63 suspected MRTA members killed in confrontation in Molinos
Armed confrontation in Molinos, Jauja, between the Army and the MRTA that resulted in the death of 6 military personnel and 58 guerrillas (the MRTA claimed responsibility for only 42). It was the most important setback for MRTA in the region.
In May 1989, an armed confrontation took place between the Peruvian Army and members of the MRTA in the district of Molinos, province of Jauja. The confrontation resulted in the death of 6 military personnel and 58 guerrillas, although the MRTA only claimed responsibility for 42 of its dead. This event was the most important setback suffered by the MRTA in the region, significantly marking the future of this subversive organization. The confrontation occurred in the context of a series of setbacks suffered by the MRTA at the hands of counter-subversive forces during 1989, which clearly decimated its political and military capacity in the central region.