Second round on Uchiza

On March 17, 1989, the PCP-SL carried out a second attack on the town of Uchiza, resulting in a massacre of policemen that was humiliating for the police institution. During the attack, the police made multiple requests for help that went unheeded, and no reinforcements were sent in time, creating a very uncomfortable situation for the Aprista government that could not convincingly explain this lack of response. The transcendence of the second attack on Uchiza was due to the repercussions it produced at the national level, as a result of which the Alto Huallaga was again declared an Emergency Zone and the army was given maximum authority over the region. As a result of this second attack, the political-military headquarters was installed in Uchiza under the command of General Alberto Arciniegas Huby.