Capture of MRTA militants in Alto Urubamba
In April 1993, the last militants of the MRTA column operating in Alto Urubamba, specifically in Selva Colorado, Madre de Dios, were captured. This action consolidated the control of the self-defense committees in the area.
In April 1993, the remnants of the last MRTA column in the Alto Urubamba area, in the Selva Colorado sector, in the department of Madre de Dios, fell. This operation was part of the police and military counter-offensive that had begun between December 1991 and January 1992, which succeeded in dismantling the MRTA column in the region. Following this capture, control of the self-defense committees in the area was definitively established.