Alleged emerretistas take San Juan de Jarpa
On November 4, 1989, approximately 30 people armed with balaclavas took over San Juan de Jarpa, cheering for the MRTA, in what appears to have been a covert counter-subversive operation. On the same day, multiple murders of police relatives were recorded in the area.
On November 4, 1989, around 30 heavily armed people with their faces covered with balaclavas took over the district capital of San Juan de Jarpa, entering at various points and shouting "viva viva" to the MRTA. This action was part of a counter-subversive alibi that used the name of the MRTA to cover up operations. On the same day, the PCP-SL murdered Ines Lazo Alvarado, wife of a policeman, in Misquipata, and Antonia Lopez and two other women in Accac Bellavista, relatives of another policeman. The Alto Cunas area was experiencing a period of intense violence with actions by both the PCP-SL and groups posing as the MRTA.