Police intervention in Canto Grande prison
Police intervention in the Canto Grande prison between June 6 and 9, 1992, which culminated in the assassination of prominent members of Socorro Popular. This action was one of the triggers for the subsequent attack on Tarata.
The police intervention in the Canto Grande prison took place between June 6 and 9, 1992, culminating in the assassination of prominent cadres of Socorro Popular of the PCP-SL. This action was one of the triggers of the wave of Shining Path violence that culminated in the attack on Tarata on July 16, 1992. The Canto Grande prison was considered by the PCP-SL as the 'Shining Trench of Combat' and was of great strategic importance for the Eastern Zonal Committee of the 'Metro'. The intervention took place in the context of Alberto Fujimori's government and was one of the most violent massacres of the internal war in the capital.