Capture of Víctor Polay Campos in Huancayo
Victor Polay Campos, military chief of the MRTA, was captured on February 3, 1989 at the Hotel de Turistas in Huancayo, representing a hard blow to the MRTA in the central region.
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 counter-subversive operations in Junín. This event was one of several important setbacks suffered by the MRTA in 1989, which clearly decimated its political and military capacity in the region.
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Víctor Polay Campos
military leader of MRTA, perpetrator
Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru (MRTA)
militant organization
Huancayo
location of capture
Hotel de Turistas de Huancayo
location of capture
Junín
region where countersubversive operations occurred
Perú
country of operation
Fuerzas contrasubversivas del Estado peruano
captor, countersubversive forces