Destruction of electrical towers in La Oroya
A Shining Path column destroyed three electrical towers in La Oroya on July 22, 1989. The attack was part of the PCP-SL's sabotage campaign against the mining infrastructure in the central region.
On July 22, 1989, a Shining Path column destroyed three electrical towers in La Oroya. This attack was part of a series of terrorist actions by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso against the infrastructure of mining companies in central Peru. Attacks against electrical towers and other mining facilities intensified during 1989, causing mining operations to come to a standstill and seriously affecting the sector's economy. This type of sabotage was part of the Shining Path's strategy of economic destabilization in the mining area of Junín.