PCP-SL violence spikes in Lima
Since August 1989, the PCP-SL dramatically intensified its violence in Lima with sabotage, attacks and selective assassinations, reaching its peak between April 1991 and July 1992. Actions increased by more than 100% after October 1989, concentrating on commercial centers, infrastructure and local authorities.
In the framework of the announcement of the arrival of the "strategic balance" in 1989, the PCP-SL significantly increased its actions in Lima with acts of sabotage and propaganda, including the burning of buses, attacks against electricity and water infrastructure, police stations and government party offices. This upsurge began in August 1989 and reached its greatest intensity between April 1991 and July 1992. The strategy sought to dispute the hegemony of the left, destroy the state apparatus and generate a power vacuum through the assassination of neighborhood leaders, while trying to demonstrate to the population the advance of the people's war by increasing terrorist actions through car bombs and attacks located primarily in the commercial and financial center of Lima. As of October 1989, subversive actions increased by more than 100%, with the main targets of attacks being shopping malls and transportation units in the capital.