Car bomb explosion in Cuzco
Car bomb explosion in a central Cuzco street on August 14, 1990 that left one dead and 18 wounded. The owner of the vehicle, former police sergeant Melitón Candia Guzmán, was found murdered the following day.
On August 14, 1990, the explosion of a car bomb in a central street of Cuzco left one dead and 18 wounded. The next day, the body of the owner of the vehicle, former police sergeant Melitón Candia Guzmán, who had been murdered by the Shining Path guerrillas, was found. This attack was part of the PCP-SL's campaign of violence in the city of Cuzco, which included assassinations, attacks and assaults on police posts. The attack took place in a context of intensification of violent actions by the PCP-SL both in the departmental capital city and in the high provinces.