Kidnapping of Congressman Gerardo Lopez Quiroz
Congressman Gerardo Lopez Quiroz of Cambio 90 was kidnapped by the MRTA in September 1990. The kidnappers justified the act as an 'invitation to talk' and to disseminate the guidelines of their III Central Committee.
Congressman Gerardo Lopez Quiroz, member of the political group Cambio 90, was kidnapped by the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA). The perpetrators described the kidnapping as an 'invitation to talk' with the objective of making known the guidelines of the III Central Committee of the MRTA. This kidnapping took place in the context of an intensification of violent actions by subversive groups during 1990.