Clash with two subversives killed in Ambar
Clash between police forces and the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in Ambar, Huaura, which resulted in the death of two subversives in 1990, as part of the counter-subversive response to the Shining Path offensive in coastal towns.
In 1990, there was a confrontation between police forces and subversive elements of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the district of Ambar, province of Huaura. The confrontation resulted in the death of two subversives. This event occurred in the context of a Shining Path offensive that had spread between 1989 and 1990 to coastal towns, including previous attacks on the Police Post and Municipal Palace of Ambar. The police and military response in the area had managed to deal decisive blows to the Shining Path fighting forces during that period.