Capture of Victor Polay
Capture of MRTA leader Víctor Polay in Huancayo, which meant a hard blow for the subversive organization. The MRTA apparatus was left resentful after this event.
Victor Polay, leader of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), was captured in Huancayo on January 31, 1989. This capture represented a serious setback for the MRTA, whose organizational apparatus was already resentful. After this event, the MRTA continued to operate in the central jungle but with diminished capacity. Polay's capture was followed by other significant blows to the organization, including the annihilation of a column of thirty subversives in Molinos (Jauja) on April 28, 1989.