Car bomb in Tarata
Car bomb attack on Tarata Street in the district of Miraflores, Lima, perpetrated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. It is part of the escalation of subversive violence during 1992.
Car bomb attack perpetrated on Tarata Street in the Miraflores district of Lima. This attack was part of the escalation of violence by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso during 1992, a year in which the subversive organization intensified its terrorist actions in the capital. The attack occurred a little more than a month after the capture of Victor Polay Campos of the MRTA and approximately two months before the capture of Abimael Guzman. The event is mentioned in the CVR report as one of the most significant acts of political violence of that year.