway, as part of its strategy to intensify violence in Lima and the industrial zones.
On January 19, 1989, the PCP Shining Path called the first armed strike on the Central Highway. This event was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to intensify its presence in Lima and the industrial zones, seeking to develop the confrontation of the union movement with the forces of law and order. The armed strike was an action that sought to paralyze activities on this important highway. This action was framed in a period of growing subversive activity in Lima, where the PCP-SL had been carrying out sabotage of factory installations and assassinations of businessmen and union leaders considered traitors.