MRTA attack on San Martin de Porres municipality
In 1990, the MRTA attacked the municipality of San Martin de Porres as part of subversive actions against local authorities in the Northern Zone of Lima. This attack joined a series of similar attacks against municipalities in the area since 1980.
The MRTA carried out an attack against the municipality of San Martin de Porres in 1990. This attack took place in a context of political violence in the Northern Zone of Metropolitan Lima, where both the MRTA and the PCP-SL carried out actions against local authorities and representatives of the State. The attack was part of a series of attacks on municipalities in the area that included arson and sabotage since 1980. San Martin de Porres was a strategic district due to its demographic and commercial importance, being one of the most populated in Lima with 404,856 inhabitants according to the 1981 census.