MRTA kidnapping of congressman Gerardo Lopez
Congressman Gerardo Lopez of Cambio 90 was kidnapped by the MRTA in 1990, who justified the act as an 'invitation to talk' about the guidelines of their III Central Committee.
Congressman Gerardo Lopez, a member of Cambio 90, was kidnapped by the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) in 1990. The perpetrators described the act as an 'invitation to talk' and to make known the guidelines of the Third Central Committee of the MRTA. This kidnapping was part of the MRTA's actions in Lima during the period of greatest intensity of the internal armed conflict in the Peruvian capital.