Shining Path's armed march in Lima
Armed march of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in Lima ended in violent confrontation with three subversives dead, 24 wounded and more than 140 arrested, two days before the armed strike called to boycott the municipal elections.
Two days before the armed strike called to boycott the municipal elections of November 1989, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attempted to carry out an armed march as a form of propaganda and agitation. The march resulted in a violent confrontation with the forces of law and order that ended with three subversives dead, 24 people wounded and more than 140 arrested. As a direct consequence of this event, the government ordered the Armed Forces to be in charge of internal order in Lima and Callao within the framework of the state of emergency.